[mac4theblind] Re: A primer for thos wishing to upgrade to Mavericks.
- From: Kim Kilpatrick <kimjkilpatrick@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: mac4theblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2013 10:05:25 -0400
OH thanks for explaining.
I did not know.
Learning new things every day.
Hang in there!
Smile!
kIm
On 2013-10-23, at 10:00 AM, Edward Redfern <edwardredfern@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> sorry kim. just stressed out friend. it's one of them days where I'm in the
> middle of a large network deployment and having to shell out money on
> upgrades. so the wallet's shaking a bit lol.
>
> I always recommend a clean install because of benefits to cleaning your
> system, improving performance and eliminating the risk of conflicts that
> can't easily be resolved without app upgrades.
>
> because of this release, developers are hammering out new software updates to
> ensure compatibility from the launch date onwards. so folks are frantically
> working away. even GPG mail services launched new kit but it's having trouble
> already.
>
> lew
>
> On 23 Oct 2013, at 14:48, Kim Kilpatrick <kimjkilpatrick@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>> I'm not disputing this. Just asking as mostly I did not know to do this.
>> Just thought it was like upgrading apps.
>> Kim
>>
>> On 2013-10-23, at 9:45 AM, Edward Redfern <edwardredfern@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>> I've explained in the past that there are some issues in certain
>>> circumstances where incompatibility with certain software, etc can cause
>>> crashes. as a pro doing this, I test various environments and that's why I
>>> spent this morning doing a write up after the launch.
>>>
>>> I'm not someone who frankly wastes my time writing this for the heck of it.
>>> I do this as a major supprt.
>>>
>>> what would happen if you performed an upgrade install and all of a sudden,
>>> as a new instance, you received a fatal error in a permissions string
>>> because of an application environment that's not been updated, etc. you
>>> need to do a critical backup of all files. then do a clean install.
>>>
>>> Sorry for sounding a little snappy. my mbp decided this morning while
>>> running mountain lion receiving updates to kill the OS. launching an auto
>>> healing process taking 2 hours to bring her back online. thank god I've not
>>> last any critical tools and data.
>>>
>>> lew
>>>
>>> On 23 Oct 2013, at 14:16, Kim Kilpatrick <kimjkilpatrick@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>
>>>> 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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