#How to make an Ubuntu USB stick on your Mac
This guide didn't work for me, so I tried something else, which was successful. I couldn't edit the wiki so I'm writing here.
- Plug your USB stick where everything will be deleted
- Open your Terminal (You'll find a Terminal application in your Launcher)
- Once there, type
diskutil list - Look for the name of your USB stick in the result, and find the associated drive:
- Here's an example:
$ diskutil list
/dev/disk0
#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER
0: GUID_partition_scheme *251.0 GB disk0
1: EFI 209.7 MB disk0s1
2: Apple_HFS Macintosh HD 250.1 GB disk0s2
3: Apple_Boot Recovery HD 650.0 MB disk0s3
/dev/disk1
#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER
0: FDisk_partition_scheme *15.8 GB disk1
1: Windows_FAT_32 UNTITLED 15.8 GB disk1s1
Here, I could totally recognize the "UNTITLED" name of my USB stick partition. Now, if you check on a few lines above, you'll see the associated drive: /dev/disk1
- Now that you know this, unmount the partitions, using
diskutil unmountDisk /dev/diskN(/dev/disk1 for me!) - Type:
sudo dd if=/path/to/your/ubuntu-14.04-desktop-amd64.iso of=/dev/rdiskN bs=1m(note it's not diskN anymore, it's rdiskN) - Wait a few minutes for the task to complete, and eject the disk using
diskutil eject /dev/diskN - You're now the happy owner of a bootable Ubuntu usb stick.
Note: This also works for Arch (and probably many other distributions).