After writing the article on ““, I realized that the existing methods and tools were not to my liking. Of course the existing tools are most certainly not bad and work just fine. I just didn’t like how they worked. So instead of complaining, I decided to write my own program: The ApplePi-Baker This application is for MacOS X only and allows you to prepare an SD-Card for use with, and it allows you to “flash” and IMG file to an SD-Card. ApplePi-Baker can now also be found on.

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If you're looking for more advanced options on Mac OS, you can use the built-in graphical. This will take a few minutes, depending on the image file size. Read More, insert into your Raspberry Pi, and power up. Get Gaming with RetroPie. One of the most interesting uses for the Raspberry Pi is as a retro gaming center, and RetroPie is a pre-built OS that gives you all of the tools you need to play virtually any 8-bit game you can think of, and quite a few 16-bit ones too.

Note: This application is also very suitable for creating or restoring an IMG backup of USB drives! ApplePi-Baker – Overview For MacOS X users that have read the article on ““; there are several ways to flash an IMG file on an SD-card, or create NOOBS SD-cards. None of these tools or methods were to my liking so I threw together an application that can do it the way I like it: The ApplePi-Baker. Some key points: • It’s FREE! • Easy detection of the SD-Card device • Quick creation of NOOBS disk • Fast flashing of an IMG file to SD-Card • Easy way to create an IMG backup of your SD-Card See the for what has changed in several version. Please like ApplePi-Baker at. MacOS X ApplePi-Baker – User Interface As of version 1.6, an Authentication window will appear at startup, which will ask your user password.

This is the password you use when logging into your Mac and is needed for SUDO access. Rest assured, the password will not be saved and the password will not be used in command line statements (ie. Remains invisible in process manager lists). Per session the password will only be asked once.

After restarting ApplePi-Baker, the password will be asked again. As far as I know, this should work for every user, however the user should be member of the Admin user group (I believe this is done by default). Please report issues in the comments below. ApplePi-Baker – New authentication window Selecting your SD-Card The “ Pi-Crust: Possible SD-Cards” section shows a list of possible SD-Card devices. This can be a SD-Card in the card reader in your Mac or an USB-Card reader.

The device is indicated as the actual device name (i.e. /dev/disk1), including size (i.e. 16.6 Gb) and the protocol (USB or SD). The list can be refreshed by clicking the refresh button (top right) and a selected device can be ejected by using the eject button (bottom right). How to create a NOOBS SD-Card After clicking the desired device, click the “ Prep NOOBS Card” button in the “ Pi-Ingredients: NOOBS recipe” section. This will first erase the entire disk, create one single partition ( MBR) and format it FAT-32 so it will be ready for NOOBS use. More details about NOOBS can be found on the or in “” article.