<h1 id="check-version">Checking which version of Tails you are currently running</h1>
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To know yourcheck which version of Tails you are currently running, choose <span class="menuchoice"> <span class="guimenu">Applications</span> ▸ <span class="guisubmenu">Tails</span> ▸ <span class="guimenuitem">About Tails</span> </span>.
To check which version of Tails you are currently running, choose <span class="menuchoice"> <span class="guimenu">Applications</span> ▸ <span class="guisubmenu">Tails</span> ▸ <span class="guimenuitem">About Tails</span></span>.
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The advantages of this techniqueautomatic upgrades are the following:
<p>If you cannot upgrade at startup (for example, if you have no network connection by then), you can start <span class="application">Tails Upgrader</span> later by opening a terminal and executing the following command:</p>
<p>If you cannot upgrade at startup (for example, if you have no network connection by then), you can start <span class="application">Tails Upgrader</span> later by opening a terminal and executing the following command:</p>
- No automatic upgrade is available from our website for this version.
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The automatic upgrade is impossible for technical reasons (not enough memory, not enough free space on the USB stick, etc.and so on). For example, if you get the following error message:
The automatic upgrade is impossible for technical reasons (not enough memory, not enough free space on the USB stick, and so on). For example, if you get the following error message:
- The automatic upgrade failed and you need to repair a Tails USB stick.
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You want to upgrade by cloning from another Tails USB stick which is already has a newer version installedup-to-date, for example, when working offline or with a slow Internet connection.
You want to upgrade by cloning from another Tails USB stick which is already up-to-date, for example, when working offline or with a slow Internet connection.
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After connecting to Tor, a dialog informs you if you have to upgrade your USB stick using <span class="application">Tails InstallCloner</span> to a newer version of Tails. To do so, follow our [[manual upgrade instructions|/upgrade]].
After connecting to Tor, a dialog informs you if you have to upgrade your USB stick using <span class="application">Tails Cloner</span> to a newer version of Tails.
<p>When doing automatic upgrades, the size of the download increases over time. If you do a manual upgrade, the size of future automatic upgrades will become smaller again.</p>