Prerequisite:
1) Raspberry Pi device with data cable.
2) Card reader
3) Micro SD card. Here is the compatible documentation
4) A monitor with an HDMI interface
5) HDMI cable
6) USB keyboard
7) USB Mouse
8) Ethernet Cable [Optional]
Following are the steps to move with:
1) Format SD card:
Recommended way to format by SD Card Formatter, you can download it from here
2) Let say we have to load RASPBIAN image onto SD Card, download image from here
3) Now its time to load image on SD Card
4) Open a MAC terminal window and then run command:
5) Identify your removable drive device address, it will probably be look like the ones below:1) Raspberry Pi device with data cable.
2) Card reader
3) Micro SD card. Here is the compatible documentation
4) A monitor with an HDMI interface
5) HDMI cable
6) USB keyboard
7) USB Mouse
8) Ethernet Cable [Optional]
Following are the steps to move with:
1) Format SD card:
Recommended way to format by SD Card Formatter, you can download it from here
2) Let say we have to load RASPBIAN image onto SD Card, download image from here
3) Now its time to load image on SD Card
4) Open a MAC terminal window and then run command:
diskutil list
/dev/disk0
#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER
0:GUID_partition_scheme *500.3 GB disk0
/dev/disk2
#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER
0: Macintosh HD *378.1 GB disk1
Logical Volume on disk0s2
DAB8DF9E23-A4RR-420D-00R1-FRT67WE
Unlocked Encrypted
/dev/disk3
#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER
0: FDisk_partition_scheme *7.9 GB disk3
1: DOS_FAT_32 AJ 7.9 GB disk3s1
Note that your removable drive must be DOS_FAT_32 formatted. In this example, /dev/disk3 is the drive address of an 8GB SD card.
6) Unmount your SD card via command:
diskutil unmountDisk <drive address>
Unmount of all volumes on <drive address> was successful
sudo dd bs=32m if=<image file path> of=<drive address>
3420+1 records in
3420+1 records out
286665744 bytes transferred in 524.761215 secs (5069924 bytes/sec)
9) Now you can eject your removable drive. You are ready to install RASPBIAN image on your device.
In Part Two we will learn about how to use SSH and VNC as a virtually desktop on MACOSX.