Re: Installing OSX on a 2TB WD Drive

2013-11-28 Thread Daniel C
When I try to download Mavericks, the image is not in applications. Sent from my iPhone > On Nov 27, 2013, at 3:02 AM, Joseph Norton wrote: > > I have created USB bootable OS X installs a number of times. Just for is not > in kicks, I even install OS X on a USB thumb drive and it booted up. >

Re: Installing OSX on a 2TB WD Drive

2013-11-27 Thread Daniel C
I will try again. But, that does not explain when installing never finished. Sent from my iPhone > On Nov 27, 2013, at 3:02 AM, Joseph Norton wrote: > > I have created USB bootable OS X installs a number of times. Just for kicks, > I even install OS X on a USB thumb drive and it booted up. >

Re: Installing OSX on a 2TB WD Drive

2013-11-27 Thread Joseph Norton
I have created USB bootable OS X installs a number of times. Just for kicks, I even install OS X on a USB thumb drive and it booted up. The USB disk needs to be formatted as MAC OS Extended, Journaled, to make it work. What I've found when using Disk Utility is that, if you are wanting to form

Re: Installing OSX on a 2TB WD Drive

2013-11-25 Thread Jonathan C. Cohn
I have done this in the past week though using the Lion OS. The disk does have to be partitioned very specifically and Disk Utility hides the partitioning scheme in the option button. Take a look at the partition tab of Disk Utility and hopefully you will understand. Best wishes, Jonathan

Re: Installing OSX on a 2TB WD Drive

2013-11-25 Thread Terje Strømberg
I think i have read here on this list that OSX will not boot from external connected with usb. 24. nov. 2013 kl. 15:46 skrev Daniel C : > The disk shows up on the desktop so I’d assume that means t’s mounted. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups

Re: Installing OSX on a 2TB WD Drive

2013-11-24 Thread Daniel C
The disk shows up on the desktop so I’d assume that means t’s mounted. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.

Re: Installing OSX on a 2TB WD Drive

2013-11-24 Thread Jonathan C. Cohn
Did you verify that the disk was mounted before going into the Startup Disk System Preference? Also, I would expect this configuration to be slow. If I am not mistaken the Passport drives do not use Firewire or Lightning and so are restricted to USB speeds. Best wishes, Jonathan On Nov 22,