--- name: "macUSB" subtitle: "All-in-one USB installer creator for Mac — now with Linux and Windows support" date: 2026-05-20 link: https://www.reddit.com/r/macapps/comments/1tezavn/os_macusb_v22_the_all_in_one_usb_creator_for_mac/ source: "r/macapps" topics: - macos-apps tags: [macos, usb, installer, open-source] description: "Single Mac app for writing bootable USB installers for macOS, Linux, and Windows — replaces balenaEtcher, UNetbootin, and macOS's command-line ritual." --- macOS doesn't ship a GUI for writing bootable USB installers; the canonical path is `createinstallmedia` in Terminal, balenaEtcher for Linux ISOs, and a third tool for Windows. macUSB v2.2 collapses all three into one native app — pick the ISO/IPSW/installer, pick the target drive, write. Free.