Mavericks Install DVD

Ok, now you're quick enough to use Apple Community to censor and remove (in fact using it with the goals of account squaring) even reasonably ironic posts but fail either to come up with specific solution, clarification or to admit you don't know the answer. There wasn't any inappropriate links, statements and flames. All I wanted is to ask for advice on the concrete subject. Just bear that in mind when enabling Apple Communities users to participate in Communities Quality surveys popping up from time to time. Don't you think that with the actions like above you actually discourage people seeking for advice from using this place? Once again, thank you for your help.

P.S. As you see on the screenshot that installer has been downloaded from MAS legally. Are you now satisfied with legality cases? Now could we move on to the issues related to the main subject of this thread?

I would have to presume something's wrong since the .dmg file is 5.35 GB, and an .iso created from that should be pretty much the same size. Can't say I've ever tried it, though.

You could try using Disk Utility. With the .dmg file within the Mavericks installer's SharedSupport folder mounted on the desktop, highlight it in the left pane of Disk Utility's interface, then click the New Image button at the top. Choose DVD/CD Master in the drop down menu and save the file.

This will create a file ending in .cdr, but according to a couple sources I looked up, all you have to do is change the extension to .iso and it will work (supposedly).

I think you will be better off with a bootable USB instead. They boot faster and are easier to make. But I've also included instructions for making a bootable DVD if you want that too.

USB

Your 8 GB USB drive should be called Untitled and formatted as Mac OS Extended (Journaled). The installer should be called Install OS X Mavericks.app and should be in your Applications folder.

After downloading Mavericks from the Mac App Store, run this in terminal and wait about 20 minutes:

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

You should see something like this:

Erasing Disk: 0%... 10%... 20%... 100%...
Copying installer files to disk...
Copy complete.
Making disk bootable...
Copying boot files...
Copy complete.
Done.

You can then boot up from the USB by holding down the option key, then install Mavericks from the USB.

Note that this will also install a recovery partition.

DVD

After downloading the Install OS X Mavericks.app file from the Mac App Store, run these 12 commands in Terminal to create a Mavericks.iso file and then burn it to a dual layer DVD with Disk Utility. You may then boot up from it by holding the option key down and then install mavericks. This will not install a recovery partition. To do that, uncompress and run the script file https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/13872235/Musings/Recovery%20Partition%20Crea tor%203.7.zip

hdiutil attach /Applications/Install\ OS\ X\ Mavericks.app/Contents/SharedSupport/InstallESD.dmg -noverify -nobrowse -mountpoint /Volumes/install_app

hdiutil convert /Volumes/install_app/BaseSystem.dmg -format UDSP -o /tmp/Mavericks

hdiutil resize -size 8g /tmp/Mavericks.sparseimage

hdiutil attach /tmp/Mavericks.sparseimage -noverify -nobrowse -mountpoint /Volumes/install_build

rm /Volumes/install_build/System/Installation/Packages

cp -rp /Volumes/install_app/Packages /Volumes/install_build/System/Installation/

hdiutil detach /Volumes/install_app

hdiutil detach /Volumes/install_build

hdiutil resize -size `hdiutil resize -limits /tmp/Mavericks.sparseimage | tail -n 1 | awk '{ print $1 }'`b /tmp/Mavericks.sparseimage

hdiutil convert /tmp/Mavericks.sparseimage -format UDTO -o /tmp/Mavericks

rm /tmp/Mavericks.sparseimage

mv /tmp/Mavericks.cdr ~/Desktop/Mavericks.iso

tywebb13 wrote:

not true.

they are still selling a 13" macbook pro with superdrive:

http://www.apple.com/mac/compare/notebooks.html

OK, there is one portable and one desktop with a DVD drive, and a whole lot more without.

Ok, the first thing is that you can not install the copy of Mavericks that is in your Recovery partition. It is licensed to someone else. If you don't have a Recovery partition you're in exactly the same position. You will have to re-install the original version of OSX that the Mac had when new. That's probably Snow Leopard, 10.6. You must order it from Apple, it comes on disk only and it's $20 in the US. Here is a link to the order page.

Once that's installed you can update it to 10.6.8 (using software update), that will give you access to the App store from where you can purchase (a free purchase) Mavericks.

Assuming I can succeed in installing 10.5 or 10.6 to the drive is it possible I will retain my other software without going up to Mavericks, or is that going to be wiped at that point?

As Csound1 noted, there's no reason to install 10.5 first. Just get a retail Snow Leopard disk from Apple. It's $20.

Since you have a copy of Mavericks on your Mac now you can't reistall, the only way to set up the Mac correctly for yourself is to start back at Snow Leopard. That disk will be 10.6.3. After installing SL, update it to 10.6.8 to get the App Store on the drive. Then upgrade to Mavericks through the App Store on your account.

To do this, you must erase the drive. There is no choice in the matter. So yes, everything will be wiped. Purchase an external drive and backup your data first.

Don't play with permissions. They're set as Apple intends to protect the system as well as it can be as Unix is designed.

Once you get as far as having Mavericks installed under your own account, you can then restore your data and reinstall your third party apps. Create a clone of that to your external drive.

Thanks worked great. What is the difference with making a bootable installer USB/HDD as Apple suggests here? http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4718
It states "Your storage device must have at least 13 GB available (after formatting) to install OS X Lion or later and a Recovery partition."
I made my USB Mavericks Installer with 8GB USB as you have indicated. Are there any added benefits to the Apple procedure?

Thanks, Bob

Are you installing Lion or Mavericks?

BYOH wrote:

Thanks worked great. What is the difference with making a bootable installer USB/HDD as Apple suggests here?

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4718

Don't understand why you posted this link, it has nothing to do with makimg a bootable installer.

What is it you are trying to do.

Thanks very much! I just at the moment was trying to burn installed.dmg to DVD but it constantly saying it fails to do this. So I accidentally stumbled upon this thread Error message trying to burn InstallESD.dmg but to no avail as I quite don't understand how to run an app with admin account. Does the latter mean to run as root user? If yes then then new bunch of questions appears as I enabled root user but don't know how to run an app (Disk Utility in my case) in this mode? I'm completely lost 😟

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

Thank you tywebb13. This worked flawlessly.

For those that run into problems, take note of the spaces in the command. Follow the spacing carefully.

Thank you. Had to find where Apple downloaded Mavericks... into Applications Folder. After that, I just copied the commands and pasted into a Terminal session. Piece of cake. Did I say thank you? Thank you.

After you download the installer, quit it and then make a bootable copy using the free program below. Then you won't have to download the installer again (4+GB file). The program does all the work for you, negating the use of Terminal commands.

Bootable Drive DVD or USB Flash Drive – Lion Diskmaker

diskmaker x might be ok for usbs

but their changelog says it no longer supports dvds.

so if you want to make a dvd use my terminal commands to make the iso file then burn it to dual layer dvd with disk utility.

The only Mac that still includes a SuperDrive built in is the Mac Pro, and that's being replaced in December with a new model with no optical drive. So while they still offer an external drive, they clearly feel that downloads rather than physical distribution is the future.

Regards.

You're right, I missed that they were still selling that model. But that's the old design with the old CPU and graphics processor, being held onto for price point. None of their new models have built-in optical drives, so it's just a matter of time before no new Mac has a drive built in. Again, Apple's clearly expecting the majority of software and media to be delivered via download and so is making the SuperDrive an external option.

Regards.