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<h1 id="install" class="step">Install <span class="upgrade">an intermediary</span> Tails using <em>balenaEtcher</em></h1>

<div class="step-image usb">[[!img install/inc/infography/install-tails.png link="no" alt=""]]</div>
<div class="step-image upgrade">[[!img install/inc/infography/install-upgrade-usb-only.png link="no" alt=""]]</div>

<p class="mac upgrade-mac"> Open <span class="application">Finder</span> and choose <span class="application">balenaEtcher</span> in <span class="guilabel">Applications</span>. </p>

<p class="windows upgrade-windows">
Open the <span class="application">balenaEtcher</span> download.
</p>

At the security warning, confirm that you want to open
<span class="application">balenaEtcher</span>.

<span class="application">balenaEtcher</span> starts.

[[!img install/inc/screenshots/etcher_in_mac.png class="mac upgrade-mac" link="no" alt=""]]

[[!img install/inc/screenshots/etcher_in_windows.png class="windows upgrade-windows" link="no" alt=""]]

Plug in the USB stick on which you want to install <span class="usb">Tails.</span> <span class="upgrade">the intermediary Tails.</span>

<div class="note upgrade"><p>The Persistent Storage of your Tails USB stick will not be
copied to the temporary Tails.</p></div>

Click the **Flash from file** button.

Choose the USB image that you downloaded earlier.

Click the **Select target** button to select your USB stick.

<div class="caution"><p>All the data on this USB stick will be lost.</p></div>

Click <span class="bold">Flash</span>.

Enter your password if you are asked for it.

The installation takes a few minutes.

After installing Tails, <span class="application">balenaEtcher</span> verifies the
installation.

<div class="bug">
<p>If the verification of <span class="application">balenaEtcher</span>
fails, try to install again or try using a different USB
stick.</p>
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