Create a bootable USB for Windows 10/11 on MAC OS
You will need a Windows 10/11 ISO file and a USB drive with at least 8GB of free space.
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Insert your USB drive & Open Terminal.
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Use the following command to find out the disk number of your USB drive:
diskutil list
This will display a list of drives, which will have details such as /dev/diskN (N being a number)
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Unmount your USB drive by typing in the following command, remember to place N with the disk number of your USB drive:
diskutil unmountDisk /dev/diskN
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The following command will create the bootable Windows USB, replacing PATH/TO/WINDOWS.ISO with the path to your Windows 10 ISO file. If its in the downloads folder it should be something like /Users/USERNAME/Downloads/windowsfilename.iso (replace USERNAME with your MAC username & windowsfilename.iso with the downloaded ISO file name.)
sudo dd if=PATH/TO/WINDOWS.ISO of=/dev/diskN bs=1m
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Once the process is complete, eject the USB drive using the following command. Remember to replace diskN with your USB disk number you discovered earlier.
diskutil eject /dev/diskN
You now have a bootable Windows USB drive.