Take note of the *device name* of your USB stick. In this example, the USB stick is 8.0 GB and its device name is <span class="codemmand-placeholder">/dev/disk1</span>. Yours might be different.

In this example, the USB stick is 8.0 GB and its device name is <span class="command-placeholder">/dev/disk1</span>.
Yours might be different.

<div class="caution">
<p>If you are unsure about the device name, you should stop proceeding or
<strong>you risk overwriting any hard disk on the system</strong>.</p>
</div>

Execute the following command to safely eject the USB stick. Replace <span class="command-placeholder">device</span> with the device name found in step 6.

Execute the following command to safely eject the USB stick. Replace <span class="command-placeholder">device</span> with the device name found in step 6.

<p class="pre command-template">diskutil unmountDisk <span class="command-placeholder">device</span></p>

<p class="command-template">diskutil unmountDisk <span class="command-placeholder">device</span></p>

Execute the following commands to copy the USB image that you downloaded earlier to the USB stick. Replace:

Execute the following commands to copy the USB image that you downloaded earlier to the USB stick. Replace:

<div class="tip">
<p>If you are unsure about the path to the USB image, you can insert the
correct path by dragging and dropping the icon of the USB image from
<i>Finder</i> onto <i>Terminal</i>.</p>
</div>

<p class="pre command-template">dd if=<span class="command-placeholder">tails.img</span> of=<span class="command-placeholder">device</span> bs=16m && sync</p>

<p class="command-template">dd if=<span class="command-placeholder">tails.img</span> of=<span class="command-placeholder">device</span> bs=16m && sync</p>

You should get something like this:

<div class="note">
<p>If you get a <span class="guilabel"code>Permission denied</spancode> error, try
adding <code>sudo</code> at the beginning of the command:</p>

<div class="note">
<p>If you get a <code>Permission denied</code> error, try
adding <code>sudo</code> at the beginning of the command:</p>

<p class="pre command-template">sudo dd if=<span class="command-placeholder">tails.img</span> of=<span class="command-placeholder">device</span> bs=16m && sync</p>

<p class="command-template">sudo dd if=<span class="command-placeholder">tails.img</span> of=<span class="command-placeholder">device</span> bs=16m && sync</p>

<p>If you get an <span class="guilabel"code>invalid number ‘16m’</spancode> error, try
using <code>16M</code> instead:</p>

<p>If you get an <code>invalid number ‘16m’</code> error, try
using <code>16M</code> instead:</p>

<p class="pre command-template">dd if=<span class="command-placeholder">tails.img</span> of=<span class="command-placeholder">device</span> bs=16M && sync</p>

<p class="command-template">dd if=<span class="command-placeholder">tails.img</span> of=<span class="command-placeholder">device</span> bs=16M && sync</p>

The installation is complete oncewhen the command prompt reappeareds.

The installation is complete when the command prompt reappears.

Open the <span class="application">*balenaEtcher</span>* download (DMG disk image).

Open the *balenaEtcher* download (DMG disk image).

Close the installation window of <span class="application">*balenaEtcher</span>*.

Close the installation window of *balenaEtcher*.

Optionally, eject the <span class="application">balenaEtcher</span> disk image
from the desktopdisk image of *balenaEtcher* from the sidebar of *Finder*.

Optionally, eject the disk image of *balenaEtcher* from the sidebar of *Finder*.

<p class="mac upgrade-mac"> Open <i>Finder</i> and choose <i>balenaEtcher</i> in <b>Applications</b>. </p>

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

<p>All the data on this USB stick will be lost.</p>

<div class="note">
<p>Make sure that the USB image has an
<span class="filename"is called <i>[[!inline pages="inc/stable_amd64_img_filename" raw="yes" sort="age"]]</i> and has an
<i>.img</spani> file extension.</p>

<div class="note">
<p>Make sure that the USB image is called <i>[[!inline pages="inc/stable_amd64_img_filename" raw="yes" sort="age"]]</i> and has an
<i>.img</i> file extension.</p>

<p>If the image has an <i>.iso</i> file
extension, it is not the correctthe wrong image. Please go back to the
<span class="windows">[[download step|windows#download]].</span>
<span class="mac">[[download step|mac#download]].</span>
<span class="upgrade-windowsmac">[[download step|upgrade/windows#download]].</span>
<span class="upgrade-mac">[[download step|doc/upgrade/mac#download]].</span></p>
</div>

<p>If the image has an <i>.iso</i> file
extension, it is the wrong image. Please go back to the
<span class="mac">[[download step|mac#download]].</span>
<span class="upgrade-mac">[[download step|doc/upgrade/mac#download]].</span></p>
</div>