Cheers, Ronni 17" MacBook Pro 2.3GHz Quad-Core i7 “Thunderbolt" 2.3GHz / 8GB / 750GB @ 7200rpm HD
OS X 10.9 Mavericks Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance) On 24 Oct 2013, at 5:24 pm, Pat <clamsh...@iinet.net.au> wrote: > About installing Mavericks… Should we follow the same procedure as for Lion > and Mountain Lion? That is, searching for and copying the file > InstallESD.dmg.? > > Pat Hi Pat, It is quite a bit different to Make A Bootable Install Drive in Mavericks. There are a couple of ways to do it, either using Terminal, or you can use Disk Utility, (I would not suggest you use Lion DiskMaker as it is still in Beta for Mavericks). The easiest is Using Mavericks’ new bootable-drive-creation feature Hidden inside the Mavericks installer is a Unix program called createinstallmedia provided by Apple to create a bootable Mavericks installer. If you’re comfortable using Terminal, it’s a relatively simple tool to use. The program assumes your account has administrator privileges. Note: if you leave the Mavericks installer in its default location in the Applications folder when you install OS X 10.9, the installer will be deleted automatically after the installation finishes. So if you plan to use that installer on other Macs, or—in this case—to create a bootable drive, be sure to copy the installer to another drive, or at least move it out of the Applications folder, before you install. If you don't, you'll have to re-download the installer from the Mac App Store before you can create a bootable install drive. You need a drive (a hard drive, SSD, thumb drive, or USB stick) that’s big enough to hold the installer and all its data—at least an 8GB flash drive. That drive must also be formatted with a GUID Partition Table. Create the Mavericks install drive Using Mavericks’ new bootable-drive-creation feature Hidden inside the Mavericks installer is a Unix program called createinstallmedia provided by Apple to create a bootable Mavericks installer. If you’re comfortable using Terminal, it’s a relatively simple tool to use. The program assumes your account has administrator privileges. You will have to make sure that the Mavericks installer is in your Main Applications folder. The Terminal command assumes the installer is in its default location. You will have to move it back there after you copied it to another drive or moved it out of the Applications folder as explained above. Best to go here for all the detailed instructions to follow: <http://www.macworld.com/article/2056561/how-to-make-a-bootable-mavericks-install-drive.html> Cheers, Ronni 17" MacBook Pro 2.3GHz Quad-Core i7 “Thunderbolt" 2.3GHz / 8GB / 750GB @ 7200rpm HD OS X 10.9 Mavericks Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance)
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