You should see one or two gold objects with a USB symbol.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 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.Select image - browse to the iso file you downloaded from the Ubuntu MATE site.To run Etcher, plug the media into your machine: Download the version for your operating system.4GB USB Flash Drive 5 Pack Thumb Drive Enfain Memory Stick Jump Drives, Black/Blue/White/Red/Green (4 GB, Multicolor 5 Pack)įrom this point on I will refer to the USB stick or SD card as simply the "media.".If you need 4GB USB sticks, you can find some on Amazon (affiliate link): If you want to try installing it on a faster machine, you will need at least a 4GB stick or SD card. I've tested installing from an SD card plugged into a USB adapter and it worked. The older MacBook Air that I have does not have an SD slot. To burn an image to a USB stick or an SD card you can use Etcher. Burn the ISO image to a USB stick or SD card Select 18.04.4 LTS or 20.04 LTS if you have a faster MacBook Air.
Click 64-bit PCs/Macs if installing on a MacBook Air.
* Ubuntu MATE 18.04.4 LTS (Bionic Beaver) Step 2. Ubuntu 20.04 suffered from a slow desktop GUI response - but remember, this is 10+ year old hardware - 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.I came up with what version of Ubuntu to use through trial and error: Setting up a dual-boot is a more complicated subject and beyond the scope of this article.įor this article I'm using a 10 year old MacBook Air (11-inch, Late 2010). I assume that your plan is to completely wipe the disk and replace it with Ubuntu MATE. This article covers recycling an old MacBook Air by installing Ubuntu MATE.
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