After starting Tails and connecting to Tor, *Tails Upgrader* automatically checks if upgrades are available and then proposes you to upgrade your USB stick. The upgrades are checked for and downloaded through Tor.
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The advantages of this techniqueautomatic upgrades are the following:
If an error occurs while installing the upgrade, *Tails Upgrader* asks you to visit:
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If another error occur while upgrading or ifyour Tails USB stick fails to start after an automatic upgrade, see below how towe recommend that you do a manual upgradeinstead. See below.
If another error occur while upgrading or if your TailsUSB stick fails to start after an automatic upgrade, we recommend that you do a manual upgrade instead. See below.
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-No automatic upgrade is available from our website for this version.
<p>You can also do a manual upgrade to reduce the size of future automatic upgrades.</p>
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<p>When doing automatic upgrades, the size of the download increases over time.
If you do a manual upgrade, the size of future automatic upgrades will become smaller again.</p>
<p>When doing automatic upgrades, the size of the download increases over time. If you do a manual upgrade, the size of future automatic upgrades will become smaller again.</p>
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-[[Download and upgrade|doc/upgrade/#download]] (below)