balenaEtcher for Mac
Burn OS images to any SD card or USB drive.
Free
In English
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balenaEtcher overview
balenaEtcher offers you the possibility to burn OS images to any SD card or USB drive with ease, without making you deal with complicated procedures. The utility integrates a user-friendly disk selection tool, and can verify the card before starting to burn the data.
OS image burner featuring a straightforward user interface
This is open source application relies on a single window where the user gets to specify the OS image that wishes to be burned. The utility is able to work with OS images that are using the .img, .iso, and .zip formats.
The next step is to specify the drive to which you want to burn the OS image. For your convenience, can automatically detect external drives and allows you to select the one you want to use from a drop-down menu.
At the same time, the list will not include your internal drive, so there is no possibility to wipe your entire disk.
Monitor the OS image burning process and start over right away
Lastly, you must press the Burn button and monitor the progress in the main window. It lets you know how much of the task has completed, expressed in percentage, and the current transfer speed.
When the process is over, the drive is mounted again, and you will be able to make use of the burned OS image. balenaEtcher also offers you the possibility to burn the same OS image on a new card, or you can load a new OS image.
What’s new in version 1.19.25
- patch: bump etcher-sdk to 9.1.2, 2024-10-09)
balenaEtcher for Mac
Free
In English
Version 1.19.25
What users say about balenaEtcher
Ease of use: 2.0
Very straightforward, unless you happened to not be logged into an admin account. Before writing to the thumb drive can begin, balenaEtcher asks for an admin password. If you’re not an administrator the operation will fail, because it’s not clear that it has to be an admin password. Also, it is not the typical admin credentials dialog that the macOS provides. Had it not come highly recommended by Netgate for flashing their firmware onto a USB drive, I would have discarded balenaEtcher for for fear that it was a admin password phishing operation.
Other user ratings:
Value | 5.0
Features | 5.0
Reliability | 5.0
Customer support | 3.0
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Mar 4 2023
Version: 1.18.4
If you happen to not be logged into an admin account, the operation will fail. Before writing to the thumb drive can begin, balenaEtcher asks for an admin password. If you’re not an administrator the operation will fail, because it’s not clear that it has to be an admin password. Also, it is not the typical admin credentials dialog that the macOS provides. Had it not come highly recommended by Netgate for flashing their firmware onto a USB drive, I would have discarded balenaEtcher for for fear that it was a admin password phishing operation.
Dec 2 2022
Version: 1.10.6
balenaetcher package in MacOS' brew package manager is no longer supported due to multiple daily updates. I have to install this package by hand on all my systems. When will this be fixed?
Feb 22 2022
Version: 1.7.6
This isn't a review of the program. However, I wanted to point out there seems to be an issue with downloading from the Homepage. When clicking the download link, I've been taken to a 404 page on github. There doesn't seem to be much information available as to if the download location has moved or not. What I usually do is click on the Etcher logo in green at the top of the main window, and download from the page it takes me to for updates. That seems to have broken in the last day or so.
