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Error flashing Ubuntu 18.04 - "The writer process ended unexpectedly"

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Etcher version: 1.5.109
Operating system and architecture: macOS Catalina last version
Image flashed: ubuntu 18.04
Do you see any meaningful error information in the DevTools? gui.js:48916 {“stack”:“Error: The writer process ended unexpectedly\n at createError (file:///Applications/balenaEtcher.app/Contents/Resources/app/generated/gui.js:63120:23)\n at createUserError (file:///Applications/balenaEtcher.app/Contents/Resources/app/generated/gui.js:63131:16)\n at Server.<anonymous> (file:///Applications/balenaEtcher.app/Contents/Resources/app/generated/gui.js:79338:28)”,“message”:“The writer process ended unexpectedly”,“description”:“Please try again, and contact the Etcher team if the problem persists”,“report”:false,“image”:“ubuntu-18.04-desktop-amd64.iso”}

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Created 3 years ago
Comments:9 (3 by maintainers)

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nmcc1212commented, Nov 21, 2020

what an odd issue.

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rhymeswithmogulcommented, Nov 21, 2020

I am also having the same issue, but with an Ubuntu 20.10 ISO. I was having the same issue on both macOS Catalina 10.5.7, as well as macOS Big Sur 11.0.1 (Intel).