Create ISO image on Apple Macintosh (Mac OS X)

Ever wanted to create an ISO image on a Mac and don't have an image tool?

Simply use what the Operating System has to offer...

Open the [Terminal.app] on your mac.

1. Run "drutil status"

   macbook-ys:~ ys$ drutil status
    Vendor   Product           Rev 
    MATSHITA DVD-R   UJ-875    DA09
   
              Type: DVD-ROM              Name: /dev/disk3
          Sessions: 1                  Tracks: 1 
      Overwritable:   00:00:00         blocks:        0 /   0.00MB /   0.00MiB
        Space Free:   00:00:00         blocks:        0 /   0.00MB /   0.00MiB
        Space Used:  346:22:73         blocks:  1558723 /   3.19GB /   2.97GiB
       Writability: 
         Book Type: DVD-ROM (v1)
   
   

1. Run "diskutil unmountDisk disk3", whereas you replace disk3 with the result from the comamnd above:

   macbook-ys:~ ys$ diskutil unmountDisk disk3
   Unmount of all volumes on disk3 was successful
   

1. Finally you create the ISO image with dd. "dd if=/dev/disk3 of=Desktop/MyImage.iso

   macbook-ys:~ ys$ dd if=/dev/disk3 of=Desktop/MyImage.iso
   6234892+0 records in
   6234892+0 records out
   3192264704 bytes transferred in 1439.708034 secs (2217300 bytes/sec)
   

1. If you like you could also eject the disk "diskutil eject disk3"

   macbook-ys:~ ys$ diskutil eject disk3
   Disk disk3 ejected