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Create Bootable USB from ISO file in MacOS
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Create Bootable USB stick form ISO in MacOS

Convert ISO to UDRW format

$ hdiutil convert -format UDRW -o destination_file.img source_file.iso

Prepare USB stick

  1. Find usb stick device file
$ diskutil list

Let's say it is /dev/disk2

  1. Partitioning the usb stick:

Warning: This will erase all data

$ diskutil partitionDisk /dev/disk2 1 "Free Space" "unused" "100%"

Copy the image to the USB stick

$ sudo dd if=destination_file.img.dmg of=/dev/disk2 bs=1m
  • This will be long running with no output. Pressing CTRL+T will show the current status of the command.

Eject USB stick

$ diskutil eject /dev/disk2

Done!

Reference: https://blog.tinned-software.net/create-bootable-usb-stick-from-iso-in-mac-os-x/

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