How to create a bootable USB stick for Windows 11 (or 10) from macOS

How to create a bootable USB stick for Windows 11 (or 10) from macOS

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Creating a Windows 11 (or 10) USB installer from macOS is surprisingly complicated, but it's not impossible. Here's how.

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Windows 11: Create a bootable USB stick (Official)

UPDATED, 7/12/2024: If you need to install Windows 11 (or 10) on a computer but only have a Mac running Apple's macOS, you can use a non-Windows computer to create a bootable USB stick in the same way you can use a Windows computer to create a bootable USB installer for macOS.

Although you have several methods to create a Windows 11 installation media, they are only available for Windows devices. However, it is also possible to use macOS. The only problem is that the operating system only allows you to format the USB storage with the FAT32 file system, which can only store files less than 4GB, while the “install.wim” file (which contains the installation files) is usually larger than 4GB (usually 5.6GB). Therefore, we must take advantage of third-party tools to split the image into two smaller files and complete the process.

In addition, you can also use WinDiskWriter, a third-party app available as a free download via GitHub that reduces the process of creating a USB flash drive to just a few clicks without the need to use the terminal input console.