I take no responsibility for lost data, etc. For the full-on experience, installing Ubuntu to your hard-drive (after taking the appropriate measures to back up your harddrive, etc. If you are bent on using Ubuntu natively and want to test it first, a VM is one way to do it, and booting to USB is another. I understand this is not the most ideal arrangement for someone wishing to create a bootable USB disk to boot a Mac to, but it works, and has proven reliable for me. Note: I use Ubuntu daily as a Tomcat Web Server and Java Development environment, and I do so in a Virtual Machine. 13-inch, Late 2011 (2.8 GHz Intel Core i7, 16GB RAM, Intel HD Graphics 3000 512MB)Ĭreate Bootable USB Drive using Startup Disk Creator in Ubuntu itself.13-inch, Mid 2010 (2.66 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 8GB RAM, Nvidia GeForce 320M 256MB).I have tested what follows on two different MacBook Pros:
