Q: partitioning drive to install Mavericks, but no Mac OS X installation disc
Am trying to install maverick on my macbook pro :
2.6 ghz intel core 2 duo, 4gb 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAM with Mac OS X Lion 10.7.5 (11G63b)
But get the message that i need to partition my drive to GUID
am trying to follow the "Firmware updates for Intel-based Macs require a GUID partition scheme" help page : http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2434
have so far backed up my system with time machine
but am now stuck on step 2 "Start from your Mac OS X installation disc, then choose Utilities > Disk Utility." as i dont have any installation discs
can anyone help please? i'm not even sure that my disc drive even works properly as have had problems with it in the past
is there any way around this, basically need to reformat my startup drive to GUID and restore my data it seems, is this possible without the discs?
any advice much appreciated! thank you kindly
MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.5)
Posted on Nov 15, 2013 2:23 PM
Oh yeah, if you want to go straight to Mavericks, you can create a bootable Intall USB:
See: How to make your own bootable Mavericks USB install drive
or: How to make a bootable Mavericks install drive
(This is a better solution than re-installing Lion)
Then, as above:
1) Boot into the Maveicks Installer (hold option on boot), then select Utilities->Disk Utility
2) Select 1 Partition, Make sure that [Options] has G.U.I.D. selected
3) Select Apply (This will erase the drive, you have a TM Backup, correct?)
4) Quit Disk Utility, then select Reinstall OS X from a Time Machine Drive
5) Install the Firmware Update
Posted on Nov 16, 2013 8:00 AM

