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Install Disk Creator VS mkusb

Compare Install Disk Creator VS mkusb and see what are their differences

Install Disk Creator logo Install Disk Creator

Install Disk Creator simplifies creating a bootable OS X installer.

mkusb logo mkusb

(Straight up rufus for Linux users ) The mkusb tool was developed to make it simpler and safer to create boot drives with the method to flash or clone an iso image or a compressed image file. It is using dd under the hood.
  • Install Disk Creator Landing page
    Landing page //
    2021-10-01
  • mkusb Landing page
    Landing page //
    2023-10-20

Install Disk Creator videos

Create a Bootable macOS Catalina Installer with Install Disk Creator

More videos:

  • Review - Install Disk Creator Nasıl Kullanılır ?

mkusb videos

Make a persistent Linux usb drive with mkusb

More videos:

  • Tutorial - mkusb, a tutorial on how to burn isos to usbs in less than 5
  • Tutorial - How to install mkusb on Linux Mint 20.2

Category Popularity

0-100% (relative to Install Disk Creator and mkusb)
Bootable USB
57 57%
43% 43
Utilities
60 60%
40% 40
Boot Disk Utilities
100 100%
0% 0
CD/DVD Tools
49 49%
51% 51

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Social recommendations and mentions

Based on our record, Install Disk Creator seems to be a lot more popular than mkusb. While we know about 21 links to Install Disk Creator, we've tracked only 1 mention of mkusb. We are tracking product recommendations and mentions on various public social media platforms and blogs. They can help you identify which product is more popular and what people think of it.

Install Disk Creator mentions (21)

  • Removing OCLP
    Hi, to downgrade you have to download the Catalina installer, look it up on safari and should appear as an App Store link, then after it downloads you need a usb drive preferably 16Gb, then with this link download an app that makes bootable usb drives. After the app is done creating the bootable usb, reboot your Mac and hold the alt/option key, that brings the boot picker and choose your usb (should say install... Source: 10 months ago
  • If you own a Mac and have trouble downgrading your macOS to the one that it came with
    Yep thats right. For making an usb installer I would recommend https://macdaddy.io/install-disk-creator/. Source: 11 months ago
  • Cant install Mac OS on new M2 drive.
    When you download any of the above keep in mind it will start the download trough the update of the system, let the update continue to be downloaded, after the download is complete it wil start the update or it will point you to an older version. Whatever you do don't install the update just quit it CMD+Q and open this program: https://macdaddy.io/install-disk-creator. Source: 11 months ago
  • Planning to downgrade from Ventura to Monterey
    If for some reason installing directly from the installer file doesn't work—you can create a bootable installer disk. This is what I do, in fact I bought a few cheap 32 GB USB-drives on Amazon—a 5-pack costs maybe $25—and install different versions of macOS on them when need be. If you don't want to create the installer disk manually, I think you can use this app. Obviously don't use the same USB-drive that all... Source: about 1 year ago
  • [GUIDE] Lenovo Yoga 920 Ventura 13.0 OpenCore
    I used Install Disk Creator to download the Ventura 13.0. Update and write it to a USB. Please make sure the USB is formatted as GPT. Source: over 1 year ago
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mkusb mentions (1)

  • Ubuntu's version of mksub on Arch?
    Hello everyone, I have previously used mkusb and mkusb-dus on Ubuntu to make live USB sticks for various distros. However, I can't find that version available for Arch. I've found the githubversion on the AUR, but the github version clearly states that it is NOT related to Ubuntu's version. Does anyone know if I can somehow get Ubuntu's version "do USB stuff" on Arch? Source: about 3 years ago

What are some alternatives?

When comparing Install Disk Creator and mkusb, you can also consider the following products

Rufus - Rufus is a piece of software that allows you to transform a portable drive, like a flash drive or other USB drives, into a bootable drive that can be used for a variety of purposes. Read more about Rufus.

Tuxboot - Tuxboot helps you to create a bootable Live USB drive for Clonezilla live, DRBL live, GParted live...

Mac Linux USB Loader - A linux live USB maker for Mac OS X

FlashBoot - FLASH VENDOR, FLASH MODEL, VID, PID, CHIP VENDOR, CHIP MODEL, MEMORY CHIP, SIZE (GB), UTILS. product, Udisk2. 0, 1234, 5678, SSS (Solid State System), UDISK2. 0, 8. usb(2268 PRAM), Mass Storage Device, 13FE, 3E00, Phison, PS2251-68(PS2268)-F/W01.

GNOME MultiWriter - Write an ISO file to multiple USB devices at once

KDE ISO Image Writer - KDE ISO Image Writer is a tool to write a .iso file to a USB disk.