UNetbootin Alternatives for Mac

There are many alternatives to UNetbootin for Mac and since it's discontinued a lot of people are looking for a replacement. The best Mac alternative is balenaEtcher, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to UNetbootin and 15 are available for Mac so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Mac alternatives to UNetbootin are dd, WinDiskWriter, Fedora Media Writer and DiskMaker X.

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UNetbootin alternatives are mainly Bootable USB Creators but may also be Disk Imaging Tools or Linux Distros. Other popular filters includes Mac + Create bootable USB. Filter by these or use the filter bar below if you want a narrower list of alternatives or looking for a specific functionality of UNetbootin.

UNetbootin

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Bootable USB Creator
Free • Open Source

Cross-platform tool to create bootable USB drive or create Live USB drives with built-in downloader for Linux ISO images and rescue disks.

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UNetbootin alternatives page was last updated Sep 9, 2024

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.
53 balenaEtcher alternatives
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application type
- Bootable USB Creator
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
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Top balenaEtcher Features
1. Create bootable USB
2. User friendly
3. Graphical User Interface
4. Write ISO to SD card
5. Portable
6. Burn iso
7. Create bootable Image
8. Validated Burning
9. Lightweight
10. Material design
11. Electron based
12. Persistent Storage
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balenaEtcher VS UNetbootin
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Comments about balenaEtcher as an Alternative to UNetbootin

Guest
Doing a Arch bootable key was a nightmare on a Mac with UNetbootin, no way to make it working. With Etcher one try and it was perfectly ok :)
Top positive comment •Jul 7, 2016
5
cemagr
Actually seems to work under OS X unlike Unetbootin now
Top positive comment •Jan 11, 2017
5
Guest
Very simple and effective, creates a bootable USB key almost in a single click (very unusual considering everyone is struggling with UNetbootin since many years!)
Positive comment •Jun 2, 2018
0
Guest
I have a 64GB USB key, and UNetbootin kept insisting on creating an odd FAT32 partition that always failed to boot properly. Also, Windows and Mac had trouble identifying and/or reading it. Etcher worked the first time. No confusing setup options, just select the .iso and burn. Simple like it should be!
Positive comment •Mar 8, 2018
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Ben Troshi
Works on more operating systems. Better language support. Truly open source and free.
Positive comment •Oct 28, 2017
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- Almost everyone thinks balenaEtcher is a great UNetbootin alternative.
- balenaEtcher is the most popular Mac & Linux alternative to UNetbootin.
- balenaEtcher is Free and Open SourceUNetbootin is also Free and Open Source

dd
dd, that stands for ‘data duplicator’, is a command-line utility for Unix mainly used for copying and converting data.
35 dd alternatives
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application types
- Bootable USB Creator
- Disk Imaging Tool
Platforms
- Mac
- Linux
- BSD
dd Features
Command line interface
Burn iso
Write ISO to SD card
Create image
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Comments about dd as an Alternative to UNetbootin

Guest
It's easier than GUI if you won't deal with UEFI stuff
Top positive comment •May 27, 2017
2
Guest
Not a full-featured GUI-application like the rest, but way more flexible, versatile and reliable for more tech-savvy users.
Top positive comment •Sep 14, 2016
0
Guest
There's more to creating a bootable USB drive than moving blocks of bits.
Top negative comment •Jul 31, 2018
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PERCE_NEIGE
For the user who said that it's not for burning ISO, it's wrong.
Positive comment •Feb 27, 2020
0
Guest
its not a burning iso software..
Negative comment •Apr 12, 2018
-3
- Most users think dd is a great UNetbootin alternative.
- dd is Free and Open SourceUNetbootin is also Free and Open Source

WinDiskWriter
A macOS app that creates bootable USB drives for Windows. Patches Windows 11 to bypass TPM and Secure Boot requirements.
51 WinDiskWriter alternatives
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application type
- Bootable USB Creator
Platforms
- Mac
WinDiskWriter VS UNetbootin
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Fedora Media Writer
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...
49 Fedora Media Writer alternatives
License model
- Free • Open Source
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
Fedora Media Writer VS UNetbootin
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DiskMaker X
DiskMaker X (formerly Lion DiskMaker) is an application built with AppleScript that you can use with many versions of OS X/macOS to build a bootable drive from OS X/macOS installer program (the one you download from the App Store).
13 DiskMaker X alternatives
License model
- Free • Proprietary
Application type
- Bootable USB Creator
Platforms
- Mac
DiskMaker X Features
Create UEFI bootable drive
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DiskMaker X VS UNetbootin
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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.
20 Raspberry Pi Imager alternatives
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application type
- Bootable USB Creator
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Raspbian
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Raspberry Pi Imager VS UNetbootin
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KDE ISO Image Writer
Write an ISO Image to a USB Disk.
52 KDE ISO Image Writer alternatives
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application type
- Bootable USB Creator
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Flathub
- Flatpak
- KDE
KDE ISO Image Writer VS UNetbootin
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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.
46 Deepin Boot Maker alternatives
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application type
- Bootable USB Creator
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
Deepin Boot Maker Features
Support for Windows Hello
Multiple languages
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Deepin Boot Maker VS UNetbootin
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