# Etcher does - nothing!? **URL:** \ **Category:** balenaEtcher\ **Created:** [May 25, 2021, 2:01pm UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/etcher-does-nothing/321103 "2021-05-25T14:01:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![wyrdlg](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/balena/user_avatar/forums.balena.io/wyrdlg/32/6037_2.png) [@wyrdlg](https://forums.balena.io/u/wyrdlg)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2021, 2:01pm UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/etcher-does-nothing/321103/1 "2021-05-25T14:01:23Z")
Ever since the update to 1.5.120 on my Mac Book running Big Sur Etcher does not flash (at least SDs) any more. Test on Windows with the same Etcher version, same Flash card and same image works just fine. Any image file flashed to SD or emmc (on usb-adapter or directly) fails. The source is chosen, the target is chosen, flashing is chosen, the flash window opens, asks for password (I’m) not running on admin) and ist back to Etcher window. No error. Reinstalling etcher did not help. Heres some Data from the console where the cancellation appears: Tue May 25 2021 15:40:17 GMT+0200 (Mitteleuropäische Sommerzeit) SafeWebview loaded ({“event”:{“id”:21,“url”:“[Etcher Featured Project](https://assets.balena.io/etcher-featured/index.html?borderRight=false&darkBackground=true&etcher-version=1.5.120&api-version=2&optOutAnalytics=false%22,%22method%22:%22GET%22,%22timestamp%22:1621950016175.3188,%22resourceType%22:%22mainFrame%22,%22ip%22:%22172.67.149.103%22,%22fromCache%22:false,%22statusLine%22:%22HTTP/1.1) 200”,“statusCode”:200,“responseHeaders”:{“access-control-allow-origin”:["\*"],“age”:[“518”],“alt-svc”:[“h3-27=”:443"; ma=86400, h3-28=":443"; ma=86400, h3-29=":443"; ma=86400"],“cache-control”:[“max-age=600”],“cf-cache-status”:[“DYNAMIC”],“cf-ray”:[“654f2cb14abe416f-HAM”],“cf-request-id”:[“0a455a42d40000416feb3bb000000001”],“content-encoding”:[“br”],“content-type”:[“text/html; charset=utf-8”],“date”:[“Tue, 25 May 2021 13:40:16 GMT”],“expect-ct”:[“max-age=604800, report-uri=“[https://report-uri.cloudflare.com/cdn-cgi/beacon/expect-ct](https://report-uri.cloudflare.com/cdn-cgi/beacon/expect-ct)””],“expires”:[“Thu, 20 May 2021 04:41:00 GMT”],“last-modified”:[“Thu, 13 May 2021 23:04:08 GMT”],“nel”:["{“report\_to”:“cf-nel”,“max\_age”:604800}"],“report-to”:["{“endpoints”:[{“url”:“https:\/\/a.nel.cloudflare.com\/report\/v2?s=PSCbGfdOudIMBjk1yjgQMKT3V4%2BQOFxTZ2mgiKakHc7A1wipT8vqF9OWSYnBxDqkoUZIjNczr%2BzhfnMAFDWT2P1vcYWTDSkE26JSoOKmwBajF5htLtuL6GzLDrsJ0w%3D%3D”}],“group”:“cf-nel”,“max\_age”:604800}"],“server”:[“cloudflare”],“vary”:[“Accept-Encoding”],“via”:[“1.1 varnish”],“x-cache”:[“HIT”],“x-cache-hits”:[“1”],“x-fastly-request-id”:[“587f32c399915b1e65daed24fc5d13f08d64484e”],“x-github-request-id”:[“70BA:C6AB:9E1AE:A8C74:60A5E604”],“x-proxy-cache”:[“MISS”],“x-served-by”:[“cache-fra19154-FRA”],“x-timer”:[“S1621950016.231358,VS0,VE1”]},“referrer”:"",“error”:“net::OK”},“sample”:0.1,“applicationSessionUuid”:“ffbb2383-903b-4caa-a570-e37b4cadd8d1”,“flashingWorkflowUuid”:“e9daafa7-deed-48a3-a0fb-a7c80a7c04d1”}) gui.js:51110 Terminating IPC server gui.js:51110 Flash results 1. {cancelled: true, skip: false} gui.js:51110 Tue May 25 2021 15:40:21 GMT+0200 (Mitteleuropäische Sommerzeit) Elevation cancelled ({“image”:{“size”:2261778432,“name”:“batocera-5.26-xu4-20200527.img”,“hasMBR”:true,“partitions”:[{“offset”:1048576,“size”:1992294400,“type”:12,“index”:1},{“offset”:1993342976,“size”:268435456,“type”:131,“index”:2}],“extension”:“img”,“path”:"/Users/danny/Downloads/batocera-5.26-xu4-20200527.img"},“drives”:[{“size”:15634268160,“isVirtual”:false,“enumerator”:“DiskArbitration”,“logicalBlockSize”:512,“raw”:"/dev/rdisk3",“error”:null,“isReadOnly”:false,“displayName”:"/dev/disk3",“blockSize”:512,“isSCSI”:false,“isRemovable”:true,“device”:"/dev/disk3",“busVersion”:null,“isSystem”:false,“busType”:“USB”,“isCard”:false,“isUSB”:true,“devicePath”:“IODeviceTree:/PCI0@0/PEG2@1,2/UPSB@0/DSB2@2/XHC3@0”,“mountpoints”:[{“path”:"/Volumes/SHARE",“label”:“SHARE”},{“path”:"/Volumes/BATOCERA",“label”:“BATOCERA”}],“description”:“TS-RDF5 SD Transcend Media”,“isUAS”:null,“partitionTableType”:“mbr”}],“driveCount”:1,“uuid”:“d2bfd56f-8ece-492d-a17f-4d91bfd439a8”,“status”:“cancel”,“flashInstanceUuid”:“d2bfd56f-8ece-492d-a17f-4d91bfd439a8”,“sample”:0.1,“applicationSessionUuid”:“ffbb2383-903b-4caa-a570-e37b4cadd8d1”,“flashingWorkflowUuid”:“e9daafa7-deed-48a3-a0fb-a7c80a7c04d1”}) ---
**Author:** ![cmfcruz](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/balena/user_avatar/forums.balena.io/cmfcruz/32/6878_2.png) [@cmfcruz](https://forums.balena.io/u/cmfcruz)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2021, 12:24pm UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/etcher-does-nothing/321103/7 "2021-06-04T12:24:11Z")
Hi, can you check if balenaEtcher has permission to access removable devices? You should be able to check this using the following steps: - Open `System Preferences` then click `Security & Privacy` - Click the Privacy tab and scroll down to click `Files and Folders` - Check the apps listed to see if balenaEtcher is added and has permission to access removable devices. ---
**Author:** ![cmfcruz](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/balena/user_avatar/forums.balena.io/cmfcruz/32/6878_2.png) [@cmfcruz](https://forums.balena.io/u/cmfcruz)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2021, 12:25pm UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/etcher-does-nothing/321103/8 "2021-06-04T12:25:27Z")
A file has been uploaded using Jellyfish: [Jellyfish](https://jel.ly.fish/eeda3510-3997-4884-a897-01528aa3acdc) ---
**Author:** ![nazrhom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ee59a6/32.png) [@nazrhom](https://forums.balena.io/u/nazrhom)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2021, 12:23pm UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/etcher-does-nothing/321103/11 "2021-06-15T12:23:44Z")
Hello, did you manage to fix the issue? ---
**Author:** ![wyrdlg](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/balena/user_avatar/forums.balena.io/wyrdlg/32/6037_2.png) [@wyrdlg](https://forums.balena.io/u/wyrdlg)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2021, 2:00pm UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/etcher-does-nothing/321103/13 "2021-06-29T14:00:27Z")
Hi, thanx for the replies. Etcher has full HDD access. With Files & Folders it is listet as HDD full access… Strange is that I cannot alter this there. No word about removable devices there… ---
**Author:** ![nitish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/34f0e0/32.png) [@nitish](https://forums.balena.io/u/nitish)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2021, 2:37pm UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/etcher-does-nothing/321103/14 "2021-07-02T14:37:33Z")
Hi, Thanks for getting back. Do you have the SD card showing up in the Security & Privacy window? Can you share screenshot of what you see after plugging in the device on the `Security & Privacy` settings? Cheers, N ---
**Author:** ![ntzovanis](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/balena/user_avatar/forums.balena.io/ntzovanis/32/1150_2.png) [@ntzovanis](https://forums.balena.io/u/ntzovanis)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2021, 4:17pm UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/etcher-does-nothing/321103/16 "2021-07-07T16:17:25Z")
Hey @wyrdlg , Any luck with Nitish’s suggestions? It would also be useful if you could run `dmesg | tail` right after inserting the SD card. Cheers, Nico. ---
**Author:** ![wyrdlg](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/balena/user_avatar/forums.balena.io/wyrdlg/32/6037_2.png) [@wyrdlg](https://forums.balena.io/u/wyrdlg)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2021, 8:16pm UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/etcher-does-nothing/321103/17 "2021-07-07T20:16:03Z")
> [@ntzovanis](#): > > dmesg | tail Darn. Reminds me to fix my sudoer… ---
**Author:** ![wyrdlg](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/balena/user_avatar/forums.balena.io/wyrdlg/32/6037_2.png) [@wyrdlg](https://forums.balena.io/u/wyrdlg)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2021, 8:16pm UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/etcher-does-nothing/321103/18 "2021-07-07T20:16:23Z")
Will try it. Thanx. ---
**Author:** ![cywang117](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/balena/user_avatar/forums.balena.io/cywang117/32/6307_2.png) [@cywang117](https://forums.balena.io/u/cywang117)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2021, 12:56am UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/etcher-does-nothing/321103/19 "2021-07-08T00:56:30Z")
Let us know how it goes when you get a chance to check this out! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![klutchell](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/balena/user_avatar/forums.balena.io/klutchell/32/861_2.png) [@klutchell](https://forums.balena.io/u/klutchell)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2021, 9:10pm UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/etcher-does-nothing/321103/21 "2021-07-15T21:10:00Z")
Hey, did you have any luck getting logs while the SD card was connected? ---
**Author:** ![wyrdlg](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/balena/user_avatar/forums.balena.io/wyrdlg/32/6037_2.png) [@wyrdlg](https://forums.balena.io/u/wyrdlg)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2021, 12:48pm UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/etcher-does-nothing/321103/23 "2021-07-18T12:48:11Z")
At last I got to it. So I went and added my user to sudoers to get dmesg working. All fine there now. Started to push ab 15 GB ISO file to a USB Stick. It works! The Window asking me for my password came and it ran. So far after that the etcher window simply did nothing. I didn’t do anything else. So next I’ll try an SD card with a raspberry image. Does not make sense to me to be sudoers to use etcher. Aaaand SD works as well. ---
**Author:** ![markcorbinuk](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/balena/user_avatar/forums.balena.io/markcorbinuk/32/4771_2.png) [@markcorbinuk](https://forums.balena.io/u/markcorbinuk)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2021, 11:59am UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/etcher-does-nothing/321103/24 "2021-07-19T11:59:28Z")
Glad you got this working. ---
**Author:** ![wyrdlg](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/balena/user_avatar/forums.balena.io/wyrdlg/32/6037_2.png) [@wyrdlg](https://forums.balena.io/u/wyrdlg)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2021, 12:26pm UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/etcher-does-nothing/321103/26 "2021-07-19T12:26:41Z")
Thanks!