Yes, I keep Etcher. Never liked it much, not sure why, but I keep it for situations like this and that's what I used to get this install done.Another thing that you could try is to use balena etcher. It used to be the standard for creating Pi images. It runs on Mac.
You posted several links and the one about it freezing may be the issue. Maybe the UI is freezing when I click the "Select Device" button. I was thinking in terms of it not getting the list, not in terms of it freezing - sometimes it's easy to get stuck on one view of what's happening.
I have 2 Mac Minis and I keep them in sync in terms of OS updates and use Syncthing to sync configuration changes for a lot of my development software. I've had Imager on them for a couple years now, and this is the first time I've had a problem with either one. Now I'm getting this issue on the Mac in my study, but not in my workshop.
Network install won't help, since I'm not using a base Pi system (in this case it's Home Assistant), and I need to write an image to the medium I'm using on the Pi (in this case a microSD card, but could be a USB stick).
Statistics: Posted by ImaginaryTango — Thu Aug 21, 2025 5:51 pm