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		_tggb on Jan 22, 2011 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Run OS X from a USB Drive It matters because you need the extra step and the article didn't mention doing so. Not that there isn't a way around it.

Groxx on Jan 22, 2011 [–]

Actually, it does:

>Hit Options and make sure you're using the Master Boot Record option. Then hit Apply to format the drive.

_tggb on Jan 22, 2011 | [–]

That doesn't say anything about making a bootable partition. Just that it involves the MBR (rather than EFI, which Mac uses by default), somewhere.

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