# balenaEtcher Flash Process Immediately Returns to Main Screen

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**Category:** balenaEtcher\
**Tags:** support\
**Created:** [April 14, 2021, 5:08pm UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/balenaetcher-flash-process-immediately-returns-to-main-screen/292897 "2021-04-14T17:08:46Z")\
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**Author:** ![camcelroy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/balena/user_avatar/forums.balena.io/camcelroy/32/5800_2.png) [@camcelroy](https://forums.balena.io/u/camcelroy)\
**Post date:** [April 14, 2021, 5:08pm UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/balenaetcher-flash-process-immediately-returns-to-main-screen/292897/1 "2021-04-14T17:08:46Z")

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I am attempting to use balenaEtcher for the first time. When clicking Flash, it briefly changes screens and says “Starting…”, then immediately returns to the main screen to select image/target with no error message or feedback displayed. Relevant details:  
Version : 1.5.116  
OS : macOS 11.2.3  
Image : CentOS-8.3.2011-x86\_64-boot.iso  
Target : 4 GB USB freshly erased/formatted as FAT32

Logs attached. Thanks for any advice and assistance.

[etcher-1618418537563.log](https://forums.balena.io/uploads/short-url/hLCod8skTH0MYn2fNYiPZgP9qfF.log) (6.3 KB)

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**Author:** ![camcelroy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/balena/user_avatar/forums.balena.io/camcelroy/32/5800_2.png) [@camcelroy](https://forums.balena.io/u/camcelroy)\
**Post date:** [April 14, 2021, 5:33pm UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/balenaetcher-flash-process-immediately-returns-to-main-screen/292897/4 "2021-04-14T17:33:29Z")

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After posting I found [Cannot Flash on Catalina - #57 by rahul-thakoor](https://forums.balena.io/t/cannot-flash-on-catalina/152136/57) which appears to be the issue I am encountering. For now I am launching the app from Terminal.

$ sudo /Applications/balenaEtcher.app/Contents/MacOS/balenaEtcher

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**Author:** ![anujdeshpande](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/balena/user_avatar/forums.balena.io/anujdeshpande/32/3155_2.png) [@anujdeshpande](https://forums.balena.io/u/anujdeshpande)\
**Post date:** [April 16, 2021, 6:43am UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/balenaetcher-flash-process-immediately-returns-to-main-screen/292897/5 "2021-04-16T06:43:04Z")

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Hi

Does launching from the terminal fix the issue for you?

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**Author:** ![anujdeshpande](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/balena/user_avatar/forums.balena.io/anujdeshpande/32/3155_2.png) [@anujdeshpande](https://forums.balena.io/u/anujdeshpande)\
**Post date:** [April 16, 2021, 6:43am UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/balenaetcher-flash-process-immediately-returns-to-main-screen/292897/6 "2021-04-16T06:43:19Z")

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Hopefully that’s something that we can use to debug the process further.

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**Author:** ![tvnierop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/df705f/32.png) [@tvnierop](https://forums.balena.io/u/tvnierop)\
**Post date:** [January 11, 2023, 9:23am UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/balenaetcher-flash-process-immediately-returns-to-main-screen/292897/9 "2023-01-11T09:23:34Z")

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This has solved the problem for me! Thank you!