Year: 2023

MacOS: How to make a bootable MacOS Sonoma Emergency Installer Drive

Today's the day when MacOS Sonoma becomes available to the public.  One of the things that you should do after installing the update is to make a bootable Emergency Installer Driver by using an USB Drive.

Here’s what you’ll need:

  • A free USB Port that’s directly on the Mac.
  • An USB drive (16GB minimum)

Here’s what to do:

  1. Download the MacOS Sonoma installer from the Mac App Store.
  2. Connect the USB Drive directly to the Mac.
  3. Open Disk Utility from [Finder > Applications > Utilities > Disk Utility].
  4. Over on the right side, select the USB drive.
  5. Select Erase.
  6. When it’s finished, quit Disk Utility.
  7. Go in to Terminal [Finder > Applications > Utilities > Terminal].
  8. Type the following (see fig. A).
  9. Hit return to execute the command, and then enter the administrator password as required by sudo, you won’t see the password typed in Terminal so just enter it and hit the Return key
  10. The macOS Sonoma beta boot installer drive will be created, you can watch the Terminal for progress, when finished you will see a message in Terminal stating ‘Install media now available at “/Volumes/Install macOS Sonoma beta”‘
  11. To safely remove the USB drive, drag the desktop icon to the Trash.
  12. Now you can remove the drive.

Fig A.:
sudo /Applications/Install\ macOS\ Sonoma.app/Contents/Resources/createinstallmedia –volume /Volumes/Untitled –nointeraction

That’s it.  Good luck!

Hollywood writers reach agreement with studios, streamers to end strike

Hollywood writers, studios, and streaming services have reached a tentative agreement that would end a months-long strike, the Writers Guild of America told its members Sunday night.

After several long consecutive days of negotiations, the Writers Guild of America and the labor group representing studios and streamers have reached a tentative deal on a new contract in a major development that could precipitate the end of a historic, 146-day writers’ strike.

The Writers Guild of America emailed strike captains the news on Sunday night, and shortly after, its negotiating committee informed all members. “We have reached a tentative agreement on a new 2023 MBA, which is to say an agreement in principle on all deal points, subject to drafting final contract language,” the latter message stated. “We can say, with great pride, that this deal is exceptional – with meaningful gains and protections for writers in every sector of the membership.”

Specifics of the deal affecting around 11,500 WGA members weren’t available as of press time, though they will emerge in the next few days as the union seeks to sell its members on the pact… Now, it’s up to the WGA’s members to determine whether the deal satisfies the workplace issues that their peers have been raising for months. All eyes are on the union’s ratification vote for the deal, the date of which has not yet been announced.

Via: The Hollywood Reporter

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