HOW TO: Use DiskMaker X To Create A Bootable OS X Mavericks USB In Just A Few Clicks

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DiskMaker X (formerly Lion DiskMaker) is an application built with AppleScript that you can use with Mac OS X 10.6, 10.7, OS X 10.8 and 10.9 to build a bootable drive from Mac OS X Lion, OS X Mountain Lion Installation or OS X Mavericks Installer program. As soon as you launch the application, it tries to find the OS X Install program with Spotlight. Then, it proposes to build a bootable install disk and make it look as nice as possible. It’s the easiest way to build an OS X Installer in a few clicks !

Jump over the break to learn how to use DiskMaker X…

1. Get an an empty flash drive with at least 8GB of storage

2. Download OS X Mavericks

3. Download DiskMaker X

4. Double-click on the .dmg file to open it and drag-and-drop the DiskMaker X app into the Applications folder

diskmaker-x-os-x-mavericks-1-FSMdotCOM5. Now load DIskMaker X. When you load the app, it will ask you which version of OS X do you want to make a boot disk of. You can choose Lion, Mountain Lion and of course, Mavericks. We’ll choose Mavericks

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6. Now, the app will search for a copy of OS X Mavericks. Once it found your Mavericks copy, it will ask you if you want to use the copy that it found or you want to use another copy. If you downloaded it from the app store ( step 2 ), choose ‘Use this copy’

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7. Now the app will ask you about your thumb drive, and it will tell you that will be completely erased before copying OS X Mavericks onto it…

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8. In the next window choose the disk you want to use ( your flash drive will be named differently )diskmaker-x-os-x-mavericks-6-FSMdotCOM9. Now the app will format your flash drive and ask you for your admin password. Once you enter your admin password, DiskMaker X will start copying the necessary Mavericks files onto your flash drive.

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diskmaker-x-os-x-mavericks-13-FSMdotCOMNOTE: this process will take a while. Be patient….

10. When you’re done, the app will tell you that the boot disk is ready, you’ll see that your flash drive has been renamed as OS X 10.9 Install Disk and it will be opened. Now all you have to do is restart your Mac and and after you here the chime sound, press the Option ( Alt ) key until you see the option to choose the flash drive to boot from.

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