~/Downloads/CreateYosemiteInstaller.tool /Applications/Install\ OS\ X\ Yosemite.app ~/Downloads/Yosemite.dmg Mv ~/Downloads/ ~/Downloads/CreateYosemiteInstaller.toolĬhmod +x ~/Downloads/CreateYosemiteInstaller.tool From a console run the following commands: The following assumes that 'Install OS X Yosemite.app' and '' files are at their standard locations, that is in the /Applications/Install\ OS\ X\ Yosemite.app the logged in users Downloads folder.Download the (CreateYosemiteInstaller) script:.Download the OS X Yosemite from the App Store - DO NOT INSTALL IT.More or less all of the information I gathered, is from InsanelyMac. So rather than scrambling all over to find all the information, I've gathered it in this single blog post. After some digging around I've finally managed to gather together the necessary information that I needed to create a VMware image with OS X Yosemite, so I didn't need to switch between my Windows PC and Macbook Pro for small compiling tasks on the Macbook.
