How can I create windows 11 bootable usb on Mac?

ChloeLewis

I remember having to create a Windows 11 bootable USB drive on a Mac before, and I decided to use Terminal to do it. Although I was a little worried at first because I wasn't familiar with the command line, the process was actually not as complicated as I thought. I found some tutorials online and followed the steps to enter the command to write the Windows 11 ISO file to the USB drive.

Although I encountered some minor problems along the way, such as typos, I was able to solve them with a little patience. In the end, I successfully created a bootable USB drive, and the whole process also gave me a better understanding of Terminal. 

I'd like to share my experience, steps as below:

Step 1.  Insert the USB drive: Insert your USB drive and open Terminal.

Step 2.  Find the USB drive identifier: Enter the following command to find the identifier of your USB drive (such as /dev/disk2):

diskutil list

Step 3. Format the USB drive: Replace diskX in the command below with the identifier of your USB drive and run the command to format the USB drive:

diskutil eraseDisk MS-DOS "WIN11" MBR /dev/diskX

Step 4. Mount Windows 11 ISO file: Locate your Windows 11 ISO file and mount it by double-clicking it.

Step 5. Copy the contents of the ISO file to the USB drive:

sudo dd if=/path/to/Windows11.iso of=/dev/rdifskX bs=1m

Note: Replace /path/to/Windows11.iso with the path to your Windows 11 ISO file and /dev/rdiskX with the identifier of your USB drive.

Step 6. Wait for the copy to complete: This process may take some time, so be patient. Once the copy is complete, your USB drive should be a bootable Windows 11 installation disk.