[mac4theblind] Re: A primer for thos wishing to upgrade to Mavericks.
- From: David Hilbert Poehlman <poehlman1@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "mac4theblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <mac4theblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2013 10:02:34 -0400
and it is.
On Oct 23, 2013, at 9:48 AM, 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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