I was a bit worried that it was taking longer than expected. This process will take about 30 minutes or so (depending on the speed of you computer). Enter your admin-level account password when prompted.Įrasing Disk: 0%.Warning: This step will erase the destination drive or partition, so make sure it doesn’t contain any valuable data. Paste the copied command into Terminal and press Return.Sudo /Applications/Install\ OS\ X\ Mavericks.app/Contents/Resources/createinstallmedia -volume /Volumes/Untitled -applicationpath /Applications/Install\ OS\ X\ Mavericks.app -nointeraction Select the text of this Terminal command and copy it:.We’re going to add a piece of code that will copy OS X Mavericks to the thumb drive. You’ll see a scary-looking programming box come up.Go to Applications›› Utilities ›› Terminal.(The code we’re going to enter will assume this drive is named Untitled.) Click on the name of the drive once, so it highlights.Plug your flash drive into a USB port on your computer.While you’re waiting for Mavericks to download, you can prepare your flash drive to be productive. This will take some time to download (it will download to your Applications folder, which we want).ī.It may ask Would you like to continue? Yes, continue.Find OS X Mavericks and click Download (chances are you already have it).This little flash drive will plug into the side of the computer and we’ll tell the computer to read from it and install the operating system. When you wipe your Macbook Pro clean, it needs some direction on how to come alive again. In this step, we’re going to make a OS X Mavericks boot drive. In this next chapter, we’ll learn how to create an OS X Mavericks boot drive so once the computer is wiped clean, we can tell it to reinstall an operating system and come back to life. ![]() It also serves as an important archive for your data so you can access it and grab files whenever you want them on your ‘new’ Macbook Pro. In our last chapter, we learned how to backup your Macbook Pro with Time Machine in the event we have an issue while reformatting your Macbook Pro. ![]() You can always refer back to the table of contents to follow the entire process. According to 9to5Mac, the “golden master” version of the software already went into circulation at the beginning of the month, which could mean Apple will make it available for widespread download the day of the event, or soon after.Note: This post is part of the the series: Reformat Macbook Pro to make brand new. OS X Mavericks ready for primetimeĪpple already pulled the veil of the latest version of its OS X operating system back at WWDC 2013 in June, but we expect an update on it at Apple’s October 22 event. That last one might be a long shot since Apple already claims you can’t discern individual pixels in its existing Retina displays, it would have to trip over its own marketing claims to justify why it’s adding even more. GottaBeMobile rightly suspects we’ll see the same smaller upgrades the last MacBook Air got, too: 802.11ac Wi-Fi, faster storage, and Thunderbolt 2. Other sources believe Apple could boost its Retina displays to an even-more-absurd resolution of 3,840 x 2,160 with one of Sharp’s 15.6-inch IGZO displays. This one’s almost guaranteed: MacBook Pros will get Intel’s fourth-generation Haswell chips, which deliver significantly better battery life than their predecessors. Since Apple updated the MacBook Air earlier this year, the MacBook Pro line is definitely due for an upgrade, but the exact tweaks we’ll see remain hazy. ![]() Kuo claims that has made iMac sales slower-than-expected alongside cheaper Windows alternatives like Dell’s One Inspiron 23, so we may see Apple get more aggressive with the price to compete. With a starting price tag of $1,299, Apple’s 21.5-inch iMac undeniably rests in the upper echelon of all-in-one computers. ![]() However, his prediction also places the launch for a 12-inch MacBook in the second or third quarter of 2014, which means we might not see it on October 22, even if it’s brewing somewhere in Apple’s R&D labs now. According to analyst Ming-Chi Kuo of KGI Securities, it will also sport an entirely new design, rather than playing off Apple’s tried-and-true (and tired) silver slivers. Ranking the best (and worst) versions of macOS from the last 20 yearsĬall it the Goldilocks MacBook if you must: It’s supposed to be as portable as the 11-inch MacBook Air, but as “productive” as the 13-inch version thanks to a high-res Retina screen. MacBook Pro with M2 Pro just got an unprecedented price cutĪpple just made a huge move to power up your next MacBook
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