Hi Andy, A quick search of the list archives brought up this MacWorld article by Don Frakes, "How to make a bootable Mountain Lion install drive" http://www.macworld.com/article/1167857/how_to_make_a_bootable_mountain_lion_install_drive.html At the time a new version of Lion Disk Maker hadn't come out, but there's a link to an older MacWorld article that describes how this works: "Lion DiskMaker makes it easier to create a bootable Lion installer" http://www.macworld.com/article/1166702/lion_diskmaker_makes_it_easier_to_create_a_bootable_lion_installer.html
The developer now has a dedicated web page for Lion Disk Maker (in English): http://liondiskmaker.com/ Otherwise, in general we usually check the macupdate site for software (as Sarah mentioned), As she also mentioned, there are a few ways to make a bootable USB key, and they're described in the MacWorld article. They include using disk utility, Carbon Copy Cloner, and Lion Disk Maker. I did this for Mountain Lion with Carbon Copy Cloner, which is a paid app I have for doing backups. Lion Disk Maker is a free app. At present the dev is working on version 3 which will support Mavericks. HTH. Cheers, Esther On 29 Jul 2013, at 09:28, Sarah k Alawami wrote: > It probably can, but it will try and make you use disk utility. I really > don't' like this method as for me its way too complex. I use lion disk maker > which is a free app that can do this and does do this well. > > You will need at most an 8 gig flash drive, for now. We'll see about mavrics > when that comes out as I plan on upgrading that same 8 gig flash drive I > have. I believe you can find Lion Disk Maker at http://macupdate.com > > The program is dead simple to use and takes about 40 minutes to make the > bootable key. at least for me. lol! > Good luck. > On Jul 29, 2013, at 12:10 PM, Andy Collins wrote: > >> Sarah - Thanks for this clarification. Perhaps I'd better look in to this >> then. Can the how to, be found on the main Apple website? - >> >> Andy >> On 29 Jul 2013, at 19:58, Sarah k Alawami wrote: >> >>> You will need an internet connection hence wy we are suggestion making usb >>> key for your mb air. It will depending on your connection speed take >>> between 2 and 6 hours to download all 4 gigs of the thing it uses to >>> install. >>> >>> Take care. <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> To reply to this post, please address your message to [email protected] You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at either the list's own dedicated web archive: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> or at the public Mail Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/>. Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml> As the Mac Access Dot Net administrators, we do our very best to ensure that the Mac-Access E-Mal list remains malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free. However, this should in no way replace your own security strategy. We assume neither liability nor responsibility should something unpredictable happen. Please remember to update your membership preferences periodically by visiting the list website at: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/>
