You should keep the button down until the next screen comes up.Immediately hold down the alt / option button.Tap the power button to turn the MacBook Air on.Plug the media (either the USB stick or the SD card with USB adapter) into the MacBook Air.On Windows it should appear in File Explorer with a name followed by a drive letter. On a Mac it should appear on the desktop. A simple fix is to pull the media out of your computer or laptop and then plug it back in. In that case use the Mac Disk Utility (see instructions), then try again.Īfter you flash (burn) the image, Finder (Mac) or File Explorer (Windows) may have trouble seeing it. If you get an error you may need to erase and format the disk. Select drive - it may find the media automatically.
UBUNTU MATE DISK IMAGER FOR MAC ISO
UBUNTU MATE DISK IMAGER FOR MAC PC
In the Desktop image block click 64-bit PC (AMD64) desktop image if installing on a MacBook Air.* Ubuntu 18.04.4 LTS (Bionic Beaver) Step 2. Ubuntu 20.04 suffered from a slow desktop GUI response - but remember, this is a 10+ year old laptop - I'm sure on a later MacBook it will probably work just fine (when I try it I will let you know).which are beyond the scope of this article If you really need 16.04 you will have to do some digging and learn about tools like GRUB etc.Ubuntu 16.04 by default did not work with the existing graphics card.
While experimenting I discovered the following about various Ubuntu Desktop versions: I'm using a MacBook Air (11-inch, Late 2010) that has been sitting dormant on a shelf for a very long time. Setting up a dual-boot is a more complicated subject and beyond the scope of this article. I assume that your plan is to completely wipe the disk and replace it with Ubuntu Desktop. This article covers recycling an old MacBook Air by installing Ubuntu Desktop.