So, here's the situation in a nutshell.

I have a .IMG file which is the firmware for a device that I need to flash.  
The only problem is, it's a .IMG file, not an ISO.  And, it's definitely! not a 
DMG.  The documentation states that I need to burn the .IMG file to a micro SD 
card, therefore placing the image on the card, and making it bootable.  Before 
any of you who may be fairly basic to intermediate mac users say anything 
about, just hit command+C on the file, move to your SD card, and hit command+V 
to paste, no.  That won't work.  It's not that easy.  I don't need the actual 
.IMG file on the SD card.  If it was that simple, I'd already have done it.  
No, I can't hit command+O on the file in the Finder, extract its contents then 
copy the contents to the card.  That won't work either.  The card has to be 
bootable, and that method, though it may  get the content there won't keep it 
as such.  I know how to make the card be formatted Fat32, and I know how to 
make the card only have 1 partition.  I also know how to m
 ake that partition active... I... think, all of which are required.  The only 
thing I don't! know how to do is get that darn IMG image extracted/burned for 
lack of better term, to the SD card itself.  I know about the drag and drop 
method of Disk Utility.  I know that works for ISO's, and I also know it works 
for DMG's, obviously, but will it work with IMG's?  If so, then, I should be in 
business.  Yeah, I suppose I could use terminal in combination with DD, but 
that's downright a pain in the kneck to do.  I'll do it if there's no other 
way, but I really don't wanna have to go read man pages to figure out how the 
dd command works if I don't have to.

Any suggestions?

Chris.
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