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Mavericks “InstallESD.dmg”
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Senior User
Join Date: Jan 2001
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hello there
is there any reason why this procedure would not work with Mavericks?
Quit the OS X Mavericks installer as soon as it auto starts.
Go to Applications/Install Mac OS X Mavericks.
Control-click and select "Show Package Contents".
Open the “Contents” folder.
Open the “SharedSupport” folder.
Find the Mavericks “InstallESD.dmg”
Copy/drag it to the desktop.
if i’ve got anything wrong, please correct me
cheers ... posthumanus
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okay
so I take it that's right ...
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Administrator  Join Date: Apr 2001
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Not sure what you're trying to do with that dodge....
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Glenn -----OTR/L, MOT, Tx
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The intent is to create an actual, bootable installer that does not need to be connected to the Internet.
It can be invaluable to have a little USB stick partitioned to three OS installers, rather than waiting for a full download through a wonky 2Mbit DSL line and a dodgy modem.
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Administrator Join Date: Apr 2001
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I see. Parsing file names is often difficult for me because I might see something as being different words based on where I think they break. The "ESD" part is particularly confusing to someone like me who doesn't dissect a whole OS install on a regular basis.
This is very interesting. I'm looking forward to the OP chiming in...
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Glenn -----OTR/L, MOT, Tx
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99.9% chance that it will work.
It did with Lion and Mountain Lion, so I don't see why Apple would try to disallow it.
-t
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i think you're giving me too much credit.
i don't even know what "parsing" means.
i just dug this up from a Lion install i did years ago and was wondering ...
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Senior User
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so this worked
UNTIL i got to the copy/drag stage - when it made an alias on my desktop - ?
so then i tried dragging installESD.dmg off-site (to an ext.HD) then dragged it back (to make 2 solid copies). ok so far
but then, opening installESD.dmg reveals just a 'packages' folder, which won't let me do a 'clean install'
this is not how i remember it with MountainLion, and earlier installESD.dmg extractions
memories? thoughts? comments? solutions?
cheers, posthumanus
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Moderator  Join Date: Apr 2000
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The new Mac Pro has up to 30 MB of cache inside the processor itself. That's more than the HD in my first Mac. Somehow I'm still running out of space.
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