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What is balenaEtcher? How to install Etcher on macOS?

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balenaEtcher is a free software product used to create bootable USB drives or SD cards with operating system images. It makes it easy to burn ISO or IMG images to flash drives for the purpose of installing the operating system on computers or other devices.
balenaEtcher has a simple and intuitive interface that allows even inexperienced users to easily create bootable media. The program is available for various platforms, including Windows, macOS and Linux.
The use of balenaEtcher may be useful in the following cases:
  • Installing the operating system on a new computer or laptop.
  • Creating a bootable medium to restore or repair a damaged computer.
  • Installing different operating systems (eg installing Ubuntu) on a computer.
  • Firmware of microcontrollers or devices using special images.
balenaEtcher is one of the most popular programs for creating bootable media, due to its ease of use and reliability.
Installing balenaEtcher on mac.
#1 Step. Download balenaEtcher from the official website.
The official website of this software is etcher.balena.io. Download Etcher for macOS (X64).
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After we have downloaded the balenaEtcher-1.18.8.dmg file, open it and transfer the balenaEtcher icon to Applications
#2 Step. Installing balenaEtcher on macOS.
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BalenaEtcher can then be run from the Applications (location of all applications) of our Mac.
#3 Step. Launching balenaEtcher on macOS.
Most likely, Mac will ask if we really want to run this software.
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Click 'Open' and we are ready to start working with balenaEtcher.
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That's it. Everything is quite simple. Download the dmg file, run it, shuffle the application icon to Applications and run balenaEtcher. In fact, this is the standard method of installing software on macOS from third-party resources.

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