Setting Up Wifi

Command Line

# find the SD card
diskutil list
diskutil unmountDisk /dev/disk<disk# from diskutil>
sudo dd bs=1m if=path/to/distro.img of=/dev/rdisk<disk# from diskutil> conv=sync
sudo diskutil ejectDisk /dev/rdisk<disk# from diskutil>
ls -ls /Volumes/ # check for new boot volume
touch /Volumes/boot/ssh
vi /Volumes/boot/wpa_supplicant.conf
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Insert the following for the conf file:

country=US
ctrl_interface=DIR=/var/run/wpa_supplicant GROUP=netdev
update_config=1

network={
    ssid="NETWORK-NAME"
    psk="NETWORK-PASSWORD"
}
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Then run diskutil eject /dev/disk{#}

If you get dd: invalid number '1m' error, change bs=1m to bs=1M.

If it still fails, swap disk for rdisk.

Reference: https://www.raspberrypi.org/documentation/installation/installing-images/mac.md

The better setup reference: https://desertbot.io/blog/setup-pi-zero-w-headless-wifi

Login Over Wifi

ssh-keygen -R raspberrypi.local
ssh pi@raspberrypi.local
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Debian Distros

The Raspbian distros can be downloaded from https://www.raspberrypi.org/downloads/raspbian

Troubleshooting

Check out this post https://desertbot.io/blog/ssh-into-pi-zero-over-usb/