Note you will need an SD card or microSD card reader.

• # Plug the SD card into the Mac
• diskutil list
• # Find the entry for the sd card say disk2
• diskutil unmountDisk /dev/disk2
• sudo dd bs=1m if=IMAGE of=/dev/rdisk2
• # Wait for it to finish - you can use CTRL+T to see the progress

• Download Windisk 32 Imager + SD Formatter
• Format the SD card
• Flash the image to the SD card using Windisk Imager

• #Login to a terminal on the pi and run
• sudo raspi-config
• Change the password for security reasons this should be the first option
• Change the hostname to what you want the hostname to be
• Change the Boot Options to be Desktop/Cli → Console Autologin
• Change localisation Options to be appropriate
• Interfacing Options → SSH → Enabled SSH → Yes
• LEAVE OVERCLOCK ALONE (For Raspberry Pi 3 - never turbo overclock a PI unless you really know what you're doing)
• Advanced Options → Expand Filesystem
• Advanced Options → Memory Split - make it 16 where you will be using the pi as a server and not connecting it to a monitor