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Mac - Mount ISO to bootable USB
$ diskutil list
and it returns something like
/dev/disk0
#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER
0: GUID_partition_scheme *1.0 TB disk0
1: EFI 209.7 MB disk0s1
2: Apple_HFS Macintosh HD 999.9 GB disk0s2
/dev/disk1
#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER
0: FDisk_partition_scheme *4.1 GB disk1
1: DOS_FAT_32 GENTOO LIVE 4.1 GB disk1s1
Now unmount the disk using diskutil replace the disk number with the id of your usb stick
$ diskutil unmountDisk /dev/disk1
$ dd if={ISO_IMAGE_HERE_} of=/dev/disk1
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