![]() Easy.Ĭreating a sparse disk image means that you're creating a disk image that is not going to use up any free space on your USB flash drive until you add files to it. At the confirmation dialog, click the Erase button. In the Volume Format selection box, click MS-DOS File System. Click to select the USB Device in the left panel. When you are ready to use your portable Mac apps, just mount the disk image again when you are using a Mac. Connect the USB Device to your Mac computer. ![]() When you're done with your apps, just unmount the disk image. ![]() Then where it says "Format:" select "sparse disk image" and then click on "create."Īfter the sparse disk image you've created mounts, just drag and drop your portable Mac apps to it. Type a name for it, select a place for it (your USB flash drive), select a size, but make it around the size of your USB flash drive so you have room on the disk image for your portable Mac apps. Third, on a Mac, go to "Disk Utility" and select your USB flash drive, then go to File-> New-> Blank Disk Image. ![]() Second, format your USB flash drive as FAT (MS-DOS) if it isn't already. There is a way to run both PC and Mac portable apps on a USB flash drive seemlessly by creating a HFS+ formatted sparse disk image directly on the FAT formated USB flash drive.įirst there is a website for portable apps for Mac at where you should download Portable Firefox, Portable Adium, Portable Thunderbird, etc.
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