# MAC OSX: The writer process ended unexpectedly. **URL:** \ **Category:** balenaEtcher\ **Tags:** raspberrypi3\ **Created:** [May 10, 2020, 3:28pm UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/mac-osx-the-writer-process-ended-unexpectedly/108746 "2020-05-10T15:28:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![amit\_mmmec2008](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e56c9b/32.png) [@amit\_mmmec2008](https://forums.balena.io/u/amit_mmmec2008)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2020, 3:28pm UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/mac-osx-the-writer-process-ended-unexpectedly/108746/1 "2020-05-10T15:28:37Z")
I am trying to write a Rasberry PI image on SD card via BalenaEthcher and getting error i.e. The writer process ended unexpectedly. I am using MacOS Catalina version 10.15.3. ---
**Author:** ![georgiats](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/balena/user_avatar/forums.balena.io/georgiats/32/2571_2.png) [@georgiats](https://forums.balena.io/u/georgiats)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2020, 11:28am UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/mac-osx-the-writer-process-ended-unexpectedly/108746/3 "2020-05-11T11:28:01Z")
Hi there! Could you please provide us with some extra context: - The Etcher version you’re running. - Relevant logging output, if any, from DevTools, which you can open by pressing Ctrl+Shift+I or Cmd+Alt+I depending on your platform. - The type of the SD card you are trying to burn - Which Rasberry PI image are you trying to flash? Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![crbn60](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/balena/user_avatar/forums.balena.io/crbn60/32/3671_2.png) [@crbn60](https://forums.balena.io/u/crbn60)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2020, 3:38pm UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/mac-osx-the-writer-process-ended-unexpectedly/108746/5 "2020-05-11T15:38:32Z")
I also get this error, but simply making a second attempt works consistently. My system: - macOS 10.15.4 - balenaEtcher 1.5.86 - 32G Samsung card Sorry, I don’t have the card with me to give further information. ---
**Author:** ![rcooke-warwick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ba9def/32.png) [@rcooke-warwick](https://forums.balena.io/u/rcooke-warwick)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2020, 4:53pm UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/mac-osx-the-writer-process-ended-unexpectedly/108746/7 "2020-05-11T16:53:18Z")
Hello, we’ve experienced people having with Catalina before. Have you tried running ether with sudo? This helped some other users. ---
**Author:** ![amit\_mmmec2008](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e56c9b/32.png) [@amit\_mmmec2008](https://forums.balena.io/u/amit_mmmec2008)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2020, 11:56pm UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/mac-osx-the-writer-process-ended-unexpectedly/108746/10 "2020-06-07T23:56:56Z")
Yes. Tried running with sudo, copied image in root balena directory and given 777 permission to img file. the problem persists. ---
**Author:** ![amit\_mmmec2008](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e56c9b/32.png) [@amit\_mmmec2008](https://forums.balena.io/u/amit_mmmec2008)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2020, 12:14am UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/mac-osx-the-writer-process-ended-unexpectedly/108746/11 "2020-06-08T00:14:30Z")
Image: ubuntu-19.10.1-preinstalled-server-arm64+raspi3.img.xz Balena version: 1.5.86 SD Card version: Kingston 32GB microSDHC Class 10 UHS-I Error message: The writer process ended unexpectedly. ---
**Author:** ![skullkidrae](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/balena/user_avatar/forums.balena.io/skullkidrae/32/3929_2.png) [@skullkidrae](https://forums.balena.io/u/skullkidrae)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2020, 1:00am UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/mac-osx-the-writer-process-ended-unexpectedly/108746/12 "2020-06-08T01:00:05Z")
im haveing simeler issues tryignto burn ubuntu to a sandisk cruzer 16 Gb running 10.15.5 ---
**Author:** ![rcooke-warwick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ba9def/32.png) [@rcooke-warwick](https://forums.balena.io/u/rcooke-warwick)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2020, 8:53am UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/mac-osx-the-writer-process-ended-unexpectedly/108746/14 "2020-06-08T08:53:56Z")
Hello, if you are still having issues its worth looking at the logs - could you open the DevTools with cmd + opt + i: it should open a new window where you can switch to the Console tab; there you’ll see a bunch of logs with timestamps and events, one of them should be the error that just happened. If you don’t see anything valuable at a first glance, you can just copy whatever you see there and paste it here, thanks