Etcher2.1.7

Etcher writes an operating-system image to a removable SD card or USB drive, turning the image into usable media for the selected device. It addresses the need to transfer a complete OS image onto removable storage rather than copying ordinary files one by one. The application performs this imaging task from a Mac, using the source image and destination drive as the central elements of its operation.

It is intended for people preparing SD cards or USB media for operating-system deployment, testing, recovery, or other tasks that begin with an OS image. Its defining capability is direct flashing to both removable-media types supported by the product: SD cards and USB drives. This focused scope suits situations where the required result is a removable drive containing the contents of an OS image. Etcher belongs to the System Tools category and centers on writing those images to physical media.

The current version is 2.1.7 for MacOS, built for Apple Silicon systems using the arm64 architecture. Etcher is freeware.