![]() ![]() Unzip this file and locate the folder titled 'Install OS X Mavericks.app' in the extracted contents. You'll see the zip file titled 'Install OS X ' ![]() Navigate to where you downloaded this file. From here, you can either install OS X Mavericks (if you're downloading on an old system), or create a bootable OS X Mavericks install USB (if you need to upgrade an old system) Select the 'Install OS X Mavericks' app and move it to your Applications folder. A new window will open containing the contents of the extracted zip file. You'll see a zip file titled 'Install OS X ' as well as some files from this Internet Archive entry, like the pictures. Right click (or secondary click) on the file and select 'Show Package Contents' (This file will have an image of a slanted cross on it) Click once on (select) the downloaded file, ' install-os-x-mavericks.app' if you downloaded this to Downloads, open Finder and go to the Downloads folder) Open Finder and navigate to your download location. I use Transmission for torrents.įor some reason, this downloads as a 'damaged'. If anyone has trouble with slow download speed, try using the Torrent link. Then I tried using The Unarchiver to unzip and it worked. Unzipping with the stock unzipper got me an error right at the end, tried several times. Then I used Show Package Contents in the right-click menu. I tried the xattr -cr and it did not change, but I did not try with sudo. I want to make a install/utility stick with the installer.Īfter downloading, the file icon had a slash. I'm already on Mavericks, so all file operations were performed on it. While I appreciate people uploading, the illogical packaging and awkwardness made me feel like there was something malevolent with this download. I ran several scans and did not come up with rootkits. I quickly shut down, booted from a backup, and had to delete the files (all of them, who knows what's in that mess) with rm -rf to clear them out. And I could not get rid of the external file, Traah would not empty, and rm -rf did not work either.Įven after a restart the error said the file was active. ![]() UPDATE: After getting the Installer file out of the pointless packaging, I started to have slow Finder and erratic trackpad issues. And stumped as to why the zip file will not open for me. I am stumped as to why this is the only version they will not let you download. I'm very very sad because I need to make a bootable drive and Apple does not offer THIS InstallMacOSX! I can DL the versions above and below - but NOT MAVERICKS. I tried opening THAT zip file (hoping for different results) but the same thing happened. It downloaded differently (as described in other reviews) so I looked at the package contents and found the same zip file that I got from the zip link. After all that I decided to try the Torrent link. Please check that you have transferred or created the zipfile in the appropriate BINARY mode and that you have compiled UnZip properly). But I got that last step from the DiskMaker X FAQ under the question of " I got my version of OS X pre-installed with my Mac.I tried Archive Utility (Error 1 - Operation not permitted), Stuffit and The Unarchiver (both crashed) and the Terminal (which said there were xtra bytes at the beginning or within zipfile, attempting to process anyway - then - start of central directory not found zipfile corrupt. I don't know if the above steps will work as I don't have a Mac with Mavericks pre-installed. Point to a USB thumb drive (8GB) as the destination drive. When prompted for the Install OS X Mavericks.app file, point to the InstallESD.dmg file from the above step. Copy it some where like your ~/Downloads folder or your ~/Desktop. It might be in a folder named something like "OS X Install Files". Plug your USB external drive back in and look for an InstallESD.dmg file.You will have to watch the download and when your Mac restarts after the download and at the black screen, unplug your external drive.Plug in a formated USB external drive (not a USB thumb drive unless its 32GB) and point to that drive to install to.What you might try is the following to extract the necessary file(s) to create a USB thumb drive installer: The above 2 methods will download AND install Mavericks to the target drive. From the OS X Utilities Menu, select Reinstall OS X. Restart using Command+Option+R to boot into Internet Recovery which boots into Apple's servers and their Recovery HD. From the OS X Utilities Menu, select Reinstall OS X.Ģ. Restart using Command+R to boot into the Recovery HD. There are two ways to download Mavericks on pre-installed systems.ġ. ![]()
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