Shammoza89

Q: Recovery partition on OS X Mavericks!

Hey guys,

 

So i downloaded the mavericks installer from the app store today, and created a usb bootable pen drive containing mavericks! I did a clean install from the pen drive, but now i'm unable to find a recovery partition on boot! Just my mac hd! I can access recovery features such as "recover through time machine" from the USB pen drive, and ofcourse also install os x mavericks normally from the pen drive...

 

What have i done wrong? Why is there no longer a recovery partition?

 

PS: I followed a guide on macrumours on how to created the "Base system dmg" bootable, thats how i was able to make a bootable mavericks usb pen drive!

MacBook Pro with Retina display, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.5)

Posted on Oct 22, 2013 7:47 PM

Close

Q: Recovery partition on OS X Mavericks!

  • All replies
  • Helpful answers

Previous Page 2 of 4 last Next
  • by Shammoza89,

    Shammoza89 Shammoza89 Oct 22, 2013 10:50 PM in response to Raziel1
    Level 1 (1 points)
    Oct 22, 2013 10:50 PM in response to Raziel1

    @Raziel1

     

    Update: So i tried the terminal method you posted from macrumors, and it worked! Recovery is there and updated to 10.9

  • by ssls6,Helpful

    ssls6 ssls6 Oct 22, 2013 10:52 PM in response to Shammoza89
    Level 4 (2,874 points)
    Oct 22, 2013 10:52 PM in response to Shammoza89

    As you've discovered, with Mavericks you must make your USB installer differently than with Mountain Lion.

  • by Solai_4,Helpful

    Solai_4 Solai_4 Oct 23, 2013 12:31 AM in response to Shammoza89
    Level 1 (70 points)
    Oct 23, 2013 12:31 AM in response to Shammoza89

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

     

    this command work for me to

  • by Raziel1,

    Raziel1 Raziel1 Oct 23, 2013 4:45 AM in response to Shammoza89
    Level 1 (27 points)
    Wireless
    Oct 23, 2013 4:45 AM in response to Shammoza89

    Good to know it works. I'll try it out myself this afternoon.

  • by Barney-15E,

    Barney-15E Barney-15E Oct 23, 2013 4:57 AM in response to Shammoza89
    Level 9 (50,788 points)
    Mac OS X
    Oct 23, 2013 4:57 AM in response to Shammoza89

    Most people recommend a clean install, which is why i did that in the first place!

    What do they know?

    I haven't seen very many people here who I respect suggest doing a "clean" install. I certainly don't recommend it.

  • by Barney-15E,

    Barney-15E Barney-15E Oct 23, 2013 4:58 AM in response to Raziel1
    Level 9 (50,788 points)
    Mac OS X
    Oct 23, 2013 4:58 AM in response to Raziel1

    Raziel1 wrote:

     

    Good to know it works. I'll try it out myself this afternoon.

    Make sure you adjust the paths to match what you want, i.e. where your installer is located and which USB stick you want to load it onto.

  • by Raziel1,

    Raziel1 Raziel1 Oct 23, 2013 5:08 AM in response to Barney-15E
    Level 1 (27 points)
    Wireless
    Oct 23, 2013 5:08 AM in response to Barney-15E

    Just left for work but the USB stick has been named Untitled and the installer is in the app folder. I saw the message saying it is copying the installer files so hoping all will go well. Will see how the actual installation goes later today.

  • by Shammoza89,

    Shammoza89 Shammoza89 Oct 23, 2013 7:19 AM in response to Barney-15E
    Level 1 (1 points)
    Oct 23, 2013 7:19 AM in response to Barney-15E

    I didn't mean most people on here! I read comments on other websites such as Macworld, maxrumours, and osxdaily that some people have reported weird glitches when upgrading, but to be honest none so far complained from an upgrade from mountain lion or lion to mavericks! So you might be right!

     

    I had some weird glitches in safari and some force closes but nothing major! Also AVAST internet security said it was incompatible with mavericks when I went with the upgrading method, and was subsequently moved to the "incompatible software" folder in root!

     

    This didn't happen when I did a fresh install! I installed avast normally, safari is glitch free (so far)! I don't know it depends from user to user I guess...

  • by Raziel1,

    Raziel1 Raziel1 Oct 23, 2013 5:42 PM in response to Shammoza89
    Level 1 (27 points)
    Wireless
    Oct 23, 2013 5:42 PM in response to Shammoza89

    No luck for me. Terminal just stayed on "copying installer files to disk" for over 10 hours. Nothing happened. Tried it again and after 1 hour still not change.

     

    Even tried DisMaker X and it also just hangs on "Copying Files".

     

    This is just dissapointing...

  • by Barney-15E,

    Barney-15E Barney-15E Oct 23, 2013 5:46 PM in response to Shammoza89
    Level 9 (50,788 points)
    Mac OS X
    Oct 23, 2013 5:46 PM in response to Shammoza89

    Shammoza89 wrote:

     

    I had some weird glitches in safari and some force closes but nothing major! Also AVAST internet security said it was incompatible with mavericks when I went with the upgrading method, and was subsequently moved to the "incompatible software" folder in root!

    I haven't ever found a use for AV software. From reading here, it only seems to cause problems, not solve them.

  • by ssls6,

    ssls6 ssls6 Oct 23, 2013 5:48 PM in response to Raziel1
    Level 4 (2,874 points)
    Oct 23, 2013 5:48 PM in response to Raziel1

    I'm confused. 

     

    Did you have a 8GB or larger USB? 

    Was it formatted HFS+?

    Was the boot sector set to GUID? 

    Do you have the "install OSX Mavericks.app" in the Applications folder? 

    Is your USB titled "untitled"? 

     

    Finally, did you type the command correctly

     

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

  • by Raziel1,

    Raziel1 Raziel1 Oct 23, 2013 5:50 PM in response to ssls6
    Level 1 (27 points)
    Wireless
    Oct 23, 2013 5:50 PM in response to ssls6

    ssls6 wrote:

     

    I'm confused. 

     

    Did you have a 8GB or larger USB? 

    Was it formatted HFS+?

    Was the boot sector set to GUID? 

    Do you have the "install OSX Mavericks.app" in the Applications folder? 

    Is your USB titled "untitled"? 

     

    Finally, did you type the command correctly

     

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

    Yes to all of that.

  • by ssls6,

    ssls6 ssls6 Oct 23, 2013 5:53 PM in response to Raziel1
    Level 4 (2,874 points)
    Oct 23, 2013 5:53 PM in response to Raziel1

    I can only suspect your download of Mavericks is corrupt somehow.  Have you tried to install it by simply running the installer on an empty partition?  How is your Mac setup?  How many drives, do you have space to test the installer app?  Note, before testing it make a copy somewhere.  The installer can get deleted when run.

  • by Raziel1,

    Raziel1 Raziel1 Oct 23, 2013 5:55 PM in response to ssls6
    Level 1 (27 points)
    Wireless
    Oct 23, 2013 5:55 PM in response to ssls6

    I just have one drive. Internal SSD that Mavericks is in. I have the installer in my applications folder and a copy on another external drive.

  • by Raziel1,

    Raziel1 Raziel1 Oct 23, 2013 6:01 PM in response to Raziel1
    Level 1 (27 points)
    Wireless
    Oct 23, 2013 6:01 PM in response to Raziel1

    I'm going to reboot into Internet Recovery. The Chat agent said I can redownload lion that way...

Previous Page 2 of 4 last Next