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<p><a href="https://etcher.balena.io/"><i>balenaEtcher</i></a> is the Free Software tool that we recommend to install Tails on USB sticks.</p>
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Open the **Terminal** utility from **Applications**&nbsp;▸ **Utilities**.
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Execute the following command:.
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Execute the following command.
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Execute again the same command:.
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Execute again the same command.
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Take note of the device name of your USB stick.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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<p class="pre command-texamplate">dd if=/Users/me/tails-amd64-3.12.img of=/dev/rdisk9 bs=16m && sync</p>
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<p class="command-template">dd if=/Users/me/tails-amd64-3.12.img of=/dev/rdisk9 bs=16m && sync</p>
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<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>
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<p>If you get a <code>Permission denied</code> error, try
adding <code>sudo</code> at the beginning of the command:</p>
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<p>If you get an <span class="guilabel"code>invalid number ‘16m’</spancode> error, try
using <code>16M</code> instead:</p>
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<p>If you get an <code>invalid number ‘16m’</code> error, try
using <code>16M</code> instead:</p>
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The installation is complete oncewhen the command prompt reappeareds.
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The installation is complete when the command prompt reappears.
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<p class="button">[[Download <i>balenaEtcher</i> for macOS|https://tails.net/etcher/balenaEtcher.dmg]]</p>
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Save your download to your usual *Downloads* folder and not to the USB stick.
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Optionally, eject the <span class="application">balenaEtcher</span> disk image
from the desktopdisk image of *balenaEtcher* from the sidebar of *Finder*.
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Optionally, eject the disk image of *balenaEtcher* from the sidebar of *Finder*.
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