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. 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