MAC OS X - The writer process ended unexpectedly

Hi, I’ve tried to use balenaEtcher to put a Clonezilla iso image on a 128GB USB Key.
The image downloaded has both MD5 and SHA signatures ok, so the file is ok.
Mac OS X version is 10.14.6.
balenaEtcher version is 1.5.111

I’ve tried many combination of formatting or partitioning the Key (exFat).

I’ve tried in launching balenaEtcher both via GUI and command line; in command line I’ve tried with normal user privileges, via SUDO and also launching the app with the root user.

The result is always the same: a message telling “Attention Something went wrong. If it is a compressed image, please check that the archive is not corrupted. The writer process ended unexpectedly

Anybody can help me?

Here you can find the console log:

gui.js:88077  _____ _       _
|  ___| |     | |
| |__ | |_ ___| |__   ___ _ __
|  __|| __/ __| '_ \ / _ \ '__|
| |___| || (__| | | |  __/ |
\____/ \__\___|_| |_|\___|_|

Interested in joining the Etcher team?
Drop us a line at join+etcher@balena.io

Version = 1.5.111, Type = dmg
gui.js:64192 Tue Nov 24 2020 15:03:33 GMT+0100 (Ora standard dell’Europa centrale) Application start ({"packageType":"dmg","version":"1.5.111","sample":0.1,"applicationSessionUuid":"38163fb3-ff3e-4e03-a1ae-f31ecd490f9b","flashingWorkflowUuid":"245a20de-07fe-4c83-bfe9-b1b59c22ce47"})
gui.js:56894 Tue Nov 24 2020 15:03:47 GMT+0100 (Ora standard dell’Europa centrale) Open image selector ({"sample":0.1,"applicationSessionUuid":"38163fb3-ff3e-4e03-a1ae-f31ecd490f9b","flashingWorkflowUuid":"245a20de-07fe-4c83-bfe9-b1b59c22ce47"})
gui.js:56894 Tue Nov 24 2020 15:04:26 GMT+0100 (Ora standard dell’Europa centrale) Select image ({"image":{"size":299892736,"name":"clonezilla-live-2.7.0-10-i686.iso","hasMBR":true,"partitions":[{"offset":32768,"size":299859968,"type":23,"index":1}],"extension":"iso","path":"/Users/marco/Downloads/clonezilla-live-2.7.0-10-i686.iso","logo":false,"blockMap":false},"sample":0.1,"applicationSessionUuid":"38163fb3-ff3e-4e03-a1ae-f31ecd490f9b","flashingWorkflowUuid":"245a20de-07fe-4c83-bfe9-b1b59c22ce47"})
gui.js:56894 Tue Nov 24 2020 15:04:30 GMT+0100 (Ora standard dell’Europa centrale) Toggle drive ({"drive":{"size":128043712512,"isVirtual":false,"enumerator":"DiskArbitration","logicalBlockSize":512,"raw":"/dev/rdisk2","error":null,"isReadOnly":false,"displayName":"/dev/disk2","blockSize":512,"isSCSI":false,"isRemovable":true,"device":"/dev/disk2","busVersion":null,"isSystem":false,"busType":"USB","isCard":false,"isUSB":true,"devicePath":"IODeviceTree:/","mountpoints":[{"path":"/Volumes/LOFFIO","label":"LOFFIO"}],"description":"SanDisk Extreme Pro Media","isUAS":null,"partitionTableType":"mbr"},"previouslySelected":false,"sample":0.1,"applicationSessionUuid":"38163fb3-ff3e-4e03-a1ae-f31ecd490f9b","flashingWorkflowUuid":"245a20de-07fe-4c83-bfe9-b1b59c22ce47"})
gui.js:56894 Tue Nov 24 2020 15:04:35 GMT+0100 (Ora standard dell’Europa centrale) Flash ({"image":{"size":299892736,"name":"clonezilla-live-2.7.0-10-i686.iso","hasMBR":true,"partitions":[{"offset":32768,"size":299859968,"type":23,"index":1}],"extension":"iso","path":"/Users/marco/Downloads/clonezilla-live-2.7.0-10-i686.iso"},"drives":[{"size":128043712512,"isVirtual":false,"enumerator":"DiskArbitration","logicalBlockSize":512,"raw":"/dev/rdisk2","error":null,"isReadOnly":false,"displayName":"/dev/disk2","blockSize":512,"isSCSI":false,"isRemovable":true,"device":"/dev/disk2","busVersion":null,"isSystem":false,"busType":"USB","isCard":false,"isUSB":true,"devicePath":"IODeviceTree:/","mountpoints":[{"path":"/Volumes/LOFFIO","label":"LOFFIO"}],"description":"SanDisk Extreme Pro Media","isUAS":null,"partitionTableType":"mbr"}],"driveCount":1,"uuid":"b5a239e2-5c35-4054-8d5a-0c09d000a593","status":"started","flashInstanceUuid":"b5a239e2-5c35-4054-8d5a-0c09d000a593","unmountOnSuccess":true,"sample":0.1,"applicationSessionUuid":"38163fb3-ff3e-4e03-a1ae-f31ecd490f9b","flashingWorkflowUuid":"245a20de-07fe-4c83-bfe9-b1b59c22ce47"})
gui.js:56894 Elevating command: /Applications/balenaEtcher.app/Contents/Frameworks/balenaEtcher Helper (Renderer).app/Contents/MacOS/balenaEtcher Helper (Renderer) /Applications/balenaEtcher.app/Contents/Resources/app/generated/child-writer.js
gui.js:56894 Successfully connected to IPC server: etcher-server-20698, socket root /tmp/
gui.js:56894 Image: /Users/marco/Downloads/clonezilla-live-2.7.0-10-i686.iso
gui.js:56894 Devices: /dev/disk2
gui.js:56894 Umount on success: true
gui.js:56894 Auto blockmapping: true
gui.js:56894 Decompress first: true
gui.js:56894 Tue Nov 24 2020 15:04:35 GMT+0100 (Ora standard dell’Europa centrale) Flash error ({"image":{"size":299892736,"name":"clonezilla-live-2.7.0-10-i686.iso","hasMBR":true,"partitions":[{"offset":32768,"size":299859968,"type":23,"index":1}],"extension":"iso","path":"/Users/marco/Downloads/clonezilla-live-2.7.0-10-i686.iso"},"drives":[{"size":128043712512,"isVirtual":false,"enumerator":"DiskArbitration","logicalBlockSize":512,"raw":"/dev/rdisk2","error":null,"isReadOnly":false,"displayName":"/dev/disk2","blockSize":512,"isSCSI":false,"isRemovable":true,"device":"/dev/disk2","busVersion":null,"isSystem":false,"busType":"USB","isCard":false,"isUSB":true,"devicePath":"IODeviceTree:/","mountpoints":[{"path":"/Volumes/LOFFIO","label":"LOFFIO"}],"description":"SanDisk Extreme Pro Media","isUAS":null,"partitionTableType":"mbr"}],"driveCount":1,"uuid":"b5a239e2-5c35-4054-8d5a-0c09d000a593","flashInstanceUuid":"b5a239e2-5c35-4054-8d5a-0c09d000a593","unmountOnSuccess":true,"error":{"name":"Error","message":"EBUSY: resource busy or locked, open '/dev/rdisk2'","stack":"Error: EBUSY: resource busy or locked, open '/dev/rdisk2'","code":"EBUSY","syscall":"open","errno":-16},"sample":0.1,"applicationSessionUuid":"38163fb3-ff3e-4e03-a1ae-f31ecd490f9b","flashingWorkflowUuid":"245a20de-07fe-4c83-bfe9-b1b59c22ce47"})
gui.js:56894 Finish: 0
gui.js:6038  0 devices, 0% at 0.00 MB/s (total 0.00 MB/s)  with 0 failed devices
gui.js:56894 Terminating IPC server
gui.js:56894 Flash results {results: {…}, cancelled: false, skip: false}
gui.js:56894 Tue Nov 24 2020 15:04:37 GMT+0100 (Ora standard dell’Europa centrale) Write failed ({"image":{"size":299892736,"name":"clonezilla-live-2.7.0-10-i686.iso","hasMBR":true,"partitions":[{"offset":32768,"size":299859968,"type":23,"index":1}],"extension":"iso","path":"/Users/marco/Downloads/clonezilla-live-2.7.0-10-i686.iso"},"drives":[{"size":128043712512,"isVirtual":false,"enumerator":"DiskArbitration","logicalBlockSize":512,"raw":"/dev/rdisk2","error":null,"isReadOnly":false,"displayName":"/dev/disk2","blockSize":512,"isSCSI":false,"isRemovable":true,"device":"/dev/disk2","busVersion":null,"isSystem":false,"busType":"USB","isCard":false,"isUSB":true,"devicePath":"IODeviceTree:/","mountpoints":[{"path":"/Volumes/LOFFIO","label":"LOFFIO"}],"description":"SanDisk Extreme Pro Media","isUAS":null,"partitionTableType":"mbr"}],"driveCount":1,"uuid":"b5a239e2-5c35-4054-8d5a-0c09d000a593","status":"failed","flashInstanceUuid":"b5a239e2-5c35-4054-8d5a-0c09d000a593","unmountOnSuccess":true,"error":{"description":"Please try again, and contact the Etcher team if the problem persists","report":false},"sample":0.1,"applicationSessionUuid":"38163fb3-ff3e-4e03-a1ae-f31ecd490f9b","flashingWorkflowUuid":"245a20de-07fe-4c83-bfe9-b1b59c22ce47"})
gui.js:56894 {"stack":"Error: The writer process ended unexpectedly\n    at createError (file:///Applications/balenaEtcher.app/Contents/Resources/app/generated/gui.js:71076:23)\n    at createUserError (file:///Applications/balenaEtcher.app/Contents/Resources/app/generated/gui.js:71087:16)\n    at Server.<anonymous> (file:///Applications/balenaEtcher.app/Contents/Resources/app/generated/gui.js:87446:28)","message":"The writer process ended unexpectedly","description":"Please try again, and contact the Etcher team if the problem persists","report":false,"image":"clonezilla-live-2.7.0-10-i686.iso"}
console.<computed> @ gui.js:56894
logException @ gui.js:64262
flashImageToDrive @ gui.js:87651
async function (async)
flashImageToDrive @ gui.js:87635
handleWarningResponse @ gui.js:87691
done @ gui.js:87770
ba @ gui.js:50437
ja @ gui.js:50451
ka @ gui.js:50454
oa @ gui.js:50468
lc @ gui.js:51139
jc @ gui.js:51133
mc @ gui.js:51150
sc @ gui.js:51219
Ia @ gui.js:56449
Ma @ gui.js:50547
Rc @ gui.js:51485
id @ gui.js:51454
exports.unstable_runWithPriority @ gui.js:56778
cg @ gui.js:52646
Ga @ gui.js:56437
gd @ gui.js:51444

Hi there,

Thanks for including the error log straight away! I spotted this:

"EBUSY: resource busy or locked, open '/dev/rdisk2'"

which suggests the USB key is either being used by another process, or it’s a permissions error. Using sudo would have been my next suggestion, but you have already tried that. I would probably see if I could find anything else accessing that drive (e.g. antivirus) and close those processes. If that still didn’t work, then I would probably reboot my machine and try afresh.

Let us know if any of those help, otherwise we’ll try and dig deeper.

Phil

Hi Phil, I’ve tried what you suggested:

  1. reboot
  2. disabling antivirus
  3. launching balenaEtcher as root user

The problem seems the same:

gui.js:88077  _____ _       _
|  ___| |     | |
| |__ | |_ ___| |__   ___ _ __
|  __|| __/ __| '_ \ / _ \ '__|
| |___| || (__| | | |  __/ |
\____/ \__\___|_| |_|\___|_|

Interested in joining the Etcher team?
Drop us a line at join+etcher@balena.io

Version = 1.5.111, Type = dmg
gui.js:64192 Wed Nov 25 2020 18:09:20 GMT+0100 (Ora standard dell’Europa centrale) Application start ({"packageType":"dmg","version":"1.5.111","sample":0.1,"applicationSessionUuid":"9451e893-0efe-4203-8bf6-0e5c44c062b9","flashingWorkflowUuid":"cfdea37c-2fd5-42b1-8d2b-e48d4ad9228e"})
gui.js:56894 Wed Nov 25 2020 18:09:31 GMT+0100 (Ora standard dell’Europa centrale) Open image selector ({"sample":0.1,"applicationSessionUuid":"9451e893-0efe-4203-8bf6-0e5c44c062b9","flashingWorkflowUuid":"cfdea37c-2fd5-42b1-8d2b-e48d4ad9228e"})
gui.js:56894 Wed Nov 25 2020 18:09:53 GMT+0100 (Ora standard dell’Europa centrale) Select image ({"image":{"size":299892736,"name":"clonezilla-live-2.7.0-10-i686.iso","hasMBR":true,"partitions":[{"offset":32768,"size":299859968,"type":23,"index":1}],"extension":"iso","path":"/Users/marco/Downloads/clonezilla-live-2.7.0-10-i686.iso","logo":false,"blockMap":false},"sample":0.1,"applicationSessionUuid":"9451e893-0efe-4203-8bf6-0e5c44c062b9","flashingWorkflowUuid":"cfdea37c-2fd5-42b1-8d2b-e48d4ad9228e"})
gui.js:56894 Wed Nov 25 2020 18:09:58 GMT+0100 (Ora standard dell’Europa centrale) Toggle drive ({"drive":{"size":128043712512,"isVirtual":false,"enumerator":"DiskArbitration","logicalBlockSize":512,"raw":"/dev/rdisk2","error":null,"isReadOnly":false,"displayName":"/dev/disk2","blockSize":512,"isSCSI":false,"isRemovable":true,"device":"/dev/disk2","busVersion":null,"isSystem":false,"busType":"USB","isCard":false,"isUSB":true,"devicePath":"IODeviceTree:/","mountpoints":[{"path":"/Volumes/LOFFIO","label":"LOFFIO"}],"description":"SanDisk Extreme Pro Media","isUAS":null,"partitionTableType":"mbr"},"previouslySelected":false,"sample":0.1,"applicationSessionUuid":"9451e893-0efe-4203-8bf6-0e5c44c062b9","flashingWorkflowUuid":"cfdea37c-2fd5-42b1-8d2b-e48d4ad9228e"})
gui.js:56894 Wed Nov 25 2020 18:10:04 GMT+0100 (Ora standard dell’Europa centrale) Flash ({"image":{"size":299892736,"name":"clonezilla-live-2.7.0-10-i686.iso","hasMBR":true,"partitions":[{"offset":32768,"size":299859968,"type":23,"index":1}],"extension":"iso","path":"/Users/marco/Downloads/clonezilla-live-2.7.0-10-i686.iso"},"drives":[{"size":128043712512,"isVirtual":false,"enumerator":"DiskArbitration","logicalBlockSize":512,"raw":"/dev/rdisk2","error":null,"isReadOnly":false,"displayName":"/dev/disk2","blockSize":512,"isSCSI":false,"isRemovable":true,"device":"/dev/disk2","busVersion":null,"isSystem":false,"busType":"USB","isCard":false,"isUSB":true,"devicePath":"IODeviceTree:/","mountpoints":[{"path":"/Volumes/LOFFIO","label":"LOFFIO"}],"description":"SanDisk Extreme Pro Media","isUAS":null,"partitionTableType":"mbr"}],"driveCount":1,"uuid":"f93a0091-f419-497c-aba9-4a771f835be2","status":"started","flashInstanceUuid":"f93a0091-f419-497c-aba9-4a771f835be2","unmountOnSuccess":true,"sample":0.1,"applicationSessionUuid":"9451e893-0efe-4203-8bf6-0e5c44c062b9","flashingWorkflowUuid":"cfdea37c-2fd5-42b1-8d2b-e48d4ad9228e"})
gui.js:56894 Elevating command: /Applications/balenaEtcher.app/Contents/Frameworks/balenaEtcher Helper (Renderer).app/Contents/MacOS/balenaEtcher Helper (Renderer) /Applications/balenaEtcher.app/Contents/Resources/app/generated/child-writer.js
gui.js:56894 Successfully connected to IPC server: etcher-server-1462, socket root /tmp/
gui.js:56894 Image: /Users/marco/Downloads/clonezilla-live-2.7.0-10-i686.iso
gui.js:56894 Devices: /dev/disk2
gui.js:56894 Umount on success: true
gui.js:56894 Auto blockmapping: true
gui.js:56894 Decompress first: true
gui.js:56894 Wed Nov 25 2020 18:10:04 GMT+0100 (Ora standard dell’Europa centrale) Flash error ({"image":{"size":299892736,"name":"clonezilla-live-2.7.0-10-i686.iso","hasMBR":true,"partitions":[{"offset":32768,"size":299859968,"type":23,"index":1}],"extension":"iso","path":"/Users/marco/Downloads/clonezilla-live-2.7.0-10-i686.iso"},"drives":[{"size":128043712512,"isVirtual":false,"enumerator":"DiskArbitration","logicalBlockSize":512,"raw":"/dev/rdisk2","error":null,"isReadOnly":false,"displayName":"/dev/disk2","blockSize":512,"isSCSI":false,"isRemovable":true,"device":"/dev/disk2","busVersion":null,"isSystem":false,"busType":"USB","isCard":false,"isUSB":true,"devicePath":"IODeviceTree:/","mountpoints":[{"path":"/Volumes/LOFFIO","label":"LOFFIO"}],"description":"SanDisk Extreme Pro Media","isUAS":null,"partitionTableType":"mbr"}],"driveCount":1,"uuid":"f93a0091-f419-497c-aba9-4a771f835be2","flashInstanceUuid":"f93a0091-f419-497c-aba9-4a771f835be2","unmountOnSuccess":true,"error":{"name":"Error","message":"EBUSY: resource busy or locked, open '/dev/rdisk2'","stack":"Error: EBUSY: resource busy or locked, open '/dev/rdisk2'","code":"EBUSY","syscall":"open","errno":-16},"sample":0.1,"applicationSessionUuid":"9451e893-0efe-4203-8bf6-0e5c44c062b9","flashingWorkflowUuid":"cfdea37c-2fd5-42b1-8d2b-e48d4ad9228e"})
gui.js:56894 Finish: 0
gui.js:56894 Terminating IPC server
gui.js:56894 Flash results {results: {…}, cancelled: false, skip: false}
gui.js:56894 Wed Nov 25 2020 18:10:04 GMT+0100 (Ora standard dell’Europa centrale) Write failed ({"image":{"size":299892736,"name":"clonezilla-live-2.7.0-10-i686.iso","hasMBR":true,"partitions":[{"offset":32768,"size":299859968,"type":23,"index":1}],"extension":"iso","path":"/Users/marco/Downloads/clonezilla-live-2.7.0-10-i686.iso"},"drives":[{"size":128043712512,"isVirtual":false,"enumerator":"DiskArbitration","logicalBlockSize":512,"raw":"/dev/rdisk2","error":null,"isReadOnly":false,"displayName":"/dev/disk2","blockSize":512,"isSCSI":false,"isRemovable":true,"device":"/dev/disk2","busVersion":null,"isSystem":false,"busType":"USB","isCard":false,"isUSB":true,"devicePath":"IODeviceTree:/","mountpoints":[{"path":"/Volumes/LOFFIO","label":"LOFFIO"}],"description":"SanDisk Extreme Pro Media","isUAS":null,"partitionTableType":"mbr"}],"driveCount":1,"uuid":"f93a0091-f419-497c-aba9-4a771f835be2","status":"failed","flashInstanceUuid":"f93a0091-f419-497c-aba9-4a771f835be2","unmountOnSuccess":true,"error":{"description":"Please try again, and contact the Etcher team if the problem persists","report":false},"sample":0.1,"applicationSessionUuid":"9451e893-0efe-4203-8bf6-0e5c44c062b9","flashingWorkflowUuid":"cfdea37c-2fd5-42b1-8d2b-e48d4ad9228e"})
gui.js:56894 {"stack":"Error: The writer process ended unexpectedly\n    at createError (file:///Applications/balenaEtcher.app/Contents/Resources/app/generated/gui.js:71076:23)\n    at createUserError (file:///Applications/balenaEtcher.app/Contents/Resources/app/generated/gui.js:71087:16)\n    at Server.<anonymous> (file:///Applications/balenaEtcher.app/Contents/Resources/app/generated/gui.js:87446:28)","message":"The writer process ended unexpectedly","description":"Please try again, and contact the Etcher team if the problem persists","report":false,"image":"clonezilla-live-2.7.0-10-i686.iso"}
console.<computed> @ gui.js:56894
logException @ gui.js:64262
flashImageToDrive @ gui.js:87651
async function (async)
flashImageToDrive @ gui.js:87635
handleWarningResponse @ gui.js:87691
done @ gui.js:87770
ba @ gui.js:50437
ja @ gui.js:50451
ka @ gui.js:50454
oa @ gui.js:50468
lc @ gui.js:51139
jc @ gui.js:51133
mc @ gui.js:51150
sc @ gui.js:51219
Ia @ gui.js:56449
Ma @ gui.js:50547
Rc @ gui.js:51485
id @ gui.js:51454
exports.unstable_runWithPriority @ gui.js:56778
cg @ gui.js:52646
Ga @ gui.js:56437
gd @ gui.js:51444
gui.js:6038  0 devices, 0% at 0.00 MB/s (total 0.00 MB/s)  with 0 failed devices

I’ve tried to look for which process is using the /dev/disk2, but lsof reported only the spotlight processes:

MacBook-Pro-di-Marco:Applications root# lsof /dev/disk2s1
COMMAND   PID USER   FD   TYPE DEVICE SIZE/OFF NODE NAME
mds        88 root   21r   DIR    1,9   131072    4 /Volumes/LOFFIO
mds        88 root   28r   DIR    1,9   131072    4 /Volumes/LOFFIO
mds        88 root   35r   DIR    1,9   131072   10 /Volumes/LOFFIO/.Spotlight-V100/Store-V2/C936423C-16ED-499F-B19F-317393B67AC3
mds        88 root   39u   REG    1,9        0    1 /Volumes/LOFFIO/.Spotlight-V100/Store-V2/C936423C-16ED-499F-B19F-317393B67AC3/journalExclusion
mds_store 826 root  txt    REG    1,9        2   24 /Volumes/LOFFIO/.Spotlight-V100/Store-V2/C936423C-16ED-499F-B19F-317393B67AC3/0.indexGroups
mds_store 826 root  txt    REG    1,9        8   60 /Volumes/LOFFIO/.Spotlight-V100/Store-V2/C936423C-16ED-499F-B19F-317393B67AC3/0.indexCompactDirectory
mds_store 826 root  txt    REG    1,9     3277   23 /Volumes/LOFFIO/.Spotlight-V100/Store-V2/C936423C-16ED-499F-B19F-317393B67AC3/live.0.indexGroups
mds_store 826 root  txt    REG    1,9     1024   27 /Volumes/LOFFIO/.Spotlight-V100/Store-V2/C936423C-16ED-499F-B19F-317393B67AC3/live.0.indexCompactDirectory
mds_store 826 root  txt    REG    1,9       16   28 /Volumes/LOFFIO/.Spotlight-V100/Store-V2/C936423C-16ED-499F-B19F-317393B67AC3/0.indexIds
mds_store 826 root  txt    REG    1,9     2056   58 /Volumes/LOFFIO/.Spotlight-V100/Store-V2/C936423C-16ED-499F-B19F-317393B67AC3/0.indexDirectory
mds_store 826 root  txt    REG    1,9     8192   53 /Volumes/LOFFIO/.Spotlight-V100/Store-V2/C936423C-16ED-499F-B19F-317393B67AC3/live.0.indexTermIds
mds_store 826 root  txt    REG    1,9     8192   55 /Volumes/LOFFIO/.Spotlight-V100/Store-V2/C936423C-16ED-499F-B19F-317393B67AC3/live.0.indexPositionTable
mds_store 826 root  txt    REG    1,9        8   29 /Volumes/LOFFIO/.Spotlight-V100/Store-V2/C936423C-16ED-499F-B19F-317393B67AC3/0.indexBigDates
mds_store 826 root  txt    REG    1,9    16384   22 /Volumes/LOFFIO/.Spotlight-V100/Store-V2/C936423C-16ED-499F-B19F-317393B67AC3/live.0.indexBigDates
mds_store 826 root  txt    REG    1,9    65536   39 /Volumes/LOFFIO/.Spotlight-V100/Store-V2/C936423C-16ED-499F-B19F-317393B67AC3/reverseDirectoryStore
mds_store 826 root  txt    REG    1,9    66112   70 /Volumes/LOFFIO/.Spotlight-V100/Store-V2/C936423C-16ED-499F-B19F-317393B67AC3/0.indexArrays
mds_store 826 root  txt    REG    1,9    65536   20 /Volumes/LOFFIO/.Spotlight-V100/Store-V2/C936423C-16ED-499F-B19F-317393B67AC3/0.directoryStoreFile
mds_store 826 root  txt    REG    1,9    32768   21 /Volumes/LOFFIO/.Spotlight-V100/Store-V2/C936423C-16ED-499F-B19F-317393B67AC3/live.0.indexIds
mds_store 826 root  txt    REG    1,9     8224   26 /Volumes/LOFFIO/.Spotlight-V100/Store-V2/C936423C-16ED-499F-B19F-317393B67AC3/live.0.indexDirectory
mds_store 826 root  txt    REG    1,9    65536   30 /Volumes/LOFFIO/.Spotlight-V100/Store-V2/C936423C-16ED-499F-B19F-317393B67AC3/live.0.indexArrays
mds_store 826 root  txt    REG    1,9    65536   32 /Volumes/LOFFIO/.Spotlight-V100/Store-V2/C936423C-16ED-499F-B19F-317393B67AC3/live.0.directoryStoreFile
mds_store 826 root    9r   DIR    1,9   131072   10 /Volumes/LOFFIO/.Spotlight-V100/Store-V2/C936423C-16ED-499F-B19F-317393B67AC3
mds_store 826 root   18u   REG    1,9     8192   11 /Volumes/LOFFIO/.Spotlight-V100/Store-V2/C936423C-16ED-499F-B19F-317393B67AC3/psid.db
mds_store 826 root   31r   DIR    1,9   131072   10 /Volumes/LOFFIO/.Spotlight-V100/Store-V2/C936423C-16ED-499F-B19F-317393B67AC3
mds_store 826 root   33u   REG    1,9       28   12 /Volumes/LOFFIO/.Spotlight-V100/Store-V2/C936423C-16ED-499F-B19F-317393B67AC3/indexState

Other suggestions?

I am having the same error - could I please download an earlier version that works?

Never mind - I just booted into windows and used a different tool (rufus) which worked flawlessly. I hope the next version of Etcher works like the older versions which I have never had an issue with.

I agree: me too with older versions of balenaEtcher didn’t had any problem on Mac OS, but a nasty bug can always arise.

Since I’m not in a hurry, instead of going to another software, I’ll try to help the balenaEtcher team to solve this issue testing the problem and giving them all the info I can. This just to thank them indirectly for the precious work they are doing in giving us a helpful free software.

Thank you so much @lonewolf for assisting us to improve ourselves and provide a great experience to the Etcher users.
We’ve managed to reproduce this behavior. It’s a transient error, retrying opening the file after a slight delay fixes it. We are working on fixing it in the next release and we’ll keep you posted.

Best,
Georgia

Thank you, when do you plan to release the new version?

Hi, unfortunately we haven’t got an ETA for the next release because it will include other bugfixes too which we’re still ironing out.
We’ll give an update here when it’s available, for the time being try re-opening the file/drive after a short delay

Sorry, I don’t understand what do you mean when you say “try re-opening the file drive after a short delay”. I’ve tried to:

  1. Open balenaEtcher
  2. Select the iso file
  3. wait a couple of minutes
  4. reselect the file
  5. Select the drive
  6. wait a couple of minutes
  7. reselect the file
  8. Try to burn

The result is always the same

Hello, we will release 1.5.112 this week (tomorrow most probably), it should fix this issue.

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Hi,

I have this issue too. Cannot get passed it. You mentioned update would be released this week, likely two days ago. My version remains 1.5.111. Is the update still on course for this week release-wise?

Hey @Fookes welcome to balena forums : )

I see that @zvin already opened a pull request to merge the new version and it’s pending code review. You could see the status here: https://github.com/balena-io/etcher/pull/3362

I guess we’ll release the new version pretty soon.

Had same problem. Worked once I went under System Preferences -> Security & Privacy -> Privacy tab -> Full Disk Access, and then added balena to the list. Hopefully this will help others that experience similar problems.

This solution doesn’t work for me…
Let’s wait for the new version…

Version v1.5.112 has been released containing a fix. Could you try again with the updated version?

Success

It works!!!

Thank you :+1:

Great, have a nice day!