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Note: For this tutorial I am using a Mac with OS X El Capitan, If you are using a Mac with an earlier version of OS X installed then some parts that use Disk Utility will be slightly different.

A USB Flash or Hard Drive of you choice and size (32 GB minimum recommended for Ubuntu 16.04) This will be erased so make sure you take everything important off it.ĭISCLAIMER: EVEN THOUGH I HAVE USED THIS METHOD MANY TIMES WITH MUCH SUCCESS AND NO ISSUES, I HIGHLY RECOMMEND THAT YOU CREATE A BACKUP OF YOUR CURRENT INSTALLATION USING WHATEVER METHOD YOU CHOOSE.

This will be erased so make sure you take everything important off it.

A 2GB or larger USB for putting the installer on.

UNetbootin or similarly capable software for creating an install drive from the.

A 64 bit EFI capable ( Desktop) Ubuntu iso file or equivalent for your favourite distro.

A 64 bit capable Intel Mac (Anything from 2008 or after should be fine i.e Intel Core 2 Duo machines).

Installing Ubuntu Linux (or any other Linux distro really) onto a USB drive for use with Macs.