You'll need to use a disk image. Try using Disk Utility to make a 1440 KB disk image with no partition map and a FAT filesystem. Mount the disk image and copy your stuff onto it. Then use dd from the ...

Whereas with USB sticks, i've heard dd does not need to e.g. i've heard a few people speak of using dd of a live OS image, to another USB stick and it not mattering if the USB stick you're writing to ...

You probably know that, using Disk Utility, you can create a disk image from any folder in OS X. Just as with applications you download, items on a disk image won’t ...

One useful OS X feature is the ability to create disk images. A disk image is a single file that, when double-clicked, appears like a typical hard drive to the operating system. (Most software you ...