Tails - Replacing balenaEtcher with Rufus as installer for Windows
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I am shocked by this - the quote in below is very concerning:

“However, in 2024, the situation changed: balenaEtcher started sharing the file name of the image and the model of the USB stick with the Balena company and possibly with third parties.”

Can’t see myself using this software anymore…

  • downhomechunkEnglish
    0•4 months ago

    Plug your usb drive in and run lsblk to figure out which letter to use instead of x in /dev/sdx

    sudo dd if=image.iso of=/dev/sdx bs=1M status=progress

    EDIT: I totally didn’t read your request. This is not gui or Mac based, but it still might help someone.

    • @Revan343@lemmy.ca
      0•4 months ago

      Mac should have dd, I’d assume lsblk as well not lsblk though. There’s fdisk though

    • yeehaw
      0•4 months ago

      I’m pretty sure mac, being based off freebsd, would include dd

    • Littux
      0•4 months ago

      The comment said “SD Card” so it would be /dev/mmcblk*

      • downhomechunkEnglish
        0•4 months ago

        I use a microSD to usb adapter and have 2 spinning rust disks. So it’s /sdc for me, but i still always double check. Dd isn’t called the disk destroyer for nothing.