Mac OS X Create Bootable USB stick thumbdrive from DMG / ISO image file
Prepare the USB drive first: - open disk utility app - select the ROOT of the usb drive - select partition, 1 partition, and Free Space type, click Apply Convert iso to dmg: hdiutil convert -format UDRW -o /User/hadi/Download/____.img /source/image.iso Get list of devices before inserting USB drive: diskutil list Insert your USB drive now. Get list of devices again take note of the disk#: diskutil list Copy the .dmg file to target device: dd if=source.img.dmg of=/dev/rdisk# bs=1m Notes: if error about 1m use 1M rdisk# is faster than disk# if error just use disk# Unmount the usb drive: diskutil unmountDisk /dev/disk# Eject the target device: diskutil eject /dev/disk# That is all!