Win32 Disk Imager Alternatives for Mac

Win32 Disk Imager is not available for Mac but there are plenty of alternatives that runs on macOS with similar functionality. 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 25 alternatives to Win32 Disk Imager and 15 are available for Mac so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Mac alternatives to Win32 Disk Imager are UNetbootin, Clonezilla, Acronis Cyber Protect Home Office and ApplePi-Baker v2.

Win32 Disk Imager alternatives are mainly Bootable USB Creators but may also be Disk Imaging Tools or Disk Cloning Tools. Filter by these if you want a narrower list of alternatives or looking for a specific functionality of Win32 Disk Imager.

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Win32 Disk Imager

Free • Open Source
Disk Imaging Tool

A utility that can write a raw backup image of your hard drive to a removable device or vice versa.

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balenaEtcher
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Free • Open Source
Bootable USB Creator
Mac
Windows
Linux
51 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 Win32 Disk Imager.
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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 Win32 Disk Imager
Most users think balenaEtcher is a great Win32 Disk Imager alternative.
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Worked great for Raspberry Pi SD Card image.
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It's very simple and doesn't take long to flash the Raspberry Pi (Micro) SD Card with the latest version of Raspbian.
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Doesn't support creating images
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Cannot create image from drive, just write to drive from image.
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This is an "etcher" or a disk writer. Win32 Disk Imager is a reader and created the filetypes that Balena uses to write to a disk. Balena is not capable of reading from a disk to an image file.
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UNetbootin
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Free • Open Source
Bootable USB Creator
Linux Distro
Mac
Windows
Linux
PortableApps.com
53 UNetbootin alternatives
UNetbootin (Universal Netboot Installer) is a cross-platform utility that can load Linux and other distributions to a partition or USB drive. It loads distributions either by downloading listed Linux and BSD like distributions, a variety of system utilities and rescue disks ISO...
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UNetbootin Features
1. PortableUNetbootin can be used from a USB stick or similar with no prior installation.
2. Ad-freeUNetbootin doesn't contain any form of external advertising.
3. Privacy focusedUNetbootin is considered a privacy friendly alternative.
4. LightweightUNetbootin consumes less device resources compared to similar apps.
Persistent Linux
Automatic downloading
Download ISO Images
Windows To Go
Burn iso
Portable Linux
Clonezilla
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Free • Open Source
Disk Imaging Tool
Disk Cloning Tool
Mac
Windows
Linux
69 Clonezilla alternatives
Open-source partition and disk imaging, cloning and recovery solution with multicast support to clone 40+ computers simultaneously.
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Clonezilla Features
1. PortableClonezilla can be used from a USB stick or similar with no prior installation.
2. Encrypted BackupClonezilla uses encryption algorithms to keep your files safe as well as prevent unauthorized access.
3. Schedule BackupClonezilla supports scheduling of your backups at specific times or intervals.
Live booting from usb
Fast cloning
Linux-based
Clone to smaller disks
Remote backup
PXE
Boot HDD Partition
Recover disk partitions
Comments about Clonezilla as a Alternative to Win32 Disk Imager
Some users think Clonezilla is a great Win32 Disk Imager alternative, some don't.
Clonezilla is more akin to Norton Ghost or other partition restoration software. Win32 is more useful for writing images to USB keys, etc.
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Can be used for PXE Boot Services
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Acronis Cyber Protect Home Office
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Paid • Proprietary
Disk Cloning Tool
Disk Imaging Tool
System Backup Tool
Mac
Windows
Online
Android
iPhone
153 Acronis Cyber Protect Home Office alternatives
Acronis Cyber Protect Home Office is a software product produced by Acronis that provides data protection including, backup, archive, access and recovery for Microsoft, macOS, iOS and Android operating systems.
- - Acronis Cyber Protect Home Office is the most popular Web-based, Android & iPhone alternative to Win32 Disk Imager.
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Acronis Cyber Protect Home Office Features
1. Incremental BackupAcronis Cyber Protect Home Office supports incremental backups (only back up the changed or new-added data since the last backup).
2. Differential BackupAcronis Cyber Protect Home Office supports differential backups (only back up the changed or new-added data since the last FULL backup).
3. Schedule BackupAcronis Cyber Protect Home Office supports scheduling of your backups at specific times or intervals.
Clone to smaller disks
Ransomware Protection
Data Protection
Intuitive Interface
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Some users think Acronis Cyber Protect Home Office is a great Win32 Disk Imager alternative, some don't.
ApplePi-Baker v2
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Free • Proprietary
Bootable USB Creator
Mac
15 ApplePi-Baker v2 alternatives
Restore/Backup Utility, initially intended for Raspberry Pi users, but very suitable for all SD cards and external disks. More compression formats, no more sudo passwords, enable SSH, Auto Eject, restore to multiple disks, size check, shrink, etc.
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ApplePi-Baker v2 Features
Writes images to SD/USB
Cleaning unwanted partitioning
Format a SD to NOOBS-compatible format
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Creates backup images from usb, and restores images to create backup copy. Simple UI, works exactly as required. Seems to use unix dd command to make disk duplicate.
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USBImager
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Free • Open Source
Bootable USB Creator
Disk Imaging Tool
Mac
Windows
Linux
Raspberry Pi
15 USBImager alternatives
USBImager is a really really simple GUI application that writes compressed disk images to USB drives and creates backups.
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USBImager Features
Write ISO to SD card
ARM support
Raspberry Pi Development
ROSA Image Writer
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Free • Open Source
Bootable USB Creator
Mac
Windows
Linux
44 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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Deepin Boot Maker
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Free • Open Source
Bootable USB Creator
Mac
Windows
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
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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Fedora Media Writer
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Free • Open Source
Mac
Windows
Linux
50 Fedora Media Writer alternatives
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...
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Stellar Drive Clone
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Paid • Proprietary
Disk Cloning Tool
Mac
17 Stellar Drive Clone alternatives
Stellar Drive Clone is a complete Mac Hard Drive Cloning utility that clones and creates a disk image of the Mac hard drive, Solid State Drives, Partitions and External Hard Drives. This Mac cloning tool supports HFS-to-HFS, FAT-to-FAT and NTFS-to-EXFAT cloning.
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Stellar Drive Clone Features
Clone by date