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. 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