I can confirm 100% that the diskmaker X3 app worls perfectly to create the disk you need. lew On 24 Oct 2013, at 11:33, Christian Schoepplein <chris@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi Edward, > > thanks for your mails regarding the possebilities of installing a new > and clean Mac OS 10.9. I've tried it also regarding to some descriptions > I've found on the net, but it did not work. Maybe the DiskmakerX 3 > utility is able to create an installable drive and I'll be able to setup > my system in a clean way. > > Cheers and regards from Munich, > > Chris > > > On Wed, Oct 23, 2013 at 08:31:46PM +0100, Edward Redfern wrote: >> OK guys. >> >> Very sorry about this. It has just come to my attention this afternoon after >> some test work that my instructions are outdated. >> >> DO NOT Follow the previous article created this morning. >> >> What has happened is that apple has decided to deliberately change the way >> that OS X 10.9 Mavericks is installed. They have changed the configuration >> method and packaging so that the InstallESD.DMG file which is used by IT >> administrators to deploy across networks. >> >> To perform an easier method of creating a bootable Pen / USB external drive, >> please use DiskmakerX from http://diskmakerx.com >> >> When you have downloaded DiskmakerX 3 from the site, install it to the >> applications folder. >> >> Launch DiskMaker X 3 >> >> you'll be asked if you want to download mavericks, If you've already >> downloaded it from the app store, hit enter on "Not now". >> >> DiskMaker X wants to know what OS you want to write to the drive you're >> going to use, it gives the option of OS X10.7, 10.8 or mavericks. select >> Mavericks. it will attempt to find the OS installer. if it finds it, it will >> ask if you want to use the one found, yes. >> >> Now DiskMaker X will ask what drive you are going to use. Either a pen drive >> or a partition created on your external HDD. >> >> This is where Disk utility does help at this point as an error can occur >> where the disk you select might not be recognised because of a partition >> format type error. I found this out the hard way. >> >> TO SET UP A PEN DRIVE! >> >> Disk utility has mounted your pen drive, it will need formatting to OS X >> extended (Journaled). To do this, select your pen drive and go to the Erase >> tab. There are 2 areas to be set up. 1: Partition type: Mac OS X extended >> (Journaled). 2: Drive name: Mavericks now tab to the erase button and enter >> on it. you'll be asked to confirm. OK. >> >> TO SET UP AN EXTERNAL HDD >> >> If you're going to use an external HDD as a method of installation. do >> yourself a favour and create a couple of partitions depending on use. >> to do this, select your external hard drive's ROOT which is in the tree view >> of "Selected Disks" then go to the "Partition" tab. >> >> Create at least 2 or 3 partitions that can be used depending on the disk >> size. an example. 1TB. create a 20gb drive for Mavericks installer, 2 x >> 480gb drives for backup and time machine. >> >> Partition 1: Mavericks >> Partition 2: Time Machine >> Partition 3: Files (or whatever you wish to name it.) >> >> Each partition can be selected, edited by name and size. ensure that all 3 >> partitions use Mac OS X extended (Journaled) partition scheme. >> >> Apply changes and your external drive is created. >> >> (if your external drive contains data, add a 20gb partition at the end or >> start of the drive and apply it with the same conditions of Mavericks and OS >> X extended Journaled. Any other specifications will cause problems. (name >> won't cause an issue but identify that partition as your OS installer.) >> >> >> After this has done. go back to DiskMakerX 3 and select "another drive" this >> now finds partitions made. if it finds "Mavericks" as your created drive. >> select it. >> >> now it will want to use admin privileges and will ask for your password. >> Don't panic if it gets slow. it's using AppleScript throughout. So it will >> come up with a status window for a while, copying your installer files, etc. >> Then it will go about setting up extra requirements. Once finished, you'll >> hear a sound file played and a message saying Completed. you can either >> donate, open system preferences and change boot option or quit. >> >> you'll be presented with a couple of windows, close them. >> >> Once again I'm extremely sorry for this error. I was producing this article >> from a previous article where these changes were still usable before golden >> master. After that point, the installer package has changed meaning the >> usual methods we've relied on in the past no longer work. So DiskMaker X is >> a safe route to use here. it has been reworked to fix a number of bugs. >> >> NOTE: if you receive an error when selecting a disk saying it can't use the >> disk, quit the app, go to disk utility and ensure you have the drive >> configured correctly. If you select OS X extended only, it's not supported. >> that is the old style HFS drive method. >> >> lew. > > > > -- > Christian Schoepplein - <chris (at) schoeppi.net> - http://schoeppi.net > ************ > > > You are subscribed to the mac4theblind mailing list. > > > The url for this list, where one can unsubscribe or make any changes to > their list subscription is: > > //www.freelists.org/list/mac4theblind > > The list archive is located at > > //www.freelists.org/archive/mac4theblind/ > > All emails intended for the list owner can be sent to: > > john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >
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