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  • Download/Mount the ISO from Microsoft: https://www.microsoft.com/software-download/windows11
  • List your drives: diskutil list
  • Format drive: diskutil eraseDisk MS-DOS WINDOWS GPT /dev/diskX (replace diskX with your disk identifier)
  • Copy all files from ISO excluding install.wim (too big for FAT32)
    • rsync -vha --exclude=sources/install.wim /Volumes/CCCOMA_X64FRE_EN-US_DV9/* /Volumes/WINDOWS
  • Install wimlib to split install.wim brew install wimlib
    • wimlib-imagex split /Volumes/CCCOMA_X64FRE_EN-US_DV9/sources/install.wim /Volumes/WINDOWS/sources/install.swm 3500
    • Split size could be anything under 4GB
  • Profit 🤑
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