


Applications/Install\ OS\ X\ Mavericks.app/Contents/Resources/createinstallmedia -volume /Volumes/mavinstall -applicationpath /Applications/Install\ OS\ X\ Mavericks.app -nointeraction Note: You’ll need to elevate your privileges for this to run. To do so, specify the –volume to create the drive on (note that the target volume will be erased), the path of the Install OS X Mavericks app bundle and then we’re going to select –nointeraction so it just runs through the whole thing Using this binary you can create an installation drive (similar to what we used to do with InstallESD). Inside the app bundle, there’s a new binary called createinstallmedia (nested in Contents/Resources). The installer is called Install OS X Mavericks.app and is by default located in the /Applications directory. The format should be Mac OS Extended Journaled. I’ll use mavinstall for the purposes of this article. To make a bootable USB/flash drive of Mavericks like the one that used to come with the MacBook Air, first name the USB drive. Such a little USB drive would be similar to the sticks that came with the older MacBook Air, when we were all still sitting around wondering how you would ever install the OS on a computer with no optical media or Ethernet otherwise. Rather than copy the installer to a local drive you can run it right off a USB disk (or Thunderbolt if you dare). How to upgrade to OS X El Capitan – Apple Supportįollow the instructions in Sections 4 to 7 carefully.A bootable installer is one of the fastest ways to install Mavericks. How to upgrade to OS X Yosemite – Apple Support The certificates for many Mac OS's expired.Īpple have released updated versions with new certificates, you can get them here, If the bootable installers were made prior to October 2019, you may find that you cannot install them as Open Disk Utility, click on the Disk not any indented Volumes, click on Erase. The SSD you have installed in your Mac, did you format it correctly, if you boot to one of your notable USBs Only Macs running earlier versions of Mac OS X will show previously downloaded OS's, Apple stopped them from showing up from macOS Sierra onwards. Open the App Store and go to the Purchased section. The Mavericks installer can only be downloaded if you had previously downloaded it when it was available, As such Mavericks is not available for download.
