To do this, we will use the “dd” command. Now that the Kali Linux ISO is copied to your USB drive, we need to make it bootable. Eject the Kali Linux ISO from your Mac by right-clicking on the mounted ISO and selecting the “Eject” option. Click on the mounted ISO to open it and then drag the entire “kali-linux-xxxx” folder to your USB drive. Once the Kali Linux ISO is mounted, open the “Finder” application and you will see the mounted ISO listed on the left side under “Devices”. To do this, double-click on the ISO file and it will automatically mount it to your Mac.

Next, we need to mount the Kali Linux ISO. Disk Utility will now format the drive and when it is finished, you will see the drive’s new name and format listed next to it. In the “Erase” dialog box, make sure that the “Format” drop-down is set to “Mac OS Extended (Journaled)” and then click on the “Erase” button. Once selected, click on the “Erase” button. Launch Disk Utility and select the USB drive from the list of available devices. This can be done easily from the Disk Utility application that is included with every Mac. First, we will need to format the USB drive.

Before we get started, you will need the following: – A USB flash drive (4GB or larger) – A copy of the Kali Linux ISO (download it here) – A Mac Once you have all of the above, we can begin. In this tutorial we will be creating a bootable USB flash drive for Kali Linux on a Mac.

It is maintained and funded by Offensive Security Ltd. Kali Linux is a Debian-derived Linux distribution designed for digital forensics and penetration testing.

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