[mac4theblind] Re: created a bootable installer of Mountain Lion with SuperDuper
- From: Daniel McGee <venables134@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: mac4theblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 3 Nov 2013 10:44:29 +0000
Hi Lew, as all ways, wonderful detailed information. I will digest it at my own
pace.
If i were to not like Mavericks, at this present time and wanted to delete the
2nd created partition for a testing environment for the new OS, how would I
delete, remove and recover my disc space from the created partition?
I think you touched on it at the end of your instructions but if you could
explain in a bit more detail how to restore the disc space get rid of Mavericks
from the 2nd partition and have one whole disc drive working again.
P.S.
Just so you know I have a 13 inch Mac Book Pro with 4GB of RAM and the hard
drive is 500GB Going by disc utility, I think the make is Toshiba at least
that's what Voiceover is telling me after its announced the 500GB capacity.
I hope this helps On 2 Nov 2013, at 12:51, Edward Lewis Redfern
<edwardredfern@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> Depending on the size of your hard drive which would be useful to know.
>
> In Disk utility, if you’re going to create a 2nd bootable partition, you
> first interact with “Selected Disks” pane. A drive layout in this pane is as
> such that the identifier of the drive (drive bus) is above the partition(s)
> created on the drive.
>
> in this instance, you select the identifier above “Macintosh HD” which is
> usually the size of drive or make of drive.
>
> now tab to the “Partition” tab and in this window, there’s a partition layout
> pane. for sighted users, this is a graphical representation of the sizes of
> partitions created.
>
> To add a partition, tab to the “Add Partition” Button, (identified as a +
> button for V.I. users) This now splits the master drive into two. now you
> need to interact with the partition window, this is identified in Voiceover
> as the name of the current partition created, you’ll also find after adding a
> partition a duplicate of Macintosh HD but this time it’s named Macintosh HD
> 2. this can be resized and renamed.. Select Macintosh HD 2 and size the
> partition to approx 60gb as a test only environment and name it Mavericks.
> Apply changes to the partition map by tabbing to “Apply.
>
> if you’ve created a bootable installer, you can reboot your mac with the
> installer, run mavericks, but this time, you select the mavericks partition
> you’ve just created and it will install to it.
>
> Do please note that when booting, your mac will now default boot to the new
> mavericks partition, unless you’ve configured it elsewhere. to change the
> boot sequence of drives, you can go to Startup Disk in System preferences and
> select Macintosh HD if you’re still using mountain lion, or Mavericks
> partition if you’re going to do it this way.
>
> At any time, you can erase the mavericks partition but the only way of
> recovering the lost partition back to your Macintosh HD is by holding Command
> R on boot, use disk utility to resize the “Macintosh HD partition back to
> it’s full size.
>
> lew
>
> On 2 Nov 2013, at 11:27 am, Daniel McGee <venables134@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Hi Lew, how would I create a disc partition with Voiceover? I kinda like the
>> idea of making a test of Mavericks and then if it wasn't for me trashing it
>> afterwards.
>> Just want to learn about all my different options before going ahead.
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Daniel
>> On 1 Nov 2013, at 17:42, Edward Lewis Redfern <edwardredfern@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>> OK. when I say format the HDD. select Macintosh HD in disk utility when you
>>> boot into the installer. you get a window with 4 options. you only need to
>>> concern yourself with 2. Disk Utility, and install OS X Mountain Lion.
>>>
>>> Run disk utility, go to the Selected Disks Window and select Micontosh HD.
>>> tab to the Erase Tab and there is a pull down menu. you need to select OS X
>>> extended Journaled. then ensure your drive is named Macintosh HD unless
>>> you’ve a name you like for the volume. then tab to the Erase button. it
>>> will ask you to confirm to do so. Continue.
>>>
>>> once completed quit disk utility. Command Q lol
>>>
>>> now start the install OS X process. you’ll be asked to agree to terms, etc
>>> then select the drive to install to. after that, let it do it’s thing and
>>> away you go.
>>>
>>> lew.
>>>
>>> P.S: I advise clean installs only with regards Mavericks due to
>>> compatibility issues.
>>>
>>> I have tested and confirmed on a number of workstations in test mode a
>>> series of errors now reported to apple where certain installer conflicts
>>> occur, this is where, in an upgrade instance, your mac can become bogged
>>> down, conflict and require not only a disk permissions repair and disk
>>> repair but also a lot of reworking. If you’re going to use mavericks, I
>>> advise a clean install, or if you’re going to test it, make a partition on
>>> your Macintosh HD and set a partition for about 60gb or so. then install
>>> mavericks to that as a test point. if you’re not happy, you can dump and
>>> recover your space to the HDD.
>>>
>>> lew
>>>
>>> On 1 Nov 2013, at 05:31 pm, Daniel McGee <venables134@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi Edward, or is it Lew I'm not sure which. lol
>>>> Don't worry, I'll definitely make sure I'll have a backup of all my
>>>> documents and alike before going ahead.
>>>> A couple of things if I may ask. When you say format the HD do you mean
>>>> the Macintosh hard drive? Just to be clear and secondly, what formats
>>>> choices are there to choose from I'm just cureious and I'm making an
>>>> educated guess but I bet my money on that it will be Mac OSX extended
>>>> gernaled to format the hard drive too.
>>>>
>>>> My primary purpose of making the backup of ML is because I want to go to
>>>> the Mavericks root by just the update method. Now, I know you advise
>>>> people to go through the clean install path but I just want to update and
>>>> if anything is wrong with Mavericks or I find it too buggy with Voiceover
>>>> with my ML backup would I be able to successfully downgrade back to
>>>> Mountain Lion? If so, how would one do this assuming I've made my ML
>>>> bootable USB 8GB Sea-Gate flash drive that I brought the other day. From
>>>> Argos by the way. lol
>>>> I've never done a clean install or re-install of a previous Mac OS before
>>>> so it is all new to me.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks
>>>>
>>>> Daniel
>>>>
>>>> On 1 Nov 2013, at 17:05, Edward Lewis Redfern <edwardredfern@xxxxxxx>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi daniel.
>>>>>
>>>>> first off, ensure you’ve backed up everything. glad that SuperDuper works
>>>>> for you. it’s a useful product and part of my toolbox.
>>>>>
>>>>> open up system preferences and go to Startup Disk. you should see your
>>>>> new bootable volume listed. if so, select it and tab to restart. now you
>>>>> can continue reformatting your HDD using disk utility within the
>>>>> installer then installing your OS. it is important to format the HDD
>>>>> because otherwise you will end up with corrupt data.
>>>>>
>>>>> lew
>>>>>
>>>>> On 1 Nov 2013, at 04:50 pm, Daniel McGee <venables134@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi all, I am please to report that I think I've managed to create a
>>>>>> bootable Mountain Lion with the release I purchased last year with my
>>>>>> Apple ID that I made a backup to my external hard drive with.
>>>>>> I did this with SuperDuper and WOW!!! It was like so easy to do! Had a
>>>>>> bit of trouble understanding what was to come 1st the source or the
>>>>>> location. I finally figured it out with a youtube video though. lol
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Don't know what to do after this though so any guidance forth coming
>>>>>> would be fantastic but I'm glad that I've gotten the 1st step
>>>>>> completed! :)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Hope everyone had a fabulous halloween!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Daniel ************
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