Q: Difference between USB full install and App Store sign on during install?
LINK: http://osxdaily.com/2013/11/01/re-download-os-x-mavericks-installer-mac-app-stor e/
LINK: Create a bootable installer for OS X - Apple Support
Hi everyone. Now that Mavericks installer is no longer on the App Store, seems there are two or more ways to install (opt upgrade to) Mavericks (10.9). There's a USB installer which does not require Apple sign on in the beginning, and one which requires signing in at the start.
What are the differences and similarities of these two methods? If one uses the full install not requiring sign-on, will 10.9 updates still be available subsequently?
What about the recovery partition OS? If 10.75 or 10.85 resides on the computer one is upgrading to 10.9, will one method update the recovery partition to 10.9 ?
Lastly, heard there's a program which will modify the recovery partition to coincide with the newly upgraded OS. What is/are that/those apps?
OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.5)
Posted on Mar 14, 2016 10:51 AM