Apple released OSX Yosemite to the public at the October 2014 Apple event last week. Upgrading it to a computer through the Mac App Store is easy and simple for users to perform, however it is time consuming to download the entire 5GB file from the internet and then spend another an hour or so to completely install it on your Mac. Users with multiple Macs may find it troublesome to perform the same task over and over again to upgrade every single Mac that they have.
Wouldn't it be nice to load the entire image onto a USB drive that could be used to install on multiple machines? This blog post will show you how to load the entire Yosemite image on a USB thumbdrive with only one line of command.
What you will need to have is a 8GB thumbdrive (preferably USB 3.0), a Mac and a valid Apple ID account.
Step 1) Download Yosemite from your Mac App Store. It is free and you will only need to this once. Depending on your internet connection speed, it will take approximately 15 minutes to download the 5GB file.
Step 2) Once Yosemite has been completely downloaded on your local machine, open up Terminal. Plug in your thumdrive. (Make sure you have backed up your files on your thumdrive as the steps you perform later will completely wipe out your data on the thumbdrive)
Step 3) Assuming that your Thumbdrive name is Untitled 1, perform this command:
Note: The command is in one line with no next-lines
sudo /Applications/Install\ OS\ X\ Yosemite.app/Contents/Resources/createinstallmedia --volume /Volumes/Untitled 1 --applicationpath /Applications/Install\ OS\ X\ Yosemite.app --nointeraction
The entire process of writing the image to the thumbdrive will take about an hour. There will be no progress bar to show you the status but rest assure that it is writing to the drive. You will see a completed status once it is done. Hurray! Now you have a bootable Yosemite thumbdrive!
Step 4) To install Yosemite on a mac, shut down the mac and insert the USB drive. Hold down the alt-option button as soon as you boot up your Mac. You should be able to see an orange coloured drive named Yosemite. Navigate and select the USB drive to boot. You will need to follow the simple instructions to install and you can get up and running with Yosemite in no time!
I have updated my Flight Locater App on the App Store to add support for Apple Watch! Now users are able to view their flight information such as departure gate number, gate terminal as well as departure timing right from their watch! The Apple Watch app also displays popular airline logo such as United Airlines, SouthWest Airlines and many more!
At BUILD 2015, Microsoft released more details on Windows 10 for IoT devices, which includes Arduino, Intel Galileo as well as the Raspberry Pi 2. On their website, they have beta images of Windows 10 for the IoT devices and it is available for download for users who have signed up for Microsoft Connect. They have released a full set of instructions to get started with, which requires you to have a PC running Windows 10 build 10074 and later. I will leave the relevant links down below for your reference.
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I started on the iPhone development journey since October last year and I have developed an app for the iOS platform. Based on the past apps that I created for various platforms, I decided to implement the Flight Locater for the iOS app. If you have used my app on the Windows Phone 8.1 platform, it is fairly similar on the iPhone, but has much more features with more accurate search results. The app now includes a map that draws a straight line path of the flight.
My brand new Raspberry Pi 2 has just arrived from the delivery courier earlier this morning. If you have been following my activities on Twitter, you may have know that I do own the Raspberry Pi Model B+. So why did I get the new Raspberry Pi then?
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