Here's an easier way to do it: <http://arstechnica.com/apple/2013/10/how-to-make-your-own-bootable-os-x-10-9-mavericks-usb-install-drive/> -- Brian
On Oct 22, 2013, at 9:55 PM, richardsan <[email protected]> wrote: > it seems...that on page three, in the "copying Packages" routine...it is > being done twice? > i don't get this: > " > Locate the Finder window called OS X Install ESD. This window should be open > from a previous step. If not, double-click the InstallESD.dmg file on the > Desktop. > > In the OS X Install ESD window, right-click the Packages folder and select > Copy "Packages" from the pop-up menu. > > Drag the Packages folder from the OS X Install ESD window to the Installation > window. This will copy the necessary Packages folder and all of its contents > to the new OS X Base System flash drive you created earlier. > > In the Installation window, move your cursor to a blank area (make sure > you're not selecting any item already in the Installation window). > Right-click in the blank area and select Paste Item from the pop-up menu. > " > aren't 'we' pasting the same thing being copied(by dragging from one window > to another?)? > > > > On Tue, Oct 22, 2013 at 9:44 PM, richardsan <[email protected]> wrote: > i dug around lightly and found this > http://macs.about.com/od/macoperatingsystems/ss/Create-A-Bootable-Version-Of-The-Os-X-Mavericks-Installer-On-A-Usb-Flash-Drive.htm > > > On Tue, Oct 22, 2013 at 9:27 PM, Brian Lawson <[email protected]> wrote: > Probably not. Start the download then when the installer starts to run, don't > let it. You should be able to do something like this: > http://macs.about.com/od/macoperatingsystems/ss/Create-Bootable-Copies-Of-The-Os-X-Mountain-Lion-Installer_2.htm. > -- > Brian > > On Oct 22, 2013, at 8:20 PM, richardsan <[email protected]> wrote: > >> i'm retrieving it too. is there an archive option so we only have to >> download it once, instead of per machine? >> >> >> On Tue, Oct 22, 2013 at 4:30 PM, Bruce Johnson >> <[email protected]> wrote: >> OS X 10.9 is available. And it's free to anyone who can run App store >> (10.6.8 or better.) >> >> >> DL'ing it now. Very very very slowly…Supposedly this one will make my newish >> MBA run a week on some spit and sunshine, clear up my acne and make my farts >> smell of unicorns. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "StrataList-OT" 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/stratalist-ot. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > > -- > > Time for you to man up and accept the results, and stop calling them stupid > because things didn't go your way. > oh please...i'm going to copy this ^ one sentence missive and insert it every > time you wet your diaper and blather on about being chafed by your own urine. > > knowledge and wisdom come from knowing a ""republican conservative"" is an > oxymoron. > > > > -- > > Time for you to man up and accept the results, and stop calling them stupid > because things didn't go your way. > oh please...i'm going to copy this ^ one sentence missive and insert it every > time you wet your diaper and blather on about being chafed by your own urine. > > knowledge and wisdom come from knowing a ""republican conservative"" is an > oxymoron. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "StrataList-OT" 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/stratalist-ot. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "StrataList-OT" 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/stratalist-ot. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
