diff --git a/packages/tools/syslinux/files/3rdparty/macfiles/fdisk.input b/packages/tools/syslinux/files/3rdparty/macfiles/fdisk.input
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index 0000000000..0882bea3e4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/tools/syslinux/files/3rdparty/macfiles/fdisk.input
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+f 1
+w
+q
+EOF
\ No newline at end of file
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diff --git a/packages/tools/syslinux/files/3rdparty/macfiles/vesamenu.c32 b/packages/tools/syslinux/files/3rdparty/macfiles/vesamenu.c32
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diff --git a/packages/tools/syslinux/files/create_livestick_osx b/packages/tools/syslinux/files/create_livestick_osx
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..f6b92b648d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/tools/syslinux/files/create_livestick_osx
@@ -0,0 +1,262 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+################################################################################
+#  This file is part of OpenELEC - http://www.openelec.tv
+#      Copyright (C) 2009-2013 Stephan Raue (stephan@openelec.tv)
+#      Copyright (C) 2011-2013 Christian Hewitt (chewitt@openelec.tv)
+#
+#  This Program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+#  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+#  the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
+#  any later version.
+#
+#  This Program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+#  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+#  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+#  GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+#  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+#  along with OpenELEC.tv; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to
+#  the Free Software Foundation, 51 Franklin Street, Suite 500, Boston, MA 02110, USA.
+#  http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html
+################################################################################
+
+VERBOSE="FALSE" # set to TRUE to put this script in debug mode
+
+banner(){
+  clear
+  echo ""
+  echo "********************************************************************************"
+  echo "*                                                                              *"
+  echo "*              Welcome to the OpenELEC Mac OS X Livestick Creator!             *"
+  echo "*                                                                              *"
+  echo "********************************************************************************"
+}
+
+check_root(){
+  if [ $UID != 0 ];then
+    echo ""
+    echo "FAIL: This script *must* be run as root!"
+    echo ""
+    exit 1
+  fi
+}
+
+check_runlocation(){
+  SCRIPT=$(pwd)
+}
+
+check_localtargetfolder(){
+  if [ ! -f target/SYSTEM -a ! -f target/KERNEL ]; then
+    echo ""
+    echo "FAIL: Could not detect SYSTEM and KERNEL files. This script *must* be run from"
+    echo "      the root folder of the OpenELEC image you downloaded!" 
+    echo ""
+    exit 1
+  fi
+}
+
+check_distro(){
+  DISTRO=$(uname -s)
+  if [ $DISTRO != "Darwin" ]; then
+    echo ""
+    echo "FAIL: This script is only for Mac OS X systems, aborting!"
+    echo ""
+    exit 1
+  fi
+}
+
+read_input(){
+  local MESSAGE="${1}"
+  if [ -n "${MESSAGE}" ];then
+    echo -n "${MESSAGE}"
+  fi
+  read INPUT
+}
+
+check_target(){
+  echo ""
+  echo "INFO: The following drives are available to create the OpenELEC USB on:"
+  echo ""
+  diskutil list | grep 0: | grep -v disk0 | awk '{print "/dev/"$5 " "$3 $4}'
+  echo ""
+  while [ -z ${INPUT} ];do
+    read_input "INFO: Please enter the target device (e.g. /dev/disk1): "
+    echo ""
+  done
+  TARGET=${INPUT}
+}
+
+warning(){
+  local OUTPUT
+  OUTPUT=$(fdisk ${TARGET} 2>/dev/null)
+  if [ -z "${OUTPUT}" ];then
+    echo "FAIL: Installation aborted! Device ${TARGET} is invalid"
+    echo ""
+    exit 1
+  else
+    diskutil list ${TARGET}
+    echo ""
+  fi
+  CONTINUE=""
+  echo -n "WARN: Continuing will erase all data from $TARGET, continue? (Y/n): "
+  read CONTINUE
+  if [ "${CONTINUE}" = "N" -o "${CONTINUE}" = "n" -o "${CONTINUE}" = "" ]; then
+    echo ""	
+    echo "FAIL: Installation aborted!"
+    echo ""
+    exit 1
+  elif [ "${CONTINUE}" = "Y" -o "${CONTINUE}" = "y" ]; then 
+    echo ""
+  fi
+}	
+
+logoutput(){
+  if [ "${VERBOSE}" = "TRUE" ]; then
+    exec 3>&1
+    exec 4>&2
+  else
+    exec 3> /dev/null
+    exec 4> /dev/null
+  fi
+}
+
+unmount_target(){
+  for i in $(jot 10 1 10); do
+    MOUNTED=$(mount | grep ${TARGET})
+    if [ -z "${MOUNTED}" ]; then
+      break
+    else
+      diskutil unmountDisk ${TARGET} 1>&3 2>&4
+      sleep 1
+    fi
+  done
+}
+
+mount_target(){
+  for i in $(jot 10 1 10); do
+    MOUNTED=$(mount | grep ${TARGET})
+    if [ -z "${MOUNTED}" ]; then
+      diskutil mountDisk ${TARGET} 1>&3 2>&4
+      sleep 1
+    else
+      break
+    fi
+  done
+}
+
+prepare_target(){
+  echo "INFO: Erasing existing partition schemes on ${TARGET}"
+  dd if=/dev/zero of=${TARGET} bs=512 count=100 1>&3 2>&4
+  gpt destroy ${TARGET} 1>&3 2>&4
+  echo "INFO: Creating MBR 'OPENELEC' disk on ${TARGET}"
+  diskutil eraseDisk MS-DOS OPENELEC MBR ${TARGET} 1>&3 2>&4
+  unmount_target
+  chmod 755 3rdparty/macfiles/*
+  cat 3rdparty/macfiles/mbr.bin > ${TARGET}
+  mount_target
+  3rdparty/macfiles/syslinux-mac -f --install ${TARGET}s1 1>&3 2>&4
+}
+
+create_partitions(){
+  unmount_target
+  echo "INFO: Creating partitions"
+  fdisk -e ${TARGET} < 3rdparty/macfiles/fdisk.input 1>&3 2>&4
+}
+
+check_checksums(){
+  MD5_KERNEL=$(md5 target/KERNEL | awk '{print $4}')
+  MD5_SYSTEM=$(md5 target/SYSTEM | awk '{print $4}')
+  KERNEL_DOT_MD5=$(cat target/KERNEL.md5 | awk '{print $1}')
+  SYSTEM_DOT_MD5=$(cat target/SYSTEM.md5 | awk '{print $1}')
+  if [ "${MD5_KERNEL}" = "${KERNEL_DOT_MD5}" -a "${MD5_SYSTEM}" = "${SYSTEM_DOT_MD5}" ]; then
+    echo "INFO: MD5 checksums for SYSTEM and KERNEL match"
+  else
+    echo "FAIL: MD5 checksums for SYSTEM and KERNEL do not match!"
+    exit 1
+  fi
+}
+
+copy_files(){
+  mount_target
+  echo "INFO: Copying SYSTEM and KERNEL files to 'OPENELEC'"
+  cp -a target/KERNEL /Volumes/OPENELEC/
+  cp -a target/SYSTEM /Volumes/OPENELEC/
+  echo "INFO: Copying syslinux files to 'OPENELEC'"
+  cp -a 3rdparty/macfiles/vesamenu.c32 /Volumes/OPENELEC/
+  cp -a splash.png /Volumes/OPENELEC/
+  echo "INFO: Creating syslinux.cfg on 'OPENELEC'"
+  cat >/Volumes/OPENELEC/syslinux.cfg << EOF
+UI vesamenu.c32
+PROMPT 0
+MENU TITLE Boot Menu
+MENU BACKGROUND splash.png
+TIMEOUT 50
+DEFAULT live
+
+MENU WIDTH 70
+MENU MARGIN 15
+MENU ROWS 2
+MENU HSHIFT 4
+MENU VSHIFT 13
+MENU TIMEOUTROW 10
+MENU TABMSGROW 8
+MENU CMDLINEROW 8
+MENU HELPMSGROW 13
+MENU HELPMSGENDROW 26
+MENU CLEAR
+
+MENU COLOR border       30;44   #40ffffff #00000000 std
+MENU COLOR title        1;36;44 #ff8bbfe3 #00000000 std
+MENU COLOR sel          7;37;40 #80f0f0f0 #ff606060 all
+MENU COLOR unsel        37;44   #50ffffff #00000000 std
+MENU COLOR help         37;40   #c0ffffff #a0000000 std
+MENU COLOR timeout_msg  37;40   #80ffffff #00000000 std
+MENU COLOR timeout      1;37;40 #c0ffffff #00000000 std
+MENU COLOR msg07        37;40   #90ffffff #a0000000 std
+MENU COLOR tabmsg       31;40   #ff868787 #00000000 std
+
+LABEL installer
+  MENU LABEL Run OpenELEC Installer
+  KERNEL /KERNEL
+  APPEND boot=LABEL=OPENELEC installer quiet vga=current
+
+LABEL live
+  MENU LABEL Run OpenELEC Live
+  KERNEL /KERNEL
+  APPEND boot=LABEL=OPENELEC disk=FILE=STORAGE,512 quiet vga=current
+
+EOF
+}
+
+check_filesystem(){
+  unmount_target
+  echo "INFO: Checking filesystem on ${TARGET}"
+  fsck_msdos -y ${TARGET}s1 1>&3 2>&4
+  unmount_target
+}
+
+end(){
+  echo ""	
+  echo "INFO: Livestick USB creation is complete!"
+  echo ""
+}
+
+main(){
+  check_root
+  check_runlocation
+  check_localtargetfolder
+  check_distro
+  check_target
+  warning
+  logoutput
+  unmount_target
+  prepare_target
+  create_partitions
+  check_checksums
+  copy_files	
+  check_filesystem
+}
+
+main
+end
+exit 0