<h1 id="install" class="step">Install <span class="upgrade">an intermediary</span>Tails using <em>balenaEtcher</em></h1>
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<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="mac upgrade-mac"> Open <span class="application">Finder</span> and choose <span class="application">balenaEtcher</span> in <span class="guilabel">Applications</span>.</p>
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<p class="windows upgrade-windows"> Open the <span class="application">balenaEtcher</span> download. </p>
<pdiv class="bug windows upgrade-windows"> Open the <span class="application">Etcher</span> download.<p>If <i>balenaEtcher</i> does not start, restart Windows and try again.</p> </pdiv>
<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>
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<p>If the image has an <span class="filename"i>.iso</spani> file extension, it is not the correctthe wrong image. Please go back to the <span class="windows">[[download stepfor installing from Windows|win/usb-|windows#download]].</span> <span class="mac">[[download stepfor installing from macOS|mac/usb-|mac#download]].</span> <span class="upgrade-windows">[[download stepfor upgrading from Windows|upgrade/win-dows#download]].</span> <span class="upgrade-mac">[[download stepfor upgrading from macOS|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="windows">[[download step|windows#download]].</span> <span class="mac">[[download step|mac#download]].</span> <span class="upgrade-windows">[[download step|upgrade/windows#download]].</span> <span class="upgrade-mac">[[download step|upgrade/mac#download]].</span></p> </div>
After installing Tails, <span class="application">balenaEtcher</span> verifies the installation.
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<div class="bug"> <p>If the verification of <span class="application">balenaEtcher</span> fails, try to install again or to usery using a different USB stick.</p> </div>
<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> </div>
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Close <span class="application">balenaEtcher</span>.