en	[[!meta robots="noindex"]]

en	You need

en	1 USB stick

en	Only for Tails!

en	8 GB minimum

en	Your primary Tails

en	All data will be lost!

en	[[!toggle id="why_extra" text="Why?"]]

en	It is currently impossible to manually upgrade a Tails USB stick while running from itself. This scenario requires creating an intermediary Tails on another USB stick, from which to upgrade your Tails.

en	"""]]

en	Windows 7

en	or later

en	macOS 10.10

en	Yosemite

en	Linux

en	any distribution

en	Debian

en	Ubuntu

en	or another derivative

en	Another Tails

en	USB stick or DVD

en	2 GB of RAM

en	64-bit

en	Intel processor

en	not Apple processor

en	64-bit

en	Smartphone

en	or printer

en	to follow the instructions

en	1 hour in total

en	½ hour

en	¼ hour

en	[[!inline pages="inc/stable_amd64_iso_size" raw="yes" sort="age"]] to download

en	½ hour to install

en	½ hour to upgrade

en	To learn about the processor in your Mac, choose <b>Apple menu &nbsp;▸ About This Mac</b> and check the <b>Processor</b> or <b>Chip</b> information.

en	If your Mac has an Apple chip, Tails won't work.

en	Making Tails work on Apple chips represents a massive engineering challenge.

en	The Asahi Linux project is working on support for Apple chips in Linux. Support for Apple chips in Debian is following along, but it is not complete yet.

en	You can track our own experiments on [[!tails_ticket 10972]].

en	[[!toggle id="requirements" text="Detailed system requirements and recommended hardware."]]

en	[[!toggleable id="requirements" text=""" [[!toggle id="requirements" text=""]] [[!inline pages="doc/about/requirements" raw="yes" sort="age"]] """]]

en	Your steps

en	<a href="#download" class="windows linux mac expert"> [[!img install/inc/infography/download.png link="no" alt=""]]
ar	</a> <a href="#tails" class="windows linux mac expert"> [[!img install/inc/infography/tails.png link="no" alt=""]]

en	Download Tails

en	</a> <a href="#download" class="upgrade-os"> [[!img install/inc/infography/download-with-intermediary.png link="no" alt=""]]
ar	</a> <a href="#download" class="upgrade-tails"> [[!img install/inc/infography/download-from-tails.png link="no" alt=""]]

en	Download the upgrade

en	</a> <a href="#verify" class="windows linux mac expert"> [[!img install/inc/infography/verify.png link="no" alt=""]]
ar	</a> <a href="#restart" class="windows linux mac expert"> [[!img install/inc/infography/restart.png link="no" alt=""]]

en	Verify your download

en	</a> <a href="#verify" class="upgrade-os"> [[!img install/inc/infography/verify-with-intermediary.png link="no" alt=""]]
ar	</a> <a href="#intermediary" class="upgrade-os"> [[!img install/inc/infography/restart-intermediary.png link="no" alt=""]]

en	Restart on the other Tails

en	</a> <a href="#rufus" class="windows"> [[!img install/inc/infography/install-rufus.png link="no" alt=""]]
ar	</a> <a href="#install" class="windows linux mac expert"> [[!img install/inc/infography/install-tails.png link="no" alt=""]]

en	Download Rufus

en	</a> <a href="#etcher" class="mac"> [[!img install/inc/infography/install-etcher.png link="no" alt=""]]
ar	</a> <a href="#install" class="windows linux mac expert"> [[!img install/inc/infography/install-tails.png link="no" alt=""]]

en	Install balenaEtcher

en	</a> <a href="#rufus" class="upgrade-windows"> [[!img install/inc/infography/install-rufus-with-intermediary.png link="no" alt=""]]
ar	</a> <a href="#intermediary" class="upgrade-os"> [[!img install/inc/infography/restart-intermediary.png link="no" alt=""]]

en	</a> <a href="#etcher" class="upgrade-mac"> [[!img install/inc/infography/install-etcher-with-intermediary.png link="no" alt=""]]
ar	</a> <a href="#intermediary" class="upgrade-os"> [[!img install/inc/infography/restart-intermediary.png link="no" alt=""]]

en	Install Tails using Rufus

en	Install Tails using balenaEtcher

en	Install Tails using GNOME Disks

en	Install Tails using dd

en	</a> <a href="#install" class="upgrade-windows"> [[!img install/inc/infography/install-upgrade-usb-only.png link="no" alt=""]]
ar	</a> <a href="#install" class="upgrade-linux"> [[!img install/inc/infography/install-upgrade-usb-only.png link="no" alt=""]]

en	Install intermediary using Rufus

en	</a> <a href="#install" class="upgrade-mac"> [[!img install/inc/infography/install-upgrade-usb-only.png link="no" alt=""]]
ar	</a> <a href="#install" class="upgrade-linux"> [[!img install/inc/infography/install-upgrade-usb-only.png link="no" alt=""]]

en	Install intermediary using balenaEtcher

en	Install intermediary using GNOME Disks

en	Restart on your Tails USB stick

en	</a> <a href="#intermediary" class="upgrade-os"> [[!img install/inc/infography/restart-on-other-tails.png link="no" alt=""]]
ar	</a> <a href="#intermediary" class="upgrade-os"> [[!img install/inc/infography/restart-intermediary.png link="no" alt=""]]

en	Restart on intermediary

en	Install Tails by cloning

en	</a> <a href="#upgrade" class="upgrade-tails upgrade-os upgrade-clone"> [[!img install/inc/infography/clone-tails.png link="no" alt=""]]

en	Upgrade your primary Tails by cloning

en	Restart on your new Tails

en	Welcome to Tails!

en	</a>