UNetbootin AlternativesOnly apps categorised as Bootable USB Creators 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 Bootable USB Creator 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 Bootable USB Creators available for Mac so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Mac Bootable USB Creator alternatives to UNetbootin are dd, macUSB, WinDiskWriter and KDE ISO Image Writer.

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UNetbootin alternatives are mainly Bootable USB Creators, but if you're looking for Disk Imaging Tools or Linux Distros you can filter on that. Other popular filters include Mac, Linux and Mac + Create bootable USB. These are just examples - use the filter bar below to find more specific alternatives to UNetbootin.
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  1. balenaEtcher icon
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    A free, open-source tool for burning images to USB and SD cards. Compatible with Windows, macOS, and Linux. Features validated burning, avoiding accidental wipes, offers a sleek interface, is lightweight and portable, making it ideal for users at any skill level.

    58 balenaEtcher alternatives

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

    41 dd alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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  3. macUSB icon
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    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

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    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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  4. 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

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    • Flathub
     
  5. 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 using their EFI system, regardless of whether or not the selected distribution has UEFI support.

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    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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  6. 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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  7. DiskMaker X icon
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    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).

    12 DiskMaker X alternatives

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    • Free
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