Raspberry PI Zero W Headless setup
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Copy 2019-07-10-raspbian-buster-lite.img to the SD card with Etcher. Then remove and reinsert the card.

Enable ssh by creating a zero length file called ssh:

touch /Volumes/boot/ssh

Create a file /Volumes/boot/wpa_supplicant.conf using your favourite plain text editor:

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

network={
  ssid="your SSID"
  psk="xxxxxxxx"
  key_mgmt=WPA-PSK
}