Hi Alan If you've kept the "Install Mavericks" installer that got downloaded, then yes you can "save" it to install on other computers. If it's already gone or been deleted, then unfortunately you need to download it again.
There are a couple of steps to make a bootable install, as posted previously. I've copy and posted them here as well. Ronni's post. /quote It is quite a bit different to Make A Bootable Install Drive in Mavericks. There are a couple of ways to do it, either using Terminal, or you can use Disk Utility, (I would not suggest you use Lion DiskMaker as it is still in Beta for Mavericks). The easiest is Using Mavericks’ new bootable-drive-creation feature Hidden inside the Mavericks installer is a Unix program called createinstallmedia provided by Apple to create a bootable Mavericks installer. If you’re comfortable using Terminal, it’s a relatively simple tool to use. The program assumes your account has administrator privileges. Note: if you leave the Mavericks installer in its default location in the Applications folder when you install OS X 10.9, the installer will be deleted automatically after the installation finishes. So if you plan to use that installer on other Macs, or—in this case—to create a bootable drive, be sure to copy the installer to another drive, or at least move it out of the Applications folder, before you install. If you don't, you'll have to re-download the installer from the Mac App Store before you can create a bootable install drive. You need a drive (a hard drive, SSD, thumb drive, or USB stick) that’s big enough to hold the installer and all its data—at least an 8GB flash drive. That drive must also be formatted with a GUID Partition Table. Create the Mavericks install drive Using Mavericks’ new bootable-drive-creation feature Hidden inside the Mavericks installer is a Unix program called createinstallmedia provided by Apple to create a bootable Mavericks installer. If you’re comfortable using Terminal, it’s a relatively simple tool to use. The program assumes your account has administrator privileges. You will have to make sure that the Mavericks installer is in your Main Applications folder. The Terminal command assumes the installer is in its default location. You will have to move it back there after you copied it to another drive or moved it out of the Applications folder as explained above. Best to go here for all the detailed instructions to follow: <http://www.macworld.com/article/2056561/how-to-make-a-bootable-mavericks-install-drive.html> /end quote my post /quote Apparently the DiskMakerX program has been updated to work with Mavericks now,…so that seems to be the "easier" way if you don't want to jump into Terminal. You can see more about it here as well - <http://arstechnica.com/apple/2013/10/how-to-make-your-own-bootable-os-x-10-9-mavericks-usb-install-drive/> And the direct link for DiskMaker X - <http://diskmakerx.com> All the normal "back up, take care, be careful, not responsible if it goes wrong,…etc etc",…warnings apply :o) I just used the Terminal command from the above site and it worked great, no problems at all. My support boot drive now has a very nice Mavericks installer complete with "self designed" background picture. :o) (though my USB drive now has a lot of partitions,…with al the installers back to 10.6.3 and "vanilla" HD Boot drives,….lol). /end quote The Apple ID may be the tricking part. But what you can do, is start the download under the other AppleID then once it starts downloading, pause it. Quit Software Update then install from your installer. That way it will be tied to the correct ID for later/next time Hope that helps. 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On 07/11/2013, at 7:22 PM, Alan Fenton <alc...@bigpond.com> wrote: > I need to save Mavericks to put on three other macs. > My data allowance is 8GB with telstra and 16 GB with iinet. > I used 10GB on iinet updating my iPhone os, Mavericks, Pages, Numbers, iPhoto > and a few others. > I have 3 iMacs and one iPhone to update. > > Two iMacs and the iPhone are on a different Apple account. > > I hope there is a practical solution. > > From Alan. > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Settings & Unsubscribe - > <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Settings & Unsubscribe - <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug>
