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Best way to burn iso to usb on Mac? I need a Windows 11 bootable USB
I understand your situation, and I can guide you through creating a bootable Windows 11 USB installer using your MacBook Air M4. Since Boot Camp Assistant is discontinued, you can use alternative methods to burn ISO to USB on Mac.
Here's a step-by-step guide to Burn ISO to USB on Mac:
1. Download the Windows 11 ISO. Select the edition and language, then download the ISO file: Insert your USB drive into your Mac.
2. Format the USB drive:
Open Disk Utility (Applications > Utilities > Disk Utility).
Select your USB drive from the list.
Click Erase.
Choose MS-DOS (FAT) or ExFAT as the format.
Set the scheme to GUID Partition Map.
Click Erase.
3. Use Terminal to create a bootable Windows installer:
Open Terminal (Applications > Utilities > Terminal).
First, identify your USB drive: diskutil list
Find your USB drive (e.g., /dev/disk2).
4. Unmount the drive:
diskutil unmountDisk /dev/diskX
Replace diskX with your drive's identifier.
5. Write the ISO to the USB:
sudo dd if=/path/to/Windows11.iso of=/dev/rdiskX bs=4m status=progress
The dd command can overwrite any drive without warning, so double-check the drive identifier!