if you want to do a fresh install as opposed to the upgrade which this post recommends you do which I disagree with, do the following: 1> open the recovery console with command-r right after the start up chime. 2> turn vo on after a bit, because it will be off. command f5 will be sufficient. 3> choose disc utility and erace your hd partition with ml on it three passes will be enough. 4> When this is done, choose the install macosx from the table and follow the instructions and you'll have a clean install. one caviot, you may need a hardwired connection to start the process because it has been my experience that forst, it's a large download and second, wifi may not be available through recovery. Enjoy! On Oct 23, 2013, at 9:16 AM, 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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