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You used a USB 3.2 Gen 2 drive on an old Mac (2009–2011). The BETTER fix: Use a USB 2.0 drive or a low-capacity (16GB) USB 3.0 drive. High Sierra’s bootloader hates large-capacity SSDs in USB enclosures. The "official" method for creating a bootable drive
: A flash drive with at least 8GB of capacity is required. While many users settle for the Basic Terminal
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