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3. wiki/src/install/inc/steps/install_with_etcher.inline.*.po
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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 sticksfrom macOS.</p>

<p><a href="https://etcher.balena.io/"><i>balenaEtcher</i></a> is the Free Software tool that we recommend to install Tails from macOS.</p>

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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-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>

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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>

<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>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>

The installation is complete oncewhen the command prompt reappeareds.

The installation is complete when the command prompt reappears.

[[!img install/inc/screenshots/install_etcher_in_mac.png link="no" class="screenshot" alt=""]]

[[!img install/inc/screenshots/install_etcher_in_mac.png link="no" class="screenshot" alt=""]]

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*.

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

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

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<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>

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<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-windows">[[download step|upgrade/windowsmac">[[download step|mac#download]].</span>
<span class="upgrade-mac">[[download step|upgrade/mac#download]].</span></p>
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<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|upgrade/mac#download]].</span></p>
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