Let's keep this as simple as possible, eh? No command line required at this time. All data on the startup disk will be spifflicated.
Disk Utility is in the installer. All you have to do is get the installer running somehow. Boot from the network by pressing Command+Option+R at the chime. Your Mac must originally have come with, or be firmware-updated to support, installing the version of OS X you desire. The more foolproof solution is to build yourself an installer flash drive. Use the Mac App Store to fetch yourself a copy of the installer for your chosen OS first. We'll take it from there, if that's where you want to go. In Disk Utility, however you get to it, simply choose the name of the disk in the table (not a partition), choose the Partition tab, set the layout to 1 partition, type a name (usually "Macintosh HD" although I sometimes call my SSDs "Macintosh SSD" as a kind of petty protest), set the format to "Mac OS Extended (Journaled)", press the Options button, set the scheme to "GUID Partition Table", press OK in the dialog after setting the option, press Apply, read the warning, and finally press Partition. Wait a bit, quit Disk Utility when it's done, launch the installer, and off you go. Any questions? :) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
