Universal Usb Installer Alternatives For Mac

Have you ever been faced with the need to install a new operating system on a crashed PC but realize that you don't have the installation disc? For most people, such a case is always discouraging and disheartening because they know that the only way to install a new OS is to use an installation disc. Actually, all you need is a USB with a good capacity and a utility like Rufus. Rufus is a free, portable open-source utility that you can use to create bootable USB flash drives. Rufus is small in size, but it surprisingly has everything you need as far as the above are concerned.

Download the macOS Sierra installer and Disk Creator. Insert an 8GB (or larger) flash drive. If you have any other data on that flash drive, back it up now, because the installer will delete everything on it. Open Disc Creator and click the “Select the OS X Installer” button. Find the Sierra installer file.

Does Rufus Have a Mac Version?

Rufus is primarily a Windows application and currently, it supports 64 or 32 bit Windows XP/7/8/10 only. This means that you can not use Rufus on the normal Mac computers. If you need to run Rufus on a Mac, then it will be imperative for the computer to have a dual boot Windows installed on Mac. However, this is not an easy task at all.

To those in the dark, this simply means that you will need to have a Windows Operating system installed in your Mac computer. However, if you didn't want to have two operating systems running on the same machine so that you can access Rufus, there are quite a number of alternatives you can use to achieve the same functionalities of Rufus on Mac.

Rufus for Mac Alternative 1: UUByte ISO Editor

UUByte ISO Editor is by far one of the best ISO toolkits for those who want a seamless process in creating, burning, extracting and editing ISO images. Unlike Rufus, it has both Windows and Mac versions so you don't have to worry about not having Rufus for Mac or the need to install two operating systems in your Mac.

This ISO editor can effortlessly burn ISO image to DVD, CD or USB which you can then go ahead and use as a bootable disc for new installation. The tool is also versatile enough to create an ISO archive from folders or external sources, in addition to extracting or mounting ISO files to Mac or Windows computers. With over 220,000 users worldwide, it is a clear winner among the ISO toolkits available in the market today.

Why Choose UUByte ISO Editor

  • Full ISO toolkit for Windows and Mac.
  • Easily create bootable USB or DVD from Windows ISO.
  • 5X faster burning speed.
  • Excellent customer support.

How to burn ISO to USB on Mac using UUByte ISO Editor: Please download UUByte ISO Editor for Mac and install the app. Then drag and drop the app icon to Application folder so you can open the app from Launchpad. After that, insert a USB stick and click 'Burn' button at the first screen. Now import Windows ISO to the program and start burning ISO to USB by clicking 'Burn' button at the bottom of the Window. Finally, wait for 10 minutes to get the job done.

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Rufus for Mac Alternative 2: UNetbootin

Universal Netboot Installer Unetbootin, is another cross-platform utility toolkit that makes a great alternative to Rufus on Mac. It has the ability to load and install various Linux distros on Mac. It is easy to use and supports a myriad of platforms. All you have to do is select an ISO file or the specific distribution you want to download and then simply choose the target drive. It also comes with a nice GUI, which further adds to the user experience during use.

Pros:

  • Support Windows, Mac and Linux.
  • Able to download Linux ISO within the program.
  • Easily create ISO image from files or folders.

Cons:

  • Non-native user interface.
  • Lower success rate on new USB drives.
  • Lack support for CD or DVD.

Rufus for Mac Alternative 3: Etcher

Etcher is another great Rufus alternative for Mac. It has been designed to allow you to easily and comfortably burn ISO images to USB drives and SD cards. The utility comes with an advanced interface which may be intimidating on first glance, but after going through the simple user guide, getting around to use the utility becomes a breeze.

Simply download this tool, launch it, and then choose the IMG file you are interested in burning. You will then select the location of the target USB drive or SD card and then wait for it to do its magic. It is lightweight and relatively fast, so you won't have to wait for a whole day for the burning process to end.

Pros:

  • Polish user interface.
  • Support USB drives as well as SD cards.
  • Easy to use.

Cons:

  • Being loaded slowly on startup.
  • Get stuck at burning process easily.
  • Poor support for Windows 10 ISO.

Verdict:

Rufus is a great application for burning ISO to USB. Unfortunately, there is no Mac version yet. So for burning ISO to USB on Mac, you have to use third-party alternatives like UUByte ISO Editor to get it done. The suggestions in this post almost do the same thing as Rufus on Windows so don't worry about the functionality. Go ahead and pick up the best one according to your experience.

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It runs on Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X. You can either let UNetbootin download one of the many distributions supported out-of-the-box for you, or supply your own Linux .iso file if you've already downloaded one or your preferred distribution isn't on the list.

UNetbootin can create a bootable Live USB drive, or it can make a 'frugal install' on your local hard disk if you don't have a USB drive. It loads distributions either by downloading a ISO (CD image) files for you, or by using an ISO file you've already downloaded.

UNetbootin can also be used to load various system utilities, including:

  • Parted Magic, a partition manager that can resize, repair, backup, and restore partitions.
  • SystemRescueCD, a system repair, backup and recovery tool.
  • Super Grub Disk, a boot utility that can restore and repair overwritten and misconfigured GRUB installs or directly boot various operating systems
  • Dr.Web Antivirus, F-Secure Rescue CD, and Kaspersky Rescue Disk, which remove malware from Windows installs.
  • Backtrack, a utility used for network analysis and penetration testing.
  • Ophcrack, a utility which can recover Windows passwords.
  • NTPasswd, a utility which can reset Windows passwords and edit the registry.
  • Gujin, a graphical bootloader that can also be used to boot various operating systems and media.
  • Smart Boot Manager (SBM), which can boot off CD-ROM and floppy drives on computers with a faulty BIOS.
  • FreeDOS, which can run BIOS flash and other legacy DOS utilities.

The current version has built-in support for automatically downloading and loading the following distributions, though installing other distributions is also supported:

  • Ubuntu (and official derivatives)
    • 12.04 LTS
    • 12.10
    • 13.04
    • Daily CD Images
  • Debian
    • Stable/Wheezy
    • Testing/Jessie
    • Unstable/Sid
  • Linux Mint
    • 13
    • 14
    • 15
  • openSUSE
    • 10.2
    • 10.3
    • 11.0
    • 11.1
    • Factory
  • Arch Linux
    • 2010.05
  • Damn Small Linux
    • 4.4
  • SliTaz
    • Stable
    • Cooking
  • Puppy Linux
    • 4.00
  • gNewSense
    • deltah-2.1
  • FreeBSD
    • 6.3
    • 7.0
    • 7.2
    • 8.0
  • NetBSD
    • 4.0
  • Fedora
    • 17
    • 18
    • Rawhide
  • PCLinuxOS
    • 2010
  • Sabayon Linux
    • 5.1
    • 5.2
  • Gentoo
    • 2007.0
    • 2008.0
  • MEPIS
    • SimplyMEPIS 8
    • AntiX 8
  • Zenwalk
    • 5.2
  • Slax
    • 6
  • Dreamlinux
    • 3.2
  • Elive
    • Development
  • CentOS
    • 4
    • 5
    • 6
  • Mandriva
    • 2007.1
    • 2008.0
    • 2008.1
  • LinuxConsole
    • 1.0.2009
  • Frugalware Linux
    • Stable
    • Testing
    • Current
  • xPUD
    • 0.9.2

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