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Old Method

  1. hdiutil convert -format UDRW -o /path/to/target.img /path/to/source.iso
  • Note: OS X tends to put the .dmg ending on the output file automatically.
  • Rename the file mv /path/to/target.img.dmg /path/to/target.img
  1. diskutil list to get the current list of devices
  2. Insert flash media
  3. diskutil list again and determine the device node assigned to your flash media (e.g. /dev/disk2)
  4. diskutil unmountDisk /dev/diskN (replace N with the disk number from the last command - in the previous example, N would be 2)
  5. sudo dd if=/path/to/downloaded.img of=/dev/rdiskN bs=1m
  6. diskutil eject /dev/diskN

New Method

  1. diskutil list to get the current list of devices
  2. Insert flash media
  3. diskutil list again and determine the device node assigned to your flash media (e.g. /dev/disk2)
  4. diskutil eraseDisk FAT32 "WINDOWS10" MBRFormat diskN (replace N with the disk number from the last command - in the previous example, N would be 2)
  5. Mount Windows ISO
  6. cp -rp /Volumes/CCCOMA_X64FRE_EN-US_DV9/* /Volumes/WINDOWS10/
  7. diskutil eject /dev/diskN
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