Hi,
I have a new Mac Pro and I want to rebuild it. I have a bootable USB Key that I made with the 10.9 installer from the App Store. This installer works as a bootable image for the old Mac Pro's and for MacBook pro's, but I can't get a new Mac Pro to boot from it. I think the issue might be that it is a different 10.9 revision that the new Mac Pro requires. Has anyone successfully done this yet on the new Mac Pro?
Thanks
Dave
You need to have made it from a 10.9.2 installer to be able to do that.
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No retail version of OS X will boot that computer unless it is a later version than what came pre-installed.
Thanks. I was hoping to do have the bootable installer to be 10.9 or 10.9.1 because I have some programs that aren't qualified with 10.9.2 yet.
You don't need 10.9.2 but you do need 10.9.1+ build that was used with the 6,1
T he other thing to consider doing is just make an image of the system for restore or to boot from for emergency or backup bootable system.
T he only reason would be if Migration/Setup Assistant somehow or you need to partition the drive and can't resize alone.
Thanks, yeah that's what I was thinking. Do you know how I could get a later version of 10.9 or 10.9.1. The App Store only has 10.9.
Thanks
You can't do that; the only sources for the version of 10.9.1 that the computer requires are the recovery partition and through Apple's Internet recovery system.
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I work for a company that often needs to do fresh instals of different OS versions depending on what we are using it for. 10.9.1 could work if I had the installer for that but the app store only has 10.9. Do you know where I could find a full 10.9.1 installer?
Thanks
The problem I am having with the recovery is that the Mac Pro now has 10.9.2 on it and it is giving us some issues with some programs we are running. I want to do a fresh install of 10.9.1 but the recovery will only give me a fresh install of 10.9.2. Unless I'm doing something wrong.
You would need to do a full Internet Recovery like so:
Install Mavericks, Lion/Mountain Lion Using Internet Recovery
Be sure you backup your files to an external drive or second internal drive because the following procedure will remove everything from the hard drive.
Boot to the Internet Recovery HD:
Restart the computer and after the chime press and hold down the COMMAND-OPTION- R keys until a globe appears on the screen. Wait patiently - 15-20 minutes - until the Recovery main menu appears.
Partition and Format the hard drive:
1. Select Disk Utility from the main menu and click on the Continue button.
2. After DU loads select your newly installed hard drive (this is the entry with the mfgr.'s ID and size) from the left side list. Click on the Partition tab in the DU main window.
3. Under the Volume Scheme heading set the number of partitions from the drop down menu to one. Click on the Options button, set the partition scheme to GUID then click on the OK button. Set the format type to Mac OS Extended (Journaled.) Click on the Partition button and wait until the process has completed. Quit DU and return to the main menu.
Reinstall Lion/Mountain Lion. Mavericks: Select Reinstall Lion/Mountain Lion, Mavericks and click on the Install button. Be sure to select the correct drive to use if you have more than one.
Note: You will need an active Internet connection. I suggest using Ethernet
if possible because it is three times faster than wireless.
This should restore the version of OS X originally pre-installed on the computer.
Press the Option, Command, and R keys at startup and see if you can reinstall 10.9.1. If that method installs 10.9.2, and you didn't make a backup of 10.9.1, there's no way to get it.
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Thanks I'll try this. I'd love to have a bootable USB Key though so I don't have to do an internet recovery every time. We do reformat these computers a lot in between jobs.
I suggest that you consider cloning a bare, working system from the MP to a formatted 15 GB flash drive. Then you don't need to do an install. Just clone the basic system to the computer.
Once you've installed 10.9.1, use a program such as the Disk Utility, Carbon Copy Cloner, or SuperDuper to put a copy of it onto an external drive. You can then clone it back as many times as needed.
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Can you access another nMP to clone the OS? Once apple released 9.2, both App Store downloads and internet recovery will put you on 9,2 as well.
The App Store is going to know based on your Apple ID that you need the OEM Mavericks for your new "Late 2013 Mac Pro 6,1"
| Mac Pro (Late 2013) | Dec 2013 | 10.9 | 13A4023 |
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1159#mac_pro
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1633
You should always use the latest version of OS X. You can get updates from the Mac App Store (in Mountain Lion), Software Update pane of System Preferences, or from Apple Support Downloads. To find build numbers for specific Mac computers, refer to OS X versions (builds) for computers.
The recent firmware update 2.0 can also play a factor.
Reinstall OSX on New Mac Pro
