<p class="upgrade">In thise following steps, you will install an intermediary Tails using the Tails USB
image that you downloaded earlier.</p>

<p class="upgrade">In the following steps, you will install an intermediary Tails using the Tails USB
image that you downloaded earlier.</p>

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Execute the following command:.

Execute the following command.

Plug your USB stick into the computer.

Plug your USB stick into the computer.

Execute again the same command:.

Execute again the same command.

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.

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:

<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>

<p class="pre command-texamplate">dd if=/Users/me/tails-amd64-3.12.img of=/dev/rdisk9 bs=16m && sync</p>

<p class="command-template">dd if=/Users/me/tails-amd64-3.12.img of=/dev/rdisk9 bs=16m && sync</p>

<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.

Click on the following linkbutton to download <span class="application">em>balenaEtcher</spanem>:

Click on the following button to download <em>balenaEtcher</em>:

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

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

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[[!img install/inc/screenshots/install_etcher_in_mac.png class="screenshot" alt=""]]

To install <span class="application">Etcher</span>, drag the <span class="application">Etcher</span> icon onto the <span class="guilabel">*balenaEtcher*, drag the *balenaEtcher* icon onto the **Applications</span>** icon.

To install *balenaEtcher*, drag the *balenaEtcher* icon onto the **Applications** icon.