balenaEtcher stuck at 45% and can't cancel on mac

balenaEtcher
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I was flashing a ubuntu 22.04 .iso file (5gb) onto my usb (64gb sandisk cruzer blade) when my computer auto locked because i left it open (it was taking a while and i was at the bathroom)

when i came back, balenaEtcher is frozen at 45% flashing. I can’t cancel it because it doesn’t do anything. When I try to close the application, it says it may leave my USB in an unusable state (which it did last time)

I don’t want to have to recover my USB again, is there a way I could get it un-frozen or stop the application without making my USB unusuable?

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@turtle09 did you try to recover your USB stick using the steps here?

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oh sorry i forgot to update this. i have recovered my USB and successfully installed ubuntu

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