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Create a USB drive from ISO image on Mac
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macos_iso_to_usb.sh
# Convert ISO to IMG format
hdiutil convert -format UDRW -o iso-image.img iso-image.iso
# Find USB Drive number N
diskutil list
diskutil unmountDisk /dev/diskN
# Write image to drive /dev/diskN where N is the disk number
sudo dd if=iso-image.img.dmg of=/dev/diskN
# Eject the drive
diskutil eject /dev/diskN
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