Download raspberry pi imager I’m on Linux but there is a standard installer for Windows and Mac.

sudo apt install rpi-imager

Mine has 8 gigs of RAM so I will be installing raspberry os 64-bit and make sure to select your SD card There’s no need to daily drive raspberry OS on the family computer haha.

But wait!

We still have to enable SSH and preemptively connect to your Wi-Fi network! Otherwise you will need a spare monitor, mouse and keyboard.

With raspberry pi imager in focus press.

Ctrl + Shift + X

This brings up a secondary menu. From here enable SSH, scroll down and change the default user, hostname, password and connect to your Wi-Fi network. Note: some of these devices do not connect to 5G by default.

Double check you have the correct OS and drive picked and click write.

Now put your SD card back into the pi and powered up with a USB-c cable. Connect to it using SSH.

ssh pi@raspberrypi
Another option is to connect is by using the username@IP address

Default password raspberry or whatever you chose.

This process will more or less be the same for any future projects. I hope this helped.