UNetbootin Alternatives for Mac

There are many alternatives to UNetbootin for Mac if you 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 14 are available for Mac so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Mac alternatives to UNetbootin are dd, Deepin Boot Maker, ROSA Image Writer and Raspberry Pi Imager.

UNetbootin alternatives are mainly Bootable USB Creators but may also be Disk Imaging Tools or Linux Distros. Filter by these if you want a narrower list of alternatives or looking for a specific functionality of UNetbootin.

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UNetbootin (Universal Netboot Installer) is a cross-platform utility that can load Linux and other distributions to a...

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balenaEtcher
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Free • Open Source
Bootable USB Creator
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Linux
52 balenaEtcher alternatives
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.
- - balenaEtcher is the most popular Mac & Linux alternative to UNetbootin.
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balenaEtcher Features
1. PortablebalenaEtcher can be used from a USB stick or similar with no prior installation.
2. LightweightbalenaEtcher consumes less device resources compared to similar apps.
User friendly
Graphical User Interface
Write ISO to SD card
Burn iso
Create bootable Image
Validated Burning
Material design
Electron based
Persistent Storage
Support for S.M.A.R.T. data
Comments about balenaEtcher as a Alternative to UNetbootin
Almost everyone thinks balenaEtcher is a great UNetbootin alternative.
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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 :)
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cemagr
Actually seems to work under OS X unlike Unetbootin now
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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!)
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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!
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Ben Troshi
Works on more operating systems. Better language support. Truly open source and free.
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dd
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Free • Open Source
Bootable USB Creator
Disk Imaging Tool
Mac
Linux
BSD
32 dd alternatives
dd, that stands for ‘data duplicator’, is a command-line utility for Unix mainly used for copying and converting data.
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dd Features
1. Command line interfacedd either have CLI support or is a CLI-only app.
Burn iso
Write ISO to SD card
Create image
Add a screenshot

Comments about dd as a Alternative to UNetbootin
Most users think dd is a great UNetbootin alternative.
PERCE_NEIGE
For the user who said that it's not for burning ISO, it's wrong.
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Guest
It's easier than GUI if you won't deal with UEFI stuff
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Guest
There's more to creating a bootable USB drive than moving blocks of bits.
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Guest
its not a burning iso software..
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Guest
Not a full-featured GUI-application like the rest, but way more flexible, versatile and reliable for more tech-savvy users.
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Deepin Boot Maker
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Free • Open Source
Bootable USB Creator
Mac
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Linux
44 Deepin Boot Maker alternatives
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.
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Deepin Boot Maker Features
Support for Windows Hello
Multiple languages
ROSA Image Writer
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Free • Open Source
Bootable USB Creator
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Linux
43 ROSA Image Writer alternatives
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...
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ROSA Image Writer Features
Create bootable Image
Discontinued
Last update was in 2016.
Raspberry Pi Imager
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Free • Open Source
Bootable USB Creator
Mac
Windows
Linux
Raspbian
17 Raspberry Pi Imager alternatives
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.
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DiskMaker X
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Free • Proprietary
Bootable USB Creator
Mac
12 DiskMaker X alternatives
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).
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DiskMaker X Features
Create UEFI bootable drive
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Most users think DiskMaker X is a great UNetbootin alternative.
KDE ISO Image Writer
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Free • Open Source
Bootable USB Creator
Mac
Windows
Linux
51 KDE ISO Image Writer alternatives
Write an ISO Image to a USB Disk.
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Install Disk Creator
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Free • Proprietary
Bootable USB Creator
Mac
9 Install Disk Creator alternatives
Install Disk Creator simplifies creating a bootable OS X installer.
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