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Introduction |
Most of us will be installing OS X Mavericks by
downloading it from the App Store and then upgrading
our current operating system, the supported
operating systems are Snow Leopard 10.6.8 and
higher. However, for some reasons, you might be
looking to perform a clean installation, which
involves formatting the Mac hard drive. To install OS X Mavericks, you will
need to have a bootable media, either on USB device or a
DVD.
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OS X Mavericks: System
Requirements
To install Mavericks, you need one
of these Macs:
iMac (Mid-2007 or later)
MacBook (13-inch Aluminum, Late 2008), (13-inch, Early
2009 or later)
MacBook Pro (13-inch, Mid-2009 or later),
MacBook Pro (15-inch or 17-inch, Mid/Late 2007 or later)
MacBook Air (Late 2008 or later)
Mac Mini (Early 2009 or later)
Mac Pro (Early 2008 or later)
Xserve (Early 2009)
Your Mac also needs:
OS X Mountain Lion, Lion, or Snow Leopard v10.6.8
already installed
2 GB or more of memory
8 GB or more of available space
- Plug the bootable
USB drive , or insert the
OS X DVD and reboot your machine

- To start the setup
wizard, you will need to choose the main
language, select your language and click
the continue button

- On the Install OS X
page, we need to format our hard disk so
that we can perform a clean
installation. Click on Utilities
and then click on Disk
Utility...

Select the hard drive or partition to
format from the left pane, then click
the Erase tab, select format type Mac OS
Extended (Journaled), give it a
name , such as Macintosh HD, and choose
Erase.
When erasing the disk or partition is
completed, close Disk Utility to return
to the normal boot menu

- Agree to the terms
of the software license agreement to
continue installing OS X

- If you have
multiple disks /partitions, select the
disk where you want to install OS X and
then click Install

- Installing OS X on
the selected disk will start


The system will reboot automatically
once installation is completed

- After your system
reboot, you will need to select your
country

- Choose a keyboard
layout

- If you have
information on another Mac or Windows,
you can transfer it to this Mac. Select
the option you want and follow the
wizard. or you can later transfer your
data using Migration Assistant. I
usually have my backup on an external
disk and cloud disks, so I will select
Don't Transfer any informational now and click continue.

- Sign in with your
Apple ID

Confirm if you want to allow iCould to
use the location of your Mac to benefit
from using Find my Mac feature.

- On the terms and
conditions page, click agree to continue
the setup wizard


- Create a computer
account. This is the user you will be
using to login into your computer.


- In the iCould
Keychain page, you can either select to
setup iCould keychain to if you want to
skip this option and set it up later.
iCould Keychain keeps the passwords and
credit card information you save up to
date on the different devices you enable
iCould on.


- Finally, Register
the Mac to your Apple ID and click
Continue


- Finally, you will
be logged into your OS X Mavericks

Summary
While most users will upgrade their
OS X to Mavericks using the App Store, other users
prefer to start from scratch with a clean OS install
whenever they’re upgrading to a new version. A fresh and
clean install involves formatting the Mac Hard disk, this means that
the hard disk is completely wiped and Mac OS X will be
installed in its factory default settings with just the default apps and
files that come with OS X Mavericks.
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