How can I make a bootable macOS installer in Windows or Linux?

[AppleCrack]

I have an older Macbook which can run El Capitan, but the drive is wiped, I have no installation discs, and this model cannot download or recover over the Internet like newer models.

I have downloaded the El Capitan installer DMG from support.apple.com but cannot get further than this. How can I turn this DMG into a bootable installer in Windows or Linux?

(I'm asking here on MacRumors because I figure Mac users are more likely to want and know how to reinstall macOS)

 

[elvisimprsntr]

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[AppleCrack]

Thanks, but you may want to remove your post here: the first suggestion is not relevant, and the last two suggestions look like hash and copy-paste of other articles, and can apparently result in bricking your Macbook by replacing the firmware with a non-compatible one.

Still interested in hearing if anyone has succeded in getting that installer onto bootable media.

 

[elvisimprsntr]

Thanks, but you may want to remove your post here: the first suggestion is not relevant, and the last two suggestions look like hash and copy-paste of other articles, and can apparently result in bricking your Macbook by replacing the firmware with a non-compatible one.

Still interested in hearing if anyone has succeded in getting that installer onto bootable media.

Done. Happy Holidays

 

[Fishrrman]

Perhaps this might help (I have only the link, I've never tried to do it):

How to Create macOS Bootable USB on a Windows PC

You have to create a bootable USB installer if your Mac crashed and not able to get into the desktop. Actually, creating a macOS USB…

williamhartz.medium.com

 

[AppleCrack]

That entire Medium.com page seems like more of the same, a hash of other articles with vague prose and referrals to other articles in the same style. Lots of text, but no clarity. And the article doesn't address that the bootable image sits somewhere inside a PKG, which in turn sits inside the DMG.

Thanks for the suggestion though.

 

[bogdanw]

gibMacOS https://github.com/corpnewt/gibMacOS
How to Create macOS USB Installation Disk from Windows 10 https://manjaro.site/how-to-create-macos-usb-installation-disk-from-windows-10/
Making the installer in Windows https://dortania.github.io/OpenCore-Install-Guide/installer-guide/winblows-install.html

 

[MBAir2010]

I would do anything to install Mojave on my dell XPS 9380, but i know I wont get the entire feel.
there are mackintosh threads here than can help and someone posted a comment here that might help.

good luck tho, and let us know what happens!