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<div class="step-image usb">[[!img inc/infography/install-etcher.png link="no" alt=""]]</div>
<div class="step-image upgrade">[[!img inc/infography/install-etcher-with-intermediary.png link="no" alt=""]]</div>

<div class="step-image usb">[[!img inc/infography/install-etcher.png link="no" alt=""]]</div>
<div class="step-image upgrade">[[!img inc/infography/install-etcher-with-intermediary.png link="no" alt=""]]</div>

<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>

Instead of using <span class="application">balenaEtcher</span>, you can
also [[!toggle id="dd" text="install Tails using `dd` on the command
line"]].

[[!toggleable id="dd" text="""

[[!toggle id="dd" text="""<span class="hide-button"></span>"""]]

Make sure that your USB stick is unplugged.

Open the **Terminal** utility from **Applications**&nbsp;▸ **Utilities**.

Execute the following command:.

Execute the following command.

<p class="pre command">diskutil list</p>

<p class="command">diskutil list</p>

<p class="pre command-output"> /dev/disk0
#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER
0: GUID_partition_scheme *500.1 GB disk0
1: EFI 209.7 MB disk0s1
2: Apple_HFS MacDrive 250.0 GB disk0s2
3: EFI 134.1 GB disk0s3
4: Microsoft Basic Data BOOTCAMP 115.5 GB disk0s4</p>

/dev/disk0
#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER
0: GUID_partition_scheme *500.1 GB disk0
1: EFI 209.7 MB disk0s1
2: Apple_HFS MacDrive 250.0 GB disk0s2
3: EFI 134.1 GB disk0s3
4: Microsoft Basic Data BOOTCAMP 115.5 GB disk0s4

Plug your USB stick into the computer.

Execute again the same command:.

Execute again the same command.

<p class="pre command-output"> /dev/disk0
1
#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER
0: GUIDFDisk_partition_scheme *500.18.0 GB disk0
1: EFI 209.7 MB disk0s1
2: Apple_HFS MacDrive 250.0 GB disk0s2
3: EFI 134.1 GB disk0s3
4: Microsoft Basic Data BOOTCAMP 115.5 GB disk0s4</p>1
1: Apple_HFS Untitled 1 8.0 GB disk1s1

/dev/disk1
#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER
0: FDisk_partition_scheme *8.0 GB disk1
1: Apple_HFS Untitled 1 8.0 GB disk1s1

Take note of the device name of your USB stick.

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>

<span class="command-placeholder">tails.img</span> with the path to the USB image

<div class="tip">
<p>You can try adding <span class="code">r</spancode> before <span class="code">disk</spancode> to make the installation faster.</p>
</div>

<div class="tip">
<p>You can try adding <code>r</code> before <code>disk</code> to make the installation faster.</p>
</div>

<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>