Rufus Alternatives for Mac

    Rufus is not available for Mac but there are plenty of alternatives that runs on macOS with similar functionality. The most popular Mac alternative is Small UNetbootin iconUNetbootin, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to Rufus and 13 are available for Mac so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Mac alternatives to Rufus are Small balenaEtcher iconbalenaEtcher (Free, Open Source), Small dd icondd (Free, Open Source), Small ROSA Image Writer iconROSA Image Writer (Free, Open Source) and Small Deepin Boot Maker iconDeepin Boot Maker (Free, Open Source).

    The list of alternatives was last updated Apr 26, 2021
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    • UNetbootin

      Cross-platform tool to create bootable USB drive or create Live USB drives with built-in downloader for Linux ISO images and rescue disks. View 46 alternatives to UNetbootin
      Most users think UNetbootin is a great alternative to Rufus.
      • Free • Open Source
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      Kandi Easy to use. Supports a huge variety of platforms
      Top positive comment  almost 4 years ago

      Fast, easy to use and in a few clicks you're good to go
      Top positive comment  about 3 years ago

      does not do UEFI mode does not recognize external hdd/ sdd does not do windows bootable drives and have issues even with some linux distros does not do multiple booting images on single drive
      Top negative comment  about 1 year ago

      UNetbootin is for Linux Distributions. Rufus is for creating bootable USBs in general, independant from the target OS.
      Negative comment • over 1 year ago

      Does use current versions of "syslinux" and therefore does not create bootable media for a lot firmware ISO files, etc..
      Negative comment • almost 2 years ago

      Easy to use GUI that is compatible with lot's of ISO's. UNetbootin is my 3rd favorite bootable USB creator next to YUMI for Windows and Rufus.
      Positive comment • about 2 years ago

      Rufus made for me working bootable pendrive with windows 8.1, from iso which I had, and it worked. I tried this same with UNetbootin, and it didn't work.
      Negative comment • about 2 years ago

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    • balenaEtcher

      balenaEtcher is a free and open-source image burner with support for Windows, macOS and GNU/Linux. It makes USB and SD card image burning as simple and fast as possible. View 44 alternatives to balenaEtcher
      Most users think balenaEtcher is a great alternative to Rufus.
      • Free • Open Source
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      etcher is better than most image burners i have used.
      Top positive comment  about 1 year ago

      espectalll It's simple, it's easy, it's slick, and it's multiplatform, May not be for everyone, but surely is for most people.
      Top positive comment  about 4 years ago

      Cannot select between gpt and mbr partition styles
      Top negative comment  over 4 years ago

      For installing Linux Distros, it just works
      Positive comment • 6 months ago

      Can make bootable usb for linux not windows.
      Positive comment • 9 months ago

      Cam Make Bootable Linux And Other
      Positive comment • 11 months ago

      22Ezra22 Fairly fast and works great for flashing Raspberry Pi. It supports validation to make sure the image was successfully flashed.
      Positive comment • about 1 year ago

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    • dd

      Command-line utility for Unix and Unix-like operating systems to convert and copy a file. View 23 alternatives to dd
      Almost everyone thinks dd is a great alternative to Rufus.
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      • Free • Open Source
      • Mac
      • Linux
      • BSD
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      It's the only one that seems to be able to create BSD flash drives
      Top positive comment  over 1 year ago

      Considering this has been developed since 1974, it is very good at what it does.
      Top positive comment  over 1 year ago

      It works very well, only for the non Dufus.
      Positive comment • almost 2 years ago

      allows use of the command line
      Positive comment • over 2 years ago

      It's not flashing automatically
      Negative comment • over 2 years ago

    • ROSA Image Writer

      Optical drives are rapidly disappearing from our computers of all kinds, and consequently installing operating systems from USB flash disks is becoming increasingly popular. View 35 alternatives to ROSA Image Writer
      Most users think ROSA Image Writer is a great alternative to Rufus.
      • Free • Open Source
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      • Linux
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      its quick stable & versatile no errors on any I made
      Positive comment • over 1 year ago

      Easy to use, multi-platform
      Positive comment • over 4 years ago

    • Deepin Boot Maker

      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. View 38 alternatives to Deepin Boot Maker
      Most users think Deepin Boot Maker is a great alternative to Rufus.
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      • Free • Open Source
      • Mac
      • Windows
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      easy to use and run perfectly on mac
      Positive comment • 12 months ago

    • Disk Utility

      Disk Utility is the name of a utility created by Apple for performing disk-related tasks in Mac OS X. View 39 alternatives to Disk Utility
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      Cannot flash/burn iso into flash drive
      Negative comment • 12 months ago

      You cannot flash an iso image to a flash drive
      Negative comment • about 1 year ago

    • Install Disk Creator

      Install Disk Creator simplifies creating a bootable OS X installer. View 10 alternatives to Install Disk Creator
      Most users think Install Disk Creator is a great alternative to Rufus.
      • Free • Proprietary
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    • Mac Linux USB Loader

      Mac Linux USB Loader is an application that allows you to create bootable USB drives containing a Linux distribution that can boot natively on Apple's Macintosh computers... View 13 alternatives to Mac Linux USB Loader
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      camck This only makes USB drives bootable on mac.
      Negative comment • over 3 years ago

    • UUByte ISO Editor

      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. View 16 alternatives to UUByte ISO Editor
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      • Raspberry Pi Imager

        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. View 10 alternatives to Raspberry Pi Imager
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