Go back to Disk Utility and click on the newly formatted USB Drive in the menu, then click on the Restore tab.dmg file and locate the hidden BaseSystem.dmg ( Figure F) Navigate the file structure Contents | Shared Support and double-click the InstallESD.dmg file mount OS X Install ESD on the desktop ( Figure E).Right-click the file and select Show Package Contents ( Figure D) Upon completion of the USB formatting, locate Install Mac OS X Mavericks.app (downloaded in step #1 to the Applications folder, by default).Launch the Terminal.app by selecting it from the /Applications | Utilities folder and execute the following command ( Figure C)*:.Click on the Options button, select the radio button for GUID Partition Table, and click OK ( Figure B).Select Mac OS Extended (Journaled) for the format-type from the drop-down menu ( Figure A).
#Install mac os x bootable usb how to
In April, I wrote an article on TechRepublic about how to create a bootable USB to install OS X. Jesus Vigo goes over the steps to create a bootable USB to install OS X 10.9 (aka Mavericks).
How to create a bootable USB to install OS X Mavericks