[mac4theblind] Re: A primer for thos wishing to upgrade to Mavericks.
- From: Kim Kilpatrick <kimjkilpatrick@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: mac4theblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2013 09:16:27 -0400
Hi I'm a bit confused here.
When I installed the mac upgrade software last summer, I just installed it.
I had backed up files first but I did not do all of the things with an external
drive etc?
Why do I have to do this?
Can't I just install it like an update?
Kim
On 2013-10-23, at 6:27 AM, Edward Redfern <edwardredfern@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> ladies and gentlemen (In the style of Kraftwerk's Vocoder)
>
> I'm going to write this primer today on performing a new installation of
> Mavericks. With this article, I'll be covering how to perform a media
> creation setup and a clean install.
>
> Before I do this, I am going to stress the following very carefully so that I
> have no contradictions to deal with.
>
> 1: I do not recommend an upgrade over a current OS as there are certain
> tested and known errors with certain previous software.
>
> WHAT YOU'LL NEED
>
> an 8GB or higher USB pen drive or an external hard drive with a spare
> partition you can create as a bootable partition.
> OS X Mavericks 10.9 available from the app store. (THIS IS FREE!)
> Latest versions of Garageband, iMovie and iPhoto from iTunes (garageband is
> free)
> Latest Versions of Pages, Numbers & Keynote (Neither are free updates) *Free
> with purchase of new mac / iOS product*
> Server V3 (if you require a server. if you have purchased server for mountain
> lion, you still have to pay the upgrade cost)
> (These items can be purchased on the app store and then moved to a drive as a
> backup or purchased and installed into Mavericks)
>
> Firstly your preparations:
>
> As mentioned above, you're going to need a bootable external drive. I highly
> advise against a DVD instance of this installer as it's remarkably slow.
>
> If using a pen drive, 8gb or more is required as a boot instance for the
> software and any necessary extras.
> *if creating an extra partition on a USB or other external HDD I advise a
> 20gb partition size or there abouts. this covers upgrades / partition
> rewrites / extra tools to keep available as your emergency toolkit*
>
> GET READY TO CREATE YOUR STORAGE MEDIA FOR MAVERICKS!…
>
> 1: connect your USB pen drive or external hard drive, etc to your mac.
> 2: Launch Disk utility. (Macintosh HD/Applications/Utilities)
> PEN DRIVE METHOD:
> Select your pen drive in the "Selected Disks" window in disk utility and tab
> to the erase tab.
> interact with the partition type combo box and select Mac OS X Extended
> Journaled.
> Name your Pen drive OS X.
> tab to the erase button and enter on it. confirm erase and your pen drive is
> ready.
>
> HARD DRIVE METHOD:
> This is for anyone who, like me uses an external hard drive as a tool box
> with multiple partitions.
> Select your hard drive in disk utility's "Selected disks" window. don't
> select the partitions if there's more than 1. select the controller name as
> disk utility shows a tree view method. EXAMPLE. Seagate Corp: (controller)
> /disk-0= DATA, /disk-1= files. etc. Select the "Seagate Corp" as an example.
> this may differ completely to each drive.
> tab to the "Partition" tab. this now gives you the ability to include and
> resize partitions. what you need to do here is include a partition by
> interacting with the Add button found at the bottom of the partition scheme
> window (this shows partitions as blocks with names and resize handles) With
> your new partition, create it as a 20gb partition and name it OS X. ensure
> it's formatted as OS X extended Journaled.
> tab to the Apply button to write the partition map. This is the best and only
> safe way to do this. if you use the partition combo box at the top, this
> wipes the whole map and creates new partition schemes so unless your drive's
> clean of any unwanted data, do not use the partition combo box at the top of
> the partition map.
>
> QUIT DISK UTILITY! This is so you don't make any mistakes!
>
>
> OK, hard bit's nearly over. Now for the fun stuff!
>
> Assuming you've downloaded your OS X Mavericks from the App Store, do the
> following:
> (Once OS X has downloaded it launches the install window. QUIT IT)
> 1: go to your applications folder in your hard drive (example: Macintosh
> HD/applications.) Find the file Install OS X Mavericks.app.
> 2: Perform the following key combo: Control Option Shift M (VO Shift M or
> right click context menu) on this file and enter on "Show Package Contents.
> 3: You are presented with a window with 1 folder "Contents". open this window
> and go to a folder called "SharedSupport" open this folder and you will have
> two items. the main item to concern yourself with is the file
> "InstallESD.DMG" open this file. this is now mounted in the finder and also
> in disk utility.
>
> Now the file preparations are done. this is where you need to concentrate
> carefully.
>
> 1: Run Disk utility (Macintosh HD/Applications/Utilities/)
> 2: Navigate to the "Restore" tab. This is where you start the creation
> process of your new installation media.
> 3: navigate to your "Selected Disks" window. Here you'll find your OS X drive
> you've created / named and also the installer.
> 4: Select your "OS X" pen or external hard drive partition and do a VO SHIFT
> M and go to Set as Destination"
> 5: Select the "OS X Install ESD" volume which is under InstallESD.DMG in the
> "Selected Disks" window. (window splitter indicates virtual disks). perform
> the same process VO SHIFT M and this time "Select as source".
> WARNING: This only works when you have the "Restore" tab selected.
> WARNING: If both the "Source" and "Destination" fields show "OS X" or
> "InstallESD.DMG" The restore process will not continue. If this occurs Do the
> following:
> IF SOURCE AND DESTINATION SHOW OS X, GO BACK TO "SELECTED DISKS" WINDOW,
> SELECT OS X INSTALL ESD, VO SHIFT M. SET AS SOURCE THEN HIT ENTER. Please
> confirm this by checking both fields. If it's the other way around, reverse
> the procedure.
> 6: Now that you have selected your source and destination, tab to the
> "Restore" Button and hit enter. This comes up with a message asking you to
> confirm you want to do so, tell it to continue and leave Disk utility to
> write the source files to the drive you're using.
>
> FINALLY!
>
> Once disk utility has created your drive, your new recovery drive will mount
> (this happens in most cases) and shows a window with your tools and install
> source. quit disk utility, close your window. do any backups of data either
> through time machine or manual backups, superduper or any other tools you use
> and get ready to install Mavericks as a clean install.
>
> TO INSTALL MAVERICKS AS A CLEAN ENVIRONMENT:
>
> 1: reboot your mac.
> 2: when the chime sounds, press "Option" If you're not happy or comfortable
> with this, before you reboot your mac, go to system preferences, go to the
> "STARTUP DISK" preference pane and select your OS X or Mavericks or whatever
> it's been renamed to drive and ask it to restart.
> 3: When you're presented with the new installer, launch Voiceover with
> Command F5 (FN command F5 for macbooks / macbook pro's in some instances)
> 4: As a clean install, run Disk utility and select "Macintosh HD" (or
> whatever you've called your system drive) and go to the "erase" tab. erase
> "Macintosh HD, ensure your drive is being formatted as OS X Extended
> Journaled and named Macintosh HD or whatever you like to call it (some users
> with networked macs ID their drives to each machine as machine name "Macbook
> HD" etc)
> 5: Once your drive's formatted, quit disk utility (Command Q) and continue
> the installation of OS X. within this environment, you'll be asked to agree
> to terms, select the drive to install to (Macintosh HD), etc and allow it to
> do it's thing. When your mac reboots, give it a few seconds and press Command
> F5 to run voiceover. away you go.
>
> To ensure you get the best out of your setup, After installing OS X, setting
> up your user account, iCloud and all the other good stuff, go to the App
> Store and either purchase (if you haven't already done so before doing your
> install) or download your new versions of garageband, iPhoto and iMovie,
> iWork (Pages, Numbers & keynote) and if you're using your mac as a server
> then Server V3 and XCode if you're a developer. let them download and
> install. from there, it's a question of launching apps when installed and
> setting them up as requested by the installers.
>
> When I get chance, I'll publish some suitable settings to make your mac fully
> tuned.
>
> If you have issues with the process explained and require more support,
> please email me at Edwardredfern@xxxxxxx
>
> Yours. Lew
> Edward Lewis Redfern
> Moderator / Support
> ℅ Mac For The Blind
> Direct Email: edwardredfern@xxxxxxx
>
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