# Etcher won't read USB/SSD card on Mac

**URL:** <https://forums.balena.io/t/etcher-wont-read-usb-ssd-card-on-mac/350209>\
**Category:** Product support\
**Tags:** support\
**Created:** [November 21, 2021, 2:20am UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/etcher-wont-read-usb-ssd-card-on-mac/350209 "2021-11-21T02:20:52Z")\
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**Author:** ![Heather](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/balena/user_avatar/forums.balena.io/heather/32/7060_2.png) [@Heather](https://forums.balena.io/u/Heather)\
**Post date:** [November 21, 2021, 2:20am UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/etcher-wont-read-usb-ssd-card-on-mac/350209/1 "2021-11-21T02:20:52Z")

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I’m using a Mac. Downloaded Umbrel. Trying to flash it to an SSD card on a USB drive. When I select target it’s not recognizing the SSD. It only recognizes my Mac’s hard drives. how can I get it to find my SSD card to flash it?

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**Author:** ![dtischler](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/balena/user_avatar/forums.balena.io/dtischler/32/2483_2.png) [@dtischler](https://forums.balena.io/u/dtischler)\
**Post date:** [December 22, 2021, 5:32pm UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/etcher-wont-read-usb-ssd-card-on-mac/350209/2 "2021-12-22T17:32:56Z")

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Sorry for the delayed reply @Heather, and welcome to the Forums!

Leaving Etcher out of the equation, does the Mac itself recognize the SSD? Does it show up in the “Disk Utility”? (Finder → Utilities → Disk Utility)

I am curious if the drive is not even being recognized by the OS, in which case Etcher won’t find it either. Let us know, thanks!