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    9. Hit Enter to run the command followed by the root password (when prompted)
    10. Wait patiently while the Recovery disk is being created.

    ## Booting from the Recovery Disk

    1. Shutdown your Mac
    2. Insert the USB stick/drive
    3. Power on the Mac and hit the Option key immediately and hold it down
    4. You will be presented with a boot menu with one of the options being your Recovery disk
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    # MacOS (Sierra) Recovery Disk

    ## Prerequisites

    USB drive with atleast 5 GB of storage

    ## Steps

    1. Download `MacOS Sierra` from the App Store (cancel out of the installation)
    2. Open Finder and navigate to `Applications` directory
    3. Right click on `Install macOS Sierra` and select `Show Package Contents`. Drop down to `Resources` and select `createinstallmedia`
    4. Launch a Terminal window
    5. Type `sudo` followed by dragging the path of `createinstallmedia`
    6. Type `--volume` followed by the path of the USB drive's volume
    7. Type `--applicationpath` followed by the path of `Install macOS Sierra.app`
    8. The fully formed command line would look like this (newlines added for clarity):

    sudo /Applications/Install\ macOS\ Sierra.app/Contents/Resources/createinstallmedia
    --volume /Volumes/Sierra/
    --applicationpath /Applications/Install\ macOS\ Sierra.app

    9. Hit Enter to run the command followed by the root password (when prompted)
    10. Wait patiently while the Recovery disk is being created.