Mavericks Install DVD

Also if you are not having much luck with the disk utility app, you can also burn the iso from within terminal. Just run this:

hdiutil burn Mavericks.iso

or if you have to specify the path,

hdiutil burn ~/Desktop/Mavericks.iso

That might be easier.

It's possible you may never get the image to burn to a disk. Typically, there needs to be a break in the data so the laser can move from one layer to the other.

If you've ever created video content, more advanced authoring software asks where you want to put the break so xxx files go to layer one, and zzz files go to layer two. So you may put the main movie on layer one along with the menu screen, and all of the other stuff on layer two (behind the scenes and other extras). Ever watched a movie where it fades to black and back in at a point where no such fade out happened in the theatre? Or there's a brief halt in the playback? That's the break put into the video where the laser has to jump. They are two distinct files where one ends, and the other starts.

An .iso file is just one big compressed file. There's nowhere to put a break, and so may be why the burn fails even on a dual layer disk.

Well, that's why I said possible. It shouldn't matter since the data should just cross over to the second layer. Obviously, that is the case since others have done the same thing successfully. Can't think then why scutinizer82 is getting so many failed attempts.

Well it could be the iso file itself, but I think we have solved the issue he had with that by correcting one of the commands he was using before.

Or it could be the media. I suggested trying a different brand.

Or it could be the drive. I suggested doing a hardware test to see if it is faulty. They tend to degrade over time.

We see the last one quite a bit. Users will suddenly not be able to read or write DVDs, but CDs still work. Typically, it's because the DVD laser has burned out, while the CD laser still works. The only obvious solution for that is to replace the drive.

Well, regarding Optical Drive during the time I owe my Mac (bought last October), I used it only few times reading studio DVDs, CDs, no burning. I hadn't used it in a long-long time till recent workings. As of dust....yep, I haven't considered cleaning innards of my Mac since purchase of it. But an interesting thing (if we taking dirt into account) is that I have never experienced any problems reading DVDs, and CDs and if it's the case then why it occurred only writing discs?

Well, I really hadn't had a need to burn at all till recent so I can't claim something on a basis of comparison. I just wanted to have back-up of some files to be able to free some space on HDD (with other alternative being cloud services). Since USB, Memory Cards, HDDs, SSDs are currently unaffordable for me I've become left with this opportunity.

It's a long download (depending on your Internet access speed), but you can always retrieve OS X again through your App Store account. So I wouldn't put as much weight into creating a DVD backup of that, and would instead concentrate on backing up your other personal data.

No, the point is that Apple is phasing out supplying software via any physical means and no longer expecting that all or even most users will need to install sofware from an optical drive.

I use my optical drive all the time and consider it essential. On my MacBook Pro I like to watch movies on airline flights. Most of the movies in my DVD collection are not available for download.

I also make my own DVDs and Blu-ray's of home movies.

Well, yeah,it's just my personal feelings that I wouldn't like to depend on external factors such as Internet 🙂 I'd feel comfortable with the physical data at my hand, and that DVD would surely fit my philosophy 🙂 See what I can do about this issue. Maybe Verbatim is my help.

There's just the anecdotical situation with Verbatim Discs in stores where I live!s Some time ago shelves where filled with Verbatim disc of various configurations. As of present it has been superseded by other less-know brands that I even haven't had any clue of. Moreover there aren't Verbatim DVD-DL at all. All of DVDs are only Recordable, and if you succeed to find a RW then it turns to be SL. The only option that I was forced to use is TDK DVD-DL (+R). What do you think about TDK? Is it any good? I know its market history has been long enough (and I remember using its tape cassettes that showed a good performance).

BTW, HAPPY NEW YEAR TO YOU AND OTHERS!

As far as I'm able to judge all went successfully this time with creating the file structure seen above. TDK was the hero. Is it what I should've normally get at the output of the process?

TDK was the hero.

Excellent. I have no idea why the Verbatim disks were giving you so much trouble. I use those, and Sony discs all the time with no issues. Oh well, as long as it works.

As tywebb13 mentioned, you should boot to the DVD just to make sure it will boot. There's zero harm to the system in trying. When it finally finishes booting to the DVD (it will take a while), all you have to do is note to yourself, "Yup, here I am at the install screen. It works.", then choose to restart.

"I have no idea why the Verbatim disks were giving you so much trouble", not Verbatim but Think Xtra that nobody heard of 🙂 The cheap media was causing such pain. I'd be glad to have Verbatim but the only choice for DVD DL to buy in stores of my residence location 🙂 was TDK and it confirmed its reputation.

So if I'm trying to boot up (and if DON'T want to install) I'm going to hold these keys and just stop in the middle of it prior to the start of installation procedure? I don't want to disorganize my files etc...

You can't stop in the middle. It will simply startup to the minimal boot OS on the disk and finally display a menu asking what you want to do. It will be virtually the same menu you see if you do a Recovery Mode startup from the hidden partition on the hard drive. Then it will just sit there and wait for you to pick something. Instead, go to the Apple menu at the top left and choose to restart.