balenaEtcher Alternatives for Mac

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   UNetbootin

    764 likes

   Cross-platform tool for making bootable USB and Live USB drives, featuring a built-in downloader for Linux ISO images and rescue disks, supporting BSD and various utilities. No installation required, it runs directly and offers compatibility and community support for many distributions.

   60 UNetbootin alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source

   Application type

   • Bootable USB Creator

   Origin

   • Canada

   Alerts

   • Discontinued

   Platforms

   • Mac
   • Windows
   • Linux
   • PortableApps.com

   

   

   

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   Guest

   Negative comment•May 5, 2016

   2

   I cannot choose Winshit 10

   Review by a new / low-activity user.

   Guest

   Negative comment•Jun 16, 2022

   0

   It doesn't appear to just write images to disk

   Review by a new / low-activity user.

   

   

   • UNetbootin is Free and Open SourcebalenaEtcher is also Free and Open Source
   • UNetbootin is Privacy focusedbalenaEtcher is not according to our users
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   dd

    101 likes

   dd, that stands for ‘data duplicator’, is a command-line utility for Unix mainly used for copying and converting data.

   41 dd alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source

   Application types

   • Bootable USB Creator
   • Disk Imaging

   Platforms

   • Mac
   • Linux
   • BSD

   

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   Paul

   Positive comment•Apr 2, 2020

   1

   A good command-line alternative that comes with Unix-based operating systems. It's what I use on my MacBook to burn Linux ISO images on my USB drive.

   Guest

   Positive comment•Jul 22, 2022

   0

   It's application free, and already, always installed in system !

   Review by a new / low-activity user.

   sharmaganesha2

   Positive comment•Oct 9, 2020

   0

   It's command line. That means it does not have garbage inside the program. But it might freak some people out. But Literally, you have Git Bash so you can use DD on Windows.

   The usage:

   $ lsblk /dev/sdb 28G /dev/sda 931G $ dd if=popos.iso of=/dev/sdb bs=1M status=progress

   It's really nice.

   Review by a new / low-activity user.

   

   

   • dd is Free and Open SourcebalenaEtcher is also Free and Open Source
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   USBImager

    23 likes

   USBImager is a really really simple GUI application that writes compressed disk images to USB drives and creates backups.

   23 USBImager alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source

   Application types

   • Bootable USB Creator
   • Disk Imaging

   Origin

   • International

   Alerts

   • Discontinued

   Platforms

   • Mac
   • Windows
   • Linux
   • Raspberry Pi

   

   

   

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   rescuezilla

   Positive comment•Dec 27, 2020

   1

   USBImager is a 300 kilobyte download compared to balenaEtcher's 80+ megabyte. They're both cross-platform (Windows/macOS/Linux). The reason is USBImager is a native app while balenaEtcher is an Electron app.

   balenaEtcher is still a bit more user-friendly, but USBImager is by far the best cross-platform alternative right now.

   docampoangel

   Positive comment•Dec 4, 2022

   1

   Is like etcher but installed occupies 508,43 KiB in disk, instead 500MB of spyware and electron crap.

   prog_uk

   Positive comment•Nov 4, 2022

   0

   Small, simple and does everything it needs to without any unnecessary bells and whistles.

   Review by a new / low-activity user.

   

   

   • USBImager is Free and Open SourcebalenaEtcher is also Free and Open Source
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   macUSB

    9 likes

   The easiest way to create legacy macOS bootable drives on modern Macs. Revive old Intel Macs using your Apple Silicon machine — no terminal knowledge required.

   54 macUSB alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source (MIT)

   Application type

   • Bootable USB Creator

   Origin

   • Poland
   • EU

   Platforms

   • Mac

   

   

   

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   KDE ISO Image Writer

    11 likes

   Write an ISO Image to a USB Disk.

   55 KDE ISO Image Writer alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source (GPL-3.0)

   Application type

   • Bootable USB Creator

   Origin

   • Germany
   • EU

   Platforms

   • Mac
   • Windows
   • Linux
   • KDE Plasma
   • Flathub
   • Flatpak

   

   

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   WinDiskWriter

    14 likes

   A macOS app that creates bootable USB drives for Windows. Patches Windows 11 to bypass TPM and Secure Boot requirements.

   55 WinDiskWriter alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source (GPL-3.0)

   Application type

   • Bootable USB Creator

   Origin

   • International

   Platforms

   • Mac

   

   

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   Raspberry Pi Imager

    13 likes

   Use Raspberry Pi Imager for an easy way to install Raspberry Pi OS and other operating systems to an SD card ready to use with your Raspberry Pi.

   25 Raspberry Pi Imager alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source

   Application type

   • Bootable USB Creator

   Origin

   • United Kingdom

   Platforms

   • Mac
   • Windows
   • Linux
   • Raspberry Pi OS

   

   

   

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    ApplePi-Baker v2

     147 likes

    Restore/Backup Utility, initially intended for Raspberry Pi users, but very suitable for all SD cards and external disks. More compression formats, no more sudo passwords, enable SSH, Auto Eject, restore to multiple disks, size check, shrink, etc.

    17 ApplePi-Baker v2 alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    • Bootable USB Creator

    Platforms

    • Mac

    

    

    

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    Ponyboy47

    Positive comment•May 30, 2019

    0

    Automatic backup of images Easy to use Great design

    Review by a new / low-activity user.

    Luis E Martinez S

    Positive comment•May 8, 2020

    0

    the level of customization at the time of restoring and image file to an sd card or usb drive, somethin that etcher lacks of it.

    

    

    • ApplePi-Baker v2 is Free and ProprietarybalenaEtcher is Free and Open Source
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    Fedora Media Writer

     4 likes

    A tool to create a bootable live USB drive with an edition of Fedora. Not only can Fedora Media Writer write an image to your flash drive, it can also download it for you. It offers official editions (Server, Workstation), Fedora spins (KDE Plasma Desktop, Xfce Desktop, Cinnamon...

    51 Fedora Media Writer alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (GPL-2.0)

    Application type

    • Bootable USB Creator

    Origin

    • United States

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub

    

    

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    ROSA Image Writer

     13 likes

    Optical drives are rapidly disappearing from our computers of all kinds, and consequently installing operating systems from USB flash disks is becoming increasingly popular. ISO images of the ROSA Linux distribution were originally intended for burning to DVD disks, but they can...

    48 ROSA Image Writer alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    • Bootable USB Creator

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    

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    Deepin Boot Maker

     14 likes

    Deepin Boot Maker is a boot maker developed by Deepin Technology Team. It is simple in interface and easy to operate. It helps users to easily make deepin boot disk.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (GPL-3.0)

    Application type

    • Bootable USB Creator

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    

    

    

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    UUByte ISO Editor

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    UUByte ISO Editor is a full ISO toolkit for burning, creation, extracting and editing. Powered by a simple user interface, it is quite easy to make a bootable USB or DVD in a few clicks.

    27 UUByte ISO Editor alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows

    

    

    

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