<h1 id="install-tails" class="debian expert install-clone mac-clone">Install Tails</h1>
<h1 id="install-final" class="windows linux mac-usb">Install the final Tails</h1>
<h1 id="install-usb" class="mac-dvd">Install Tails on a USB stick</h1>
<h1 id="upgrade" class="upgrade">Upgrade your Tails</h1>

<p class="debian windows linux mac expert">
  In this step, you will install
  <span class="windows linux mac-usb">the final</span>
  Tails on a
  <span class="windows linux mac-usb">second</span>
  <span class="install-clone mac-clone">new</span>
  USB stick using
  <span class="application">Tails Installer</span>.</p>

<p class="upgrade">
  In this step, you will upgrade your Tails from the
  <span class="upgrade-clone">other</span>
  <span class="upgrade-tails">intermediary</span>
  Tails using
  <span class="application">Tails Installer</span><span class="upgrade-tails"> one last time</span>.
</p>

<div class="caution debian windows linux mac">

<p>All the data on this USB stick will be lost.</p>

</div>

<div class="note upgrade">

<p>The persistent storage of your Tails USB stick will be preserved.</p>

<p class="upgrade-clone">The persistent storage of the other Tails will not be copied.</p>

</div>

<div class="step-image">
[[!img install/inc/infography/plug-usb.png link="no" class="debian" alt="USB stick plugged on the right"]]
[[!img install/inc/infography/plug-second-usb.png link="no" class="windows linux mac-usb install-clone mac-clone" alt="Second USB stick plugged on the right"]]
[[!img install/inc/infography/plug-tails-usb.png link="no" class="mac-dvd" alt="USB stick plugged on the right"]]
[[!img install/inc/infography/plug-upgraded-usb.png link="no" class="upgrade-clone upgrade-tails" alt="Second USB stick plugged on the right"]]
</div>

1. Plug
   <span class="windows linux mac-usb">the second</span>
   <span class="install-clone mac-clone">the new</span>
   <span class="upgrade">your Tails</span>
   <span class="debian expert mac-dvd">the</span>
   USB stick in the computer.

1. <div class="windows linux mac upgrade install-clone"><p>
   Choose
   <span class="menuchoice">
     <span class="guimenu">Applications</span>&nbsp;▸
     <span class="guisubmenu">Tails</span>&nbsp;▸
     <span class="guimenuitem">Tails Installer</span>
   </span>
   to start <span class="application">Tails Installer</span>.
   </p></div>

   <div class="debian expert">

   <p>Start <span class="application">Tails Installer</span>:</p>

   [[!img install/inc/icons/tails-installer.png link="no" class="debian" alt="Tails Installer"]]

   <div class="expert">
   <pre><code>tails-installer-launcher</code></pre>
   </div>

   </div>

1. Click on the
   <span class="button windows linux mac install-clone">Install by cloning</span>
   <span class="button debian expert">Install</span>
   <span class="button upgrade">Upgrade by cloning</span>
   button.

   [[!img install/inc/screenshots/tails_installer_in_tails.png link="no" class="screenshot windows linux mac upgrade install-clone" alt="Tails Installer: 'Install by cloning', 'Upgrade by cloning', 'Upgrade from ISO'"]]
   [[!img install/inc/screenshots/tails_installer_in_debian.png link="no" class="screenshot debian expert" alt="Tails Installer: 'Install', 'Upgrade'"]]

   <div class="step-image">
   [[!img install/inc/infography/install-tails.png link="no" class="debian" alt="ISO image installed on USB stick on the right"]]
   [[!img install/inc/infography/clone-intermediary-tails.png link="no" class="windows linux mac-usb clone upgrade-tails" alt="Tails installed on USB stick on the right"]]
   [[!img install/inc/infography/clone-dvd.png link="no" class="mac-dvd" alt="Tails installed on USB stick on the right"]]
   </div>

1. <p class="debian expert">Click <span class="button">Browse</span>
   and choose the ISO image that you downloaded earlier.</p>

   Choose
   <span class="windows linux mac-usb">the second</span>
   <span class="install-clone mac-clone">the new</span>
   <span class="debian expert mac-dvd upgrade-clone">your</span>
   USB stick in the <span class="guilabel">Target Device</span> drop-down list.

1. To start the
   <span class="debian expert windows linux mac install-clone">installation,</span>
   <span class="upgrade">upgrade,</span>
   click on the <span class="button">Install Tails</span> button.

   <div class="note upgrade">

   <p>If it is impossible to upgrade the USB stick because it was not
   installed using <span class="application">Tails Installer</span>, restart
   <span class="application">Tails Installer</span> and choose
   <span class="guilabel">Install by cloning</span>.</p>

   </div>

1. Read the warning message in the confirmation dialog. Click
   <span class="button">Yes</span> to confirm.

   The
   <span class="debian expert windows linux mac install-clone">installation</span>
   <span class="upgrade">upgrade</span>
   takes a few minutes.

   <span class="debian">At the end of the installation, you are asked
   for your administration password.</span>

   <div class="bug">
   <p>The progress bar usually freezes for some time
   while synchronizing data on disk.</p>
   </div>

1. Close <span class="application">Tails Installer</span>.

<div class="trophy upgrade">

<p>You are done upgrading Tails. You can now shutdown and restart on your Tails USB stick.</p>

<p>Thank you for staying safe!</p>

</div>
