The first thing we recommend before launching to perform a zero restoration of our Mac and therefore eliminate everything it contains, is to inform us if our Mac is compatible with this version of OS X launched yesterday by Apple and if it is compatible we recommend make a backup of all the data that is important to us such as photographs, iPhoto galleries, files, emails, etc., either with Time Machine or on another external drive. We already commented on some of the previous steps in a previous post and we recommend your reading before doing anything on our Mac.
Once our data is backed up, we need a USB device with a minimum of 8GB of memory to create our own OS X Mavericks installer. Well, now let's see what are the next steps to install the operating system 'clean'.
Prepare the USB
The first thing we must do is download OS X Maverics for free and while it is downloading we can format the USB with the name we want in my case (USBMAVERICKS) and then we mark it in the drop-down as Mac OS Plus (Journaled) and accept.
Then we have to access the Terminal and enter the following command:
sudo / Applications / Install \ OS \ X \ Mavericks.app/Contents/Resources/createinstallmedia –volume / Volumes / USBMAVERICKS –applicationpath / Applications / Install \ OS \ X \ Mavericks.app –nointeraction
In the text line the name USBMAVERICKS that each add the name that he gave to his USB.
Installation of our operating system
Now we have to connect the USB and start our Mac by pressing the alt key while it boots.
When this boot we will have to click on our USB, in this case USBMAVERICKS and select 'Disk Utility'. Now it's time to do the formatting of our hard drive and for this we will click on the 'delete' tab and after making sure that the format is Mac OS Plus (Journaled) we delete it.
Once we have the hard drive formatted, we only have to close the 'Disk Utility' and return to the 'OS X Utilities' where we will click on 'Install OS X' on the hard drive or partition that we want to have OS X Mavericks installed.
Now we only have to configure our Mac and enjoy this free update for everyone
I installed from scratch, but I cannot activate "find my mac", as it tells me that the necessary recovery partition does not exist ... do you know how to fix it?
The solution is to reinstall OS X Mavericks. regards
Jordi, reinstall on top of the one already installed without using disk utility again to erase anything? I have the same problem as Rodrigo with Find my Mac and the recovery partition. Thank you
Hi Raul, it is best to reinstall from scratch again repeating the clean installation process so that it creates the partition automatically, but if you do not want to install everything again, you can also do what comrade IVANVALO44 says.
install clean the system will erase everything, it happened to me too .. with that you make sure it is clean .. now you just have to install MAVERICKS DEVELOPER PREVIEW RECOVERY UPDATE…. http://api.viglink.com/api/click?format=go&key=c6684b5502fa2a415a104d824988c196&loc=http%3A%2F%2Fforums.macrumors.com%2Fshowthread.php%3Ft%3D1609078&v=1&libId=312fe481-1c35-4d62-9030-8ce7d760ce6d&out=http%3A%2F%2Fswcdn.apple.com%2Fcontent%2Fdownloads%2F28%2F11%2F091-7243%2Fzlkpbgq4vljwzzkg18dbpopxz89kjxt8qo%2FRecoveryHDUpdate.pkg&ref=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com.mx%2Furl%3Fsa%3Dt%26rct%3Dj%26q%3D%26esrc%3Ds%26source%3Dweb%26cd%3D2%26ved%3D0CDgQFjAB%26url%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Fforums.macrumors.com%252Fshowthread.php%253Ft%253D1609078%26ei%3DEQpoUuzCLunm2gXQlIHACQ%26usg%3DAFQjCNECJ-t9BfpB9UlgVO2QFKgpVfyfSg%26sig2%3DJEloXgqiQOH7a1GAaOf9zA&title=Mavericks%20Recovery%20Update%201.0%20-%20MacRumors%20Forums&txt=RecoveryHDUpdate.pkg%20(11.%20July%202013)&jsonp=vglnk_jsonp_13825682502166
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When I upgraded to Mavericks the facebook video call icon disappeared. What can I do about it?
Hello and how do we act with the Bootcamp partition?
If you restore from scratch you have to recreate the partition. You may find it more profitable to just 'Update'. regards
Perfect tutorial, free mavericks
Does anyone know how I could create a USB to install mavericks, from Windows I hope they can help me please
iMessage does not load me says «Unable to connect. Please check your network connection and try again. » I already installed it from scratch and I don't know what to do: S
The code is wrong. This way they will only get a message of "sudo: / Applications / Install: command not found"
Should be:
sudo / Applications / Install OS X Mavericks.app/Contents/Resources/createinstallmedia –volume / Volumes / USBMAVERICKS –applicationpath / Applications / Install OS X Mavericks.app –nointeraction
… And of course, change USBMAVERICKS for whatever you want.
Comment not intended to offend, OK?
as Karl says it works, like this the post does not work! Corregios
we should give Karl a child together!
Corrected, thanks for the notice
Hi how are you, I have had a problem with Mavericks, if you have a solution please clarify it.
My problem is this:
When I go to the notification center, the share buttons do not appear, yesterday it was my installation on Mountain Lion and everything is perfect now that I have turned on my Macbook Air 2013 13 ″ again, these share buttons do not appear, I clarify, I have already activated since systems preferences and nothing. I am thinking of reinstalling the system.
I would appreciate any solution or clarification
I have a query I'm new to mac and I have a 10.7.5 operating system and I want to install the maverick but I don't know how to do it, it doesn't download me directly from the app. someone could help me ?
Hi Joaquin, do the other downloads work correctly for you? that is, can you download other applications from the store?
Hi, why can't I make video calls since I installed OS X MAVERICKS?
Would it be better to uninstall it?
I can't activate the delete option for sure?
Good afternoon jagtri, I don't understand the question.
regards
Hi Jordi, if I have a snow leopard system, can I update it to mavericks?
Hi Moni, it depends on your Mac model and not on the operating system you currently have installed. But it is almost certain that you will be able to update.
What Mac are you currently using?
regards
when i run the command
sudo / Applications / Install OS X Mavericks.app/Contents/Resources/createinstallmedia –volume / Volumes / USBMAVERICKS –applicationpath / Applications / Install OS X Mavericks.app –nointeraction
They ask me pwd ... any suggestions?
mavericks does not appear for download….
If I install mavericks from scratch with Yosemite now, I can recover the apps that I have installed in Yosemite (installed but not purchased with my current id)
Greetings. I bought an iMac that comes pre-installed with the Yosemite. And apparently you can't downgrade to Mavericks. Does anyone know if this is true? I already tried to install it from an external disk but a not allowed symbol appears and the computer restarts again. grrrrr
My iMac is the 5k Retina 27-inch Latest 2014
Hoal, did you find any solution to downgrade the equipment that has Yosemite pre-installed at the factory? First of all, Thanks.