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Fox in reply to @Mr_Smyth
I want to try a bootable usb stick but as i don’t have a running sierra mac only M1 macs it’s impossible to make an external boot drive

Not true, you just need to codesign the createinstallmedia binary, like this:
```
codesign -s - -f createinstallmedia
```
This command has to be run inside the Contents/Resources folder in the Install macOS Sierra app, so you need to pop this into terminal first:
```
cd /Applications/Install\ macOS\ Sierra.app/Contents/Resources/
```
You'd need to install XCode command line tools first (so basically do these backwards once you've downloaded Sierra)
```
xcode-select --install
```
If you don't want to use terminal, Install Disc Creator might work, but I don't know if it will run on an M1 mac:
https://macdaddy.io/install-disk-creator/

Sierra download link, open it in Safari if you have any issues:
http://updates-http.cdn-apple.com/2019/cert/061-39476-20191023-48f365f4-0015-4c41-9f44-39d3d2aca067/InstallOS.dmg

Use a decent quality/more modern USB or things can fuck up.

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Mr_Smyth in reply to @Fox

Thanks, only just seen this, will investigate.
Hopefully my partner can remember her password for an old iMac to make the job easier but i’m not sure what OS it’s running.

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