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1. #HOW TO INSTALL RETROPIE IMAGE USING MAC HOW TO#
2. #HOW TO INSTALL RETROPIE IMAGE USING MAC ARCHIVE#
3. #HOW TO INSTALL RETROPIE IMAGE USING MAC SOFTWARE#
4. #HOW TO INSTALL RETROPIE IMAGE USING MAC PC#
5. #HOW TO INSTALL RETROPIE IMAGE USING MAC SERIES#

This squeezes your storage capacity and takes a long time to restore to an SD card. If you simply read the entire SD card with dd, a huge image file for the entire capacity of the SD card will be created, including the unused area.

#HOW TO INSTALL RETROPIE IMAGE USING MAC HOW TO#

We hope that you’ve found this guide on how to install a RetroPie image to be helpful.You can use the dd command to backup the entire Raspberry Pi SD card on Mac. It may also reboot the Pi a couple of times in-between.Īnd then it should boot up to RetroPie with no issues!Īnd the final step - enjoy some retro gaming classics! So just be patient, let it run for 15 minutes or so. The time it takes can depend on the size of your storage for example, resizing a 256GB partition to one TB and also the speed of the storage.

#HOW TO INSTALL RETROPIE IMAGE USING MAC SOFTWARE#

The first time you boot up, the software needs to set up a few things such as re-sizing the disc partition. You can now connect the storage to your Raspberry Pi and start the first boot.ģ:27 Useful tips for when first booting a RetroPie image

Once the process is complete, you can close etcher and safely eject the storage from your PC. Just let it write the image and go and watch some more of our videos!

#HOW TO INSTALL RETROPIE IMAGE USING MAC PC#

Double and triple-check and if everything is good, click on "yes im sure" to begin flashing.ĭepending on the image size and the speed of data transfer from your pc to the storage, the image writing may take some time. You will get a warning to ensure that you have chosen the correct device. Otherwise you could end up writing over your main drive for example.Ĭlick on "flash" to begin the image flashing process. Make sure you are 100% sure that it is the correct drive. It won't be the same name as mine, so check the drive size matches up in particular. You need to select the one that is your microSD card, hard drive, or SSD. Now, click on "select target", it should hide drives that are your Windows drive (for example), but it may not be 100% accurate. Choose "flash from file" and it will bring up the file browser. I recommend BalenaEtcher for writing images, as for me at least it's a bit faster than others, and it's also available on Mac and Linux.Ĭonnect the pi's storage to your pc and run (Balena)Etcher in admin mode. Now, you can write the image file to your Raspberry Pi storage. Once the extraction process has completed, you should now see a.

So while you're waiting, check out some more of our videos!ġ:19 How to write an image file to your storage Here they are for both WinRar and 7Zip.Ĭhoose "extract here" and it will start to extract the file.ĭepending on the size of the files and your drive speed, this may take some time. Right-click on the file, and depending on which software you are using, you will see options to extract the archive.

There are links to both in the description.

#HOW TO INSTALL RETROPIE IMAGE USING MAC ARCHIVE#

If you do not have an archive extractor, then you can download WinRar or 7zip. You will first need to extract the archive to get an image file. They may be in an archive format such as. Once you have downloaded the RetroPie image files. At the end, you get to enjoy some retro games. The process is quite easy, but if you have never done it before, it can be a bit daunting. In this brief video, I will be showing how to install a pre-built RetroPie image onto your microSD card, hard drive or SSD. Hello and welcome to Retro Gaming Batner. We also wrote a transcript of the video on how to install a RetroPie image for those who may be harder of hearing, or unable to listen right now! 0:00 Intro

We provide our kit with a microSD card since it’s the most lightweight and easy to handle method, but for those who wish to use an SSD/HDD of their own, check the below video for more information on how to install a RetroPie image on your device of choice! How to install a RetroPie image

#HOW TO INSTALL RETROPIE IMAGE USING MAC SERIES#

An open source project with the aim of turning the Raspberry Pi series of computers into fully-fledged retro gaming machines. The most common OS people choose to run on the NESPi is RetroPie. Much like the cartridge-based system of the device the NESPI 4 is styled after! This cartridge is used to hold a 2.5-inch SSD or HDD that can then be inserted into the system to run whatever OS you have installed on it. If you are familiar with our RETROFLAG NESPI 4 DIY Kit, you may notice that it comes with a hollow “cartridge”. Hi there! A friend of us here at DroiX has created a handy video going over the process of how to install a RetroPie image on an SSD (or a 2.5-inch HDD), so we felt it’d be helpful to the community at large to post it onto our knowledge base!