You'll be presented with a list of bootable drives. You may now restart your Mac and hold down the Option key after hearing the boot sound. You will be asked to enter your Administrative account password.Īfter about 15 minutes the creation of your USB Install Key for OS X Mavericks will be complete. Sudo '/Applications/Install OS X Mavericks.app/Contents/Resources/createinstallmedia' -volume '/Volumes/Mavericks' -applicationpath '/Applications/Install OS X Mavericks.app' -nointeraction

Additionally, make sure you do not have any other volumes named 'Mavericks' except for the one we just created in Step Five.Įxecute the following command in the Terminal window to create your OS X Mavericks Install key. Make sure your empty USB key is still inserted. Launch Terminal from the Applications:Utilities folder. When asked to confirm click the Partition button. Next click the Apply button to save your changes. Set the Partition Layout to 1 Partition, set the Name to 'Mavericks', and set the Format to Mac OS Extended (Journaled).Ĭlick the Options button then choose GUID Partition Table from the popup window then click the OK button. Select your USB thumb drive from the list on the left and click the Partition tab.

Launch Disk Utility from the Applications:Utilities folder. If you are already on, or have already downloaded Mavericks, you may need to click the Download button. Navigate to the OS X Mavericks application page and click the Install button. These are instructions on how to create a bootable OS X Mavericks USB key.Ĭonnect a 8GB or larger USB key to your computer then launch the Mac App Store from your dock.

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