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OSX

A few notes on OSX tasks I do so seldom I have to google everytime!

Create ISO image

To do this with the tools available by default in OSX it's a 2 step process. First off use Disk Utility to create a read only image of the CD/DVD (this will be dmg format).

Use the hdiutil command line program to covert the image into an iso.

hdiutil convert /path/to/filename.dmg -format UDTO -o /path/to/savefile.iso

You'll probably find it appends a .cdr extension, just remove it and you'll be left with a regular iso.