Tails/wiki/src/install/inc/steps/install_with_etcher.inline.*.po — English @ Tails translation platform: <p><a href="https://etcher.balena.io/"><i>balenaEtcher</i></a> is the Free Software tool that we recommend …

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<p><a href="https://etcher.balena.io/"><i>balenaEtcher</i></a> is the Free Software tool that we recommend to install Tails from macOS.</p>

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	<h1 id="etcher" class="step">Install <em>balenaEtcher</em></h1>
	<div class="step-image usb">[[!img inc/infography/install-etcher.png link="no" alt=""]]</div> <div class="step-image upgrade">[[!img inc/infography/install-etcher-with-intermediary.png link="no" alt=""]]</div>
	<p class="upgrade">In the following steps, you will install an intermediary Tails using the Tails USB image that you downloaded earlier.</p>
	<p><a href="https://etcher.balena.io/"><i>balenaEtcher</i></a> is the Free Software tool that we recommend to install Tails from macOS.</p>
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	<p>We [[stopped recommending\|news/rufus]] <i>balenaEtcher</i> to install Tails from Windows in 2025 because <i>balenaEtcher</i> shares [[!tails_ticket 16381 desc="sensitive information"]] to the Balena company that allows identifying who is installing Tails.</p>
	<p>We have not updated our installation instructions for macOS yet.</p>
	<p>If you are worried about being identified as a Tails user, you can instead:</p>
	<ul> <li>[[!toggle id="dd" text="Install Tails using `dd` on the command line"]].</li> <li>Install Tails using <a href="https://www.raspberrypi.com/software/"><i>Raspberry Pi Imager</i></a>.</li> </ul>
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	Make sure that your USB stick is unplugged.
	Open the Terminal utility from Applications ▸ Utilities.
	Execute the following command.
	<p class="command">diskutil list</p>
	It returns a list of the storage devices on the system. For example:
	/dev/disk0 #: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER 0: GUID_partition_scheme *500.1 GB disk0 1: EFI 209.7 MB disk0s1 2: Apple_HFS MacDrive 250.0 GB disk0s2 3: EFI 134.1 GB disk0s3 4: Microsoft Basic Data BOOTCAMP 115.5 GB disk0s4
	Plug your USB stick into the computer.

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