Convert OSX DMG files to dd/img files

osx .dmg files can be easily converted to raw disk dumps (for use with the venerable dd) thusly:

    hdiutil convert -format UDTO -o new.dd original.dmg

Then you can ‘burn’ the image onto a thumbdrive or the like:

    dd if=./new.dd of=/dev/disk2 bs=2m

Note that if you get the output file parameter wrong, you run the risk of overwriting something you might not want to, like your boot disk.

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