Create a Manjaro Linux USB Boot Drive on MacOS

Download Manjaro Distribution

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Format USB Drive

To find the volume identifier of our USB stick, we run

$ diskutil list
# ...
/dev/disk4 (external, physical):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:                                                   *31.7 GB    disk4

Erase disk (e.g. volume_identifier=disk4)

$ diskutil secureErase 1 ${volume_identifier}
Started erase on disk4
Finished erase on disk4

Convert ISO to IMG

$ hdiutil convert ${input_path} -format UDRW -o ${output_path}

Note: input_path and output_path are the locations of the downloaded Manjaro ISO file respectively the output path for the image (latter without file suffix).

Example:

$ input_path=~/Downloads/manjaro-xfce-18.1.5-191229-linux54.iso
$ output_path=~/Desktop/manjaro-xfce-18.1.5-191229-linux54
$ hdiutil convert ${input_path} -format UDRW -o ${output_path}
# ...
created: /Users/main/Desktop/manjaro-xfce-18.1.5-191229-linux54.dmg

Burn to USB Drive

$ diskutil unmountDisk /dev/${volume_identifier}
Unmount of all volumes on disk4 was successful

Then

sudo dd if=${output_path}.dmg of=/dev/${volume_identifier} bs=1m

Restart Mac and hold alt key after startup chime to select boot drive. Choose the USB Drive.
Enjoy Manjaro!

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Create a Manjaro Linux USB Boot Drive on MacOS