Sugar on a Stick/Mac

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Try VirtualBox, if you just want to try Sugar on your Mac

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You can boot directly from a Sugar on a Stick USB device on a Mac, if you boot with the boot-helper CD. However, right now you have to create your stick on a PC or Linux machine: Instructions for Windows and Linux

1. Download the boot helper from: http://download.sugarlabs.org/soas/releases/soas-boot.iso
2. Put in the boot-helper CD
3. Plug in the USB
4. Turn on the Mac
5. At the chime press the "C" key

The Mac should boot first from the CD then from the USB device. As of 12 April 2009, this is experimental. Let us know what results you get.

If this doesn't work for you, you'll need to use a virtual machine for now: Instructions for VirtualBox.

It's very likely that "restoring" this image to a USB drive via Disk Utility should work, assuming the partition scheme is MBR. The image may have to be verified first, again by Disk Utility. Converting to a .dmg file may also aid in the process.