<h1 id="install-intermediary">Install an intermediary Tails</h1>

In this step, you will install an intermediary Tails by copying the Tails ISO image on a first USB
stick using
<span class="windows">a program called <span class="application">Universal USB Installer</span>.</span>
<span class="mac">the command line.</span>
<span class="linux">a program called <span class="application">GNOME Disks</span>.</span>

<div class="note">

<p>On
this intermediary Tails you won't benefit from important features like
automatic security upgrades or the possibility to store some of your
documents and configuration in an encrypted storage.</p>

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<div class="caution">

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

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