Wiki: Installation Instructions for macOS

[j-rahman]

One does not need to install 3rd party software in order to "flash" images to sd-cards on macOS. Like Linux, one can use dd.

1. Identify your sd-card using diskutil list. The device id should be something like /dev/disk5.
2. Unmount the sd-card using diskutil unmountDisk /dev/disk5.
3. Flash using something like sudo dd if=ArkOS_<Name>.img of=/dev/rdisk5 bs=4M status=progress.

Please include this information in the Wiki. Thank you.

[christianhaitian]

Good to know. I've updated the wiki and included this as a second option for Mac users and attributed the information to you. Thank you

[ethielknd]

Is rdisk5 a typo?
sudo dd if=ArkOS_<Name>.img of=/dev/rdisk5 bs=4M status=progress -> sudo dd if=ArkOS_<Name>.img of=/dev/disk5 bs=4M status=progress

[christianhaitian]

It looks like it is but I don't use or have a Mac to verify. Can someone who do advise?

[ethielknd]

I run the command and it works perfectly fine with rdisk. According to this thread it's because we skip the buffer and writes raw directly in the disk, which is faster.

Thanks!

[christianhaitian]

Oh good to know. Thanks. 👍🏿