en	Install an intermediary Tails using

en	[[!img install/inc/infography/install-tails.png link="no" alt=""]] [[!img install/inc/infography/install-upgrade-usb-only.png link="no" alt=""]]

en	Open Finder and choose balenaEtcher in Applications.

en	Open the balenaEtcher download.

en	At the security warning, confirm that you want to open balenaEtcher.

en	balenaEtcher starts.

en	If balenaEtcher does not start, restart Windows and try again.

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

en	[[!img install/inc/screenshots/etcher_in_windows.png class="windows upgrade-windows" link="no" alt=""]]

en	Plug in the USB stick on which you want to install Tails. the intermediary Tails.

en	The Persistent Storage of your Tails USB stick will not be copied to the temporary Tails.

en	Click the **Flash from file** button.

en	Choose the USB image that you downloaded earlier.

en	<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>

en	<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>

en	Click the **Select target** button to select your USB stick.

en	All the data on this USB stick will be lost.

en	Click Flash.

en	Enter your password if you are asked for it.

en	The installation takes a few minutes.

en	After installing Tails, balenaEtcher verifies the installation.

en	If the verification of balenaEtcher fails, try to install again or try using a different USB stick.

en	Close balenaEtcher.

en	If a notification about the USB stick not being readable appears, click Eject to eject the USB stick.