Getting Started with Raspberry Pi: How to Flash an Image on Mac

1.Materials needed: a computer runningmacOS, a card reader, anSD card, and a Raspberry Pi 3B+.

Getting Started with Raspberry Pi: How to Flash an Image on Mac

2. Download the Raspberry Pi Imager from the official website.

(https://www.raspberrypi.com/software/)

Getting Started with Raspberry Pi: How to Flash an Image on Mac

3. Click “CHOOSE DEVICE” to select the Raspberry Pi model.

Getting Started with Raspberry Pi: How to Flash an Image on Mac

Getting Started with Raspberry Pi: How to Flash an Image on Mac

4. Click “Select Operating System” and choose “Raspberry Pi OS (32-bit)”. The reason for choosing the 32 bit version is that some software does not support64 bit.

Getting Started with Raspberry Pi: How to Flash an Image on Mac

Getting Started with Raspberry Pi: How to Flash an Image on Mac

5. Click “Select SD Card”, and choose the SD card inserted in the card reader.

Getting Started with Raspberry Pi: How to Flash an Image on Mac

Getting Started with Raspberry Pi: How to Flash an Image on Mac

6. Click “NEXT” to enter the operating system setup interface.

Getting Started with Raspberry Pi: How to Flash an Image on Mac

7. On the first click, edit the settings, then click “yes” for subsequent clicks.

Getting Started with Raspberry Pi: How to Flash an Image on Mac

Getting Started with Raspberry Pi: How to Flash an Image on Mac

8. After the setup is complete, click “Save” and then click “Yes”.

Getting Started with Raspberry Pi: How to Flash an Image on Mac

9. Confirm to delete the contents on the SD card. Click “Yes”.

Getting Started with Raspberry Pi: How to Flash an Image on Mac

10. Enter the computer login password in the pop-up window.

11. Wait for the image flashing to complete, then eject the SD card.

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