1. How To Download Minecraft On A Flash Drive Mac
2. How To Download Minecraft On A Flash Drive On Iphone
3. How To Download Minecraft On A Flash Drive On Mac
4. How To Download Minecraft Mods On A Flash Drive
5. How To Download To Usb Flash Drive

This guide aims to make Minecraft on a portable USB drive with the 1.6 or lower version launcher. If you have the 2.0 launcher or above, please see this guide.

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• 2Instructions for Windows
• 3Instructions for Linux
• 4Instructions for OS X
• 5Alternitave Methods
  • 5.2HiWiki's Method

Introduction[edit]

You will need about 8 GB minimum of space in the directory/portable drive. A <8 GB drive/directory CAN be used, but this is not advised because you will quickly run out of space after saving a couple of worlds. You may need more space if there are mods, larger worlds or texture packs installed.

Instructions for Windows[edit]

WARNING: If anything in the following guides is not done correctly, Minecraft may crash or fail to start

Setup[edit]

All folder and file names in the Windows guide are case sensitive.

1. Insert your drive into your computer, and open it.
2. Create a folder, name it Minecraft Portable and enter the folder.
3. In Minecraft Portable, create two new folders and name them Launcher and Data. Use the exact names specified.
4. Add the launcher/client to the portable drive:
5. Download the Minecraft launcher.
   • You can download it from this direct link.
6. Copy the Minecraft.exe to the Launcher folder that you have created on the portable drive.

This section will guide you on copying your game data (worlds, saves data, resource packs, server list, etc.) onto the portable drive. If you do not want to copy your game data, you may skip this section.

The .minecraft folder contains all of your current game data.

• Press ⊞ Windows + R
  • Type %appdata% and press ↵ Enter.
• Locate your .minecraft folder and copy it
• Copy the .minecraft folder and paste it into the Data folder

Now that all the data files are in the directory, a batch file will need to be created.

1. Open Notepad.
2. Copy and paste the following:

3. Now click File > Save As...

4. Navigate into your Minecraft Portable folder (not Data).

5. Name this file 'StartMinecraft.bat'

Note: Make sure to include the quotation marks (') and choose 'All Files' for the 'Save As Type' field, or else Notepad will try to correct it to StartMinecraft.bat.txt and it will open as a text file rather than an executable script.

If you are getting an error stating that the system cannot find Minecraft.exe/.jar, use this script if you are using Minecraft.exe.

Use this script if you are using Minecraft.jar.

Additional Notes[edit]

• To install resource packs or mods onto the portable drive, use the .minecraft folder of that portable drive.
• If you would like to have multiple .minecraft ('Data') folders in order to quickly switch to an older version of Minecraft or play with mods, make multiple 'Data' folders, with different names ('1.6.4', 'Modded', and so forth) and a batch file for each one. You may have to make a second 'Drive' folder if you want to use 1.5.2 or before, as that uses an older launcher.

Instructions for Linux[edit]

Setup[edit]

Assume that the portable drive is at /dev/sdb1 and that Minecraft is installed at ~/games/.minecraft.

• Note: You may need to use a different directory name depending on your distribution and set-up.

Run the following in a terminal:

• Note: The following commands require may require superuser privileges. Make sure you are running these as root or are using sudo.
• Note: Text following the # symbol are comments, and can be omitted for that line.
• Note: 'cd ~/.minecraft/' is the same as 'cd /home/user/.minecraft/'

After that, to launch Minecraft, enter the following in the terminal with superuser privileges.

Run the Minecraft launcher to start playing.

Or use this script:

Instructions for OS X[edit]

Setup[edit]

• • Locate your Minecraft files. Press Command+Shift+G while in finder and then paste ~/Library/application support/minecraft into the dialog.
  • Copy that minecraft folder in your application support folder.
  • Insert in your portable drive and make 2 folders in it, named Data and Launcher.
  • Paste your minecraft folder into the 'data' folder in the portable drive.
  • Drag your launcher into the 'launcher' folder
  • Remove your portable drive

Playing[edit]

Once you are done setting up, you can test if your Minecraft can start on another Mac.

• • Insert your portable drive into another Mac to test
  • Open the launcher folder and move the Minecraft launcher into your Applications folder.
  • Double click the launcher to run it. Then after Minecraft loads, exit it.
  • Again, go to Users/USERNAME/Library/Application Support
  • In 'Application Support', delete the minecraft folder.
  • Move the minecraft folder in your data folder on your portable drive to the desktop.
  • Then drag it from your desktop into application support.
  • Run Minecraft again.

Or use this script:

Alternitave Methods[edit]

WARNING: The following methods will only work in Windows.

Cryshal's Method[edit]

Doesn't work, minecraft still runs from the appdata folder, Minecraft Profile Manager is useless, and java will not run from the flash drive.

Instructions

• First, create a folder named, say, 'Flash MC'. Then, go on over to get jPortable which lets you run Java right on your flash drive, without it being installed on the computer.

• You will want to install that onto your flash drive in a directory like Flash MCjPortable.

• Then, go to Minecraft Profile Manager's thread, and download it.
• Put it into your Portable MC folder. Follow the instructions. (Put minecraft.exe into the same folder that it is in)
• You should now be able to launch MPM, make a profile and download all the needed Minecraft files to play.

HiWiki's Method[edit]

Instructions

1. Make two folders named bin and data
2. Place the Minecraft client inside bin folder
3. If you use a .jar it will still be placed in the bin folder
4. Press ⊞ Windows + R to open run and type in the dialog box %appdata% then copy the .minecraft folder (Also include other folders that also included in minecraft such as .aether)
5. Select those folders then press Ctrl + C (or Ctrl + X if you want to move the files rather than copy it)
6. Go into Notepad and copypaste the following:

• But if you use a Jar, put this instead:

• And if you use a Jar/Exe with a different name such as Minecraft-launcher put this

• Then you are all done!

Additional notes

• You will need Java for this, but if you also want java in your Flash/Thumb/USB drive, see the section titled Add Portable Java below.
• Any data you have in your .minecraft in appdata will also be in your Flash/Thumb/USB drive

Portable Java Variant[edit]

You will need an extra 500MB in your Drive for this to work!

Now you have done the above, time to add portable Java!

1. Click here.
2. Then open PortableApps.com_Platform_Setup_11.2.exe then wait until you see the add apps section
   • Make sure you place the setup in the Flash/Thumb/USB drive!
3. Then in utilities find and tick the boxes jPortable, jPortable Launcher, jPortable Browser switch then press install
4. Then wait for it to install then after that, your'e done!

How to open jPortable

• First, find the folder PortableApps in your Flash/Thumb/USB drive
• Then double click start, Then press jPortable Launcher
• A window will open, then find the jar (Don't worry if it shows jar can be opened only change it to all files then find your exe)
• Then after that press open then your minecraft will open

Issues and how to fix them

• The minecraft directory is not there, if that happens then press edit profile then find and locate your data folder in file explorer then right click it then press properties
  • Also in the edit profile window tick the Game directory box
  • Now a window should open, so you will Select the text by dragging in the Location Line then paste it in the Game directory box then include this .minecraft or paste it in the Game directory box

How To Download Minecraft On A Flash Drive Mac

Credits

This part was made by HiWiki. If there are any issues in this guide, please PM that user. The original source can be found in this thread.

Changing the launcher file to use an autorun script

If you are using an autorun.inf instead of using

or

change the file to this:

Save the file as 'Autorun.inf' (do NOT save it as Autorun.inf.txt)

Video Tutorial[edit]

A video tutorial showing the step-by-step procedure on how to make Minecraft portable and run it from a USB thumb drive without Java installed

I've downloaded Technic to my flashdrive, as well as the JLauncher and the JPortableLauncher. I run JavaPortableLauncher.exe but it is asking which Jar file I want to run. I've found both a minecraft.jar and a modpack.jar within the Data folder of the JavaPortableLauncher (Which is where another forum said I was supposed to install Technic). But neither of them launch. Does anyone know how to launch this from my flashdrive?

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3 Answers

As Matt has suggested, you can use MultiMC as your custom launcher. It allows you to specify almost any variable when launching Minecraft, alongside mods.
In fact, to the point where you could run Technic (Minecraft) completely off your flash drive! (Provided it has the space to fit everything)

Disclaimer: All instructions presume you're using Windows, and not Mac/Lunix... And have Administrative privillages.
You can skip the Java installation step if the system you're playing on already has Java installed. ('Installing' Java is the only bit where you require Administrative privillages)

Step 1: Installing

1. You can install Java from the official download page.
2. Run the installer, but... Tick 'Change Installation Directory'. When prompted for a directory (in the installer), select one that's in your flash drive.
   Ensure that your Java installation is in its own seperate folder (just to keep things neat).
3. Download MultiMC onto your flash drive... And extract the .zip archive it comes in.

Step 2: Setting up an Minecraft Instance

1. On first-time launch (of MultiMC), it'll ask you to select a Java version. Simply browse to the installation on your flash disk and select it.
   It should be in:.../Java/jre8/bin/javaw.exe
2. Select 'Accounts' on the top right-hand corner.
   Select 'Manage Accounts' in the context menu. A window should pop up.
   In the dialogue, click 'Add' and enter your login details.
   Ensure you have a connection to Mojang's login servers.

Note: You can repeat this section for as many mod packs as you would like to include. By 'mod packs', I also mean individual versions of Vanilla Minecraft.

3. Right click the center window and select 'Create Instance' from the context menu.
4. Select the Minecraft version that Technic is currently running and name it as you wish.
   From memory, Technic is running 1.6.4.
5. Allow it to install Minecraft, or skip this step completely.

You should now find a new folder in:.../MultiMC/instances/<instance name>.
Alternatively, select the instance and click 'Instance Folder' on the right-hand side pane.
At this stage, you can close MultiMC (if you want).

How To Download Minecraft On A Flash Drive On Mac

6. Open the new folder called minecraft and drag all the contents; files for your desired modpack into there.
   Technic files should be in:%Appdata%/.technic/modpacks/technic/....
   If there isn't already aminecraftfolder in the instance folder, create one.
7. If any files needs to be replaced due to already existing, replace it!

Step 3: Playing

1. Open MultiMC (if it's not already open).
2. If a prompt comes up asking for the Java installation, select the one on your flash drive.
3. Play. (In offline mode if needed)
   Since you've already logged in, MultiMC simply uses your offline cached tokens.

From there, if any error occurs, you can disable mods from the 'Instance Settings' window, and copy any logs from the secondary window that appears alongside Minecraft.

Multimc is probably the way forward here as it allows technic to be installed in a directory of your choosing without needing the .technic folder in %appdata%

Yes, but you would have to install technic to your flash drive, or you could move the .technic folder onto your flash drive. Then, you would have to set up a custom shortcut to your technic .exe in your .technic folder in your flash drive. After, you should just have to click on the technic shortcut to launch. Have not tried, will edit soon for answer to it working.

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