Universal USB Installer AlternativesOnly apps categorised as Bootable USB Creators for Mac

Universal USB Installer is not available for Mac but there are plenty of alternatives that runs on macOS with similar functionality. 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 25 alternatives to Universal USB Installer and 12 are Bootable USB Creators available for Mac so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Mac Bootable USB Creator alternatives to Universal USB Installer are UNetbootin, macUSB, KDE ISO Image Writer and Mac Linux USB Loader.

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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.

    56 balenaEtcher alternatives

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    Comments about balenaEtcher as an Alternative to Universal USB Installer
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    balenaEtcher is really the easiest program to make bootable usb sticks: you select your iso/img, you select your usb stick and you let your computer do the rest of the magic and a few minutes later you are ready to go!

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    Does essentially the same thing - but a little easier to use!

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    balenaEtcher icon
    • balenaEtcher is Free and Open SourceUniversal USB Installer is also Free and Open Source
    • balenaEtcher is LightweightUniversal USB Installer is not according to our users
  2. UNetbootin icon
     760 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.

    58 UNetbootin alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Discontinued

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • PortableApps.com
     
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    Comments about UNetbootin as an Alternative to Universal USB Installer
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    It can create persistent bootable USBs.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    UNetbootin icon
    • UNetbootin is Free and Open SourceUniversal USB Installer is also Free and Open Source
    • UNetbootin is Privacy focused and LightweightUniversal USB Installer is not according to our users
  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.

    52 macUSB alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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  4. 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.

    25 Mac Linux USB Loader alternatives

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    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
     
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    Comments about Mac Linux USB Loader as an Alternative to Universal USB Installer
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    The Mac loader sets the USB drive to work solely on the one mac. While the other tool works on all platforms.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    Mac Linux USB Loader icon
    • Mac Linux USB Loader is Paid and ProprietaryUniversal USB Installer is Free and Open Source
  5. 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

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    • Flathub
     
  6. 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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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Discontinued

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    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  7. TINU icon
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    The open tool to create bootable macOS installers.

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    • Discontinued

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    • Mac
     
  8. Caligula icon
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    A user-friendly, lightweight TUI wrapper for the dd command written in Rust that performs easy disk imaging and ISO burning with only a single command with graphs and rich confirmation dialogs.

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    • Arch Linux
    • Nix Package Manager
    • Homebrew
     
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