Ubuntu live USB drive not recognized by mac

Solution 1:

The Ubuntu guide for this says it depends very much on what generation Macbook you have. You can find the version by going to Apple Menu->About the Mac->More Info and looking at the Model Identifier.

According to the guide, any Macbook Pro beyond Generation 6 won't run because of "an unsupported chipset". But else, the guide above should help. It also says that you'll need to install a bootloader called rEFit and, yes, Boot Camp.

Not being a Mac user, I can't tell you much more, but if it won't boot it's either because your MacBook is too new or you didn't install rEFIt.