vyas:~ vsanzgir$ hdiutil
hdiutil: missing verb
Usage: hdiutil <verb> <options>
<verb> is one of the following:
help flatten
attach imageinfo
detach internet-enable
eject isencrypted
verify makehybrid
create mount
compact mountvol
convert unmount
burn plugins
info resize
checksum segment
chpass pmap
erasekeys udifderez
unflatten udifrez
vyas:~ vsanzgir$ hdiutil convert -format UDRW -o ~/Downloads/xbmcbuntu.img ~/Downloads/xbmcbuntu-13.0~gotham_amd64.iso
Reading Master Boot Record (MBR : 0)…
Reading XBMCbuntu (Apple_ISO : 1)…
Reading (Windows_NTFS_Hidden : 2)…
...............................................................................
Elapsed Time: 1.614s
Speed: 455.9Mbytes/sec
Savings: 0.0%
created: /Users/vsanzgir/Downloads/xbmcbuntu.img.dmg
vyas:~ vsanzgir$ diskutil list
/dev/disk0
#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER
0: GUID_partition_scheme *251.0 GB disk0
1: EFI EFI 209.7 MB disk0s1
2: Apple_CoreStorage 250.0 GB disk0s2
3: Apple_Boot Recovery HD 650.0 MB disk0s3
/dev/disk1
#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER
0: Apple_HFS HDD *249.7 GB disk1
/dev/disk3
#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER
0: NO NAME *1.0 GB disk3
vyas:~ vsanzgir$ diskutil unmountDisk /dev/disk3
Unmount of all volumes on disk3 was successful
vyas:~ vsanzgir$ sudo dd if=~/Downloads/xbmcbuntu.img.dmg of=/dev/rdisk3 bs=1m
Password:
736+0 records in
736+0 records out
771751936 bytes transferred in 146.883519 secs (5254177 bytes/sec)
vyas:~ vsanzgir$ diskutil eject /dev/disk3
Unable to find disk for /dev/disk3
vyas:~ vsanzgir$
hdiutil: missing verb
Usage: hdiutil <verb> <options>
<verb> is one of the following:
help flatten
attach imageinfo
detach internet-enable
eject isencrypted
verify makehybrid
create mount
compact mountvol
convert unmount
burn plugins
info resize
checksum segment
chpass pmap
erasekeys udifderez
unflatten udifrez
vyas:~ vsanzgir$ hdiutil convert -format UDRW -o ~/Downloads/xbmcbuntu.img ~/Downloads/xbmcbuntu-13.0~gotham_amd64.iso
Reading Master Boot Record (MBR : 0)…
Reading XBMCbuntu (Apple_ISO : 1)…
Reading (Windows_NTFS_Hidden : 2)…
...............................................................................
Elapsed Time: 1.614s
Speed: 455.9Mbytes/sec
Savings: 0.0%
created: /Users/vsanzgir/Downloads/xbmcbuntu.img.dmg
vyas:~ vsanzgir$ diskutil list
/dev/disk0
#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER
0: GUID_partition_scheme *251.0 GB disk0
1: EFI EFI 209.7 MB disk0s1
2: Apple_CoreStorage 250.0 GB disk0s2
3: Apple_Boot Recovery HD 650.0 MB disk0s3
/dev/disk1
#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER
0: Apple_HFS HDD *249.7 GB disk1
/dev/disk3
#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER
0: NO NAME *1.0 GB disk3
vyas:~ vsanzgir$ diskutil unmountDisk /dev/disk3
Unmount of all volumes on disk3 was successful
vyas:~ vsanzgir$ sudo dd if=~/Downloads/xbmcbuntu.img.dmg of=/dev/rdisk3 bs=1m
Password:
736+0 records in
736+0 records out
771751936 bytes transferred in 146.883519 secs (5254177 bytes/sec)
vyas:~ vsanzgir$ diskutil eject /dev/disk3
Unable to find disk for /dev/disk3
vyas:~ vsanzgir$
Ref: http://www.ubuntu.com/download/desktop/create-a-usb-stick-on-mac-osx