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balenaEtcher For Mac

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Burn OS images to SD cards with the help of this minimalist application that can verify the cards before starting to burn the data. #Burn OS image  #OS to SD card  #Burn to SD card  #Burner  #OS image  #Burn  

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balenaEtcher offers you the possibility to burn OS images to any SD card 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,

The balenaEtcher 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 SD card on which you want to burn the OS image. For your convenience, balenaEtcher 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.

Lastly, you must press the Burn button and monitor the progress in the balenaEtcher main window. balenaEtcher lets’s you know how much of the task has completed, expressed in percents, and the current transfer speed.

When the process is over, the SD card 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.

Note that balenaEtcher comes with very few customization options, yet in the app’s Options panel you can choose to toggle the error reporting function or the auto-unmounting on success.

To sum it all up, balenaEtcher offers you the possibility to burn OS images on SD cards with ease, without making you deal with a complicated procedure. In fact, the utility comes with a straightforward design that integrates very well with the macOS look and feel.

What's new in balenaEtcher 1.19.5 Pre-release:

  • (Replace deprecated flowzone input tests_run_on, 2024-02-14)
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balenaEtcher 1.18.11 / 1.19.5 Pre-release

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  runs on:
macOS 10.11 or later (Universal Binary)
  file size:
99.6 MB
  filename:
balenaEtcher-1.18.11.dmg
  4 screenshots:
balenaEtcher - The Etcher main window where you must select the image you want to burn and the SD card you want to usebalenaEtcher - Within the Etcher main window you get to monitor the status for the burning procedurebalenaEtcher - Etcher lets you know the image has been burned, and allows you to start all over againbalenaEtcher - screenshot #4
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