[MacTUG] How to Create an OS X Mavericks USB Installation Drive

[Matthew Oliver]

sudo /Applications/Install\ OS\ X\
Mavericks.app/Contents/Resources/createinstallmedia --volume
/Volumes/Untitled --applicationpath /Applications/Install\ OS\ X\
Mavericks.app ‹nointeraction



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On 11/12/2013, 11:35 AM, "Mark Byerley" <mrbyerle at uwaterloo.ca> wrote:

>Does anyone have the command line cached somewhere from Step 5?
>Macrumors.com appears to be down for maintenance and I don't have that
>much patience (or attention span) to wait. :)
>Mark
>
>
>On 2013-10-23 8:50 AM, "Marlon A. Griffith"
><m3griffi at engmail.uwaterloo.ca> wrote:
>
>>"""
>>Sadly, the old method for Lion and Mountain Lion doesn't work anymore,
>>but thanks to MacRumors forum user tywebb13, we've got another simple
>>method for Mavericks. Here's what you need to do:
>>
>>     Download OS X Mavericks from the Mac App Store, if you haven't
>>already. If it tries to start the installation, just close it.I
>>     nsert your USB drive (you'll need one that's 8GB or larger) and
>>open Disk Utility.
>>     Select your drive in the sidebar and go to the Erase tab. Format
>>the drive as "Mac OS Extended (Journaled)" and name the drive "Untitled."
>>     Click the Erase button and wait for Disk Utility to finish.
>>     Close Disk Utility and open up a Terminal window. Copy and paste
>>the command from this forum post into the Terminal.
>>     Press Enter. The process should take about 20 minutes, so don't
>>cancel it or eject your USB drive while it's doing its thing.
>>     When it's done, you should get a message stating the process is
>>finished. Now, you can restart your computer, hold the Option key to
>>access the boot menu, and select your new USB drive to install a clean
>>copy of OS X Mavericks.
>>
>>Check out the video above to see the process in action, and good luck!
>>
>>http://lifehacker.com/how-to-create-an-os-x-mavericks-usb-installation-dr
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