Simple app for creating bootable Mac OS/Linux/Windows USB drives?

[Rico Muerte]

Looking for recommendations for a simple to use app (terminal makes me nervous...) to create bootable USBs for Mac OS, Linux, & Windows...

Ive downloaded macOStoUSB (havent tried it yet) for purely Mac OS USBs, but looking for something else for Linux/Windows.


Thanks

 

[bogdanw]

macUSB - "The all-in-one USB creator for Mac"
https://github.com/Kruszoneq/macUSB/
Thread started by the developer "macUSB v2.2 - The all-in-one USB creator for Mac. Now with Linux & Windows support!" https://forums.macrumors.com/thread...r-mac-now-with-linux-windows-support.2482558/

For Linux only:
balenaEtcher https://etcher.balena.io/
UNetbootin https://unetbootin.github.io/

For Windows only:
WinDiskWriter https://github.com/TechUnRestricted/windiskwriter
Thread started by the developer "WinDiskWriter: the ultimate open source tool for creating Windows bootable USB drives on Mac" https://forums.macrumors.com/thread...g-windows-bootable-usb-drives-on-mac.2400850/

 

[963852741]

Mist - https://github.com/ninxsoft/Mist

 

[Ben J.]

I'm just wondering; OP, what do you need to create; USB drives with working OS installed on them to boot from - or bootable USB drives with OS installers on them. What will you be using them for?

I checked the 'USB creator for mac' app only, but it really doesn't say which of the two it creates.

I'm also a little nervous about using Terminal, but I've done the bootable installer thing many times and it is really easy, copy the command from here, paste it in Terminal, enter password and press enter:

Apple Support:
Create a bootable installer for macOS​

If you need to have an external drive with a working macOS on it, it's a simple matter of downloading the installer, launching it from the apps folder, and directing it to install on the external drive.

 

[retta283]

I'll have to give WinDiskWriter a crack and see if it'll work. I've also been curious about this for some time, I've never found any good way to make Windows USBs from a Mac. I always had to use Windows and the Rufus program, which I wish would get ported to Mac. This seems like it might be the next best thing though.

Agree with above that for macOS it is easiest to just use the Terminal commands. It really is just a matter of copying and pasting, and it always works perfectly. For old old versions of OS X you can use Disk Utility and the Restore feature to restore the ISO directly to the external media and Disk Utility will automatically make it bootable. This does not seem to work with Windows ISOs.

 

[bogdanw]

For bootable macOS installers - Install Disk Creator 2.0 https://macdaddy.io/install-disk-creator/

 

[Rico Muerte]

Thanks everyone for your responses - Ive got quite a few apps now to check out!