![]() ![]() ![]() Get the latest version of the Mountain Lion installerīefore you make a bootable install drive, you should make sure you have the latest version of the Mountain Lion installer. If you don’t, you’ll have to re-download the installer from the Mac App Store before you can create a bootable install drive.) ![]() So if you plan to use that installer on other Macs, or-in this case-to create a bootable drive, be sure to copy the installer to another drive, or at least move it out of the Applications folder, before you install. (Note: As explained in our main Mountain Lion-installation article, if you leave the Mountain Lion installer in its default location in the Applications folder when you install OS X 10.8, the installer will be deleted automatically after the installation finishes. That said, if, for whatever reason, you absolutely need to create a bootable install DVD, follow steps 1 through 5 under “ Using Disk Utility,” below, but from Step 6 on, follow the instructions under “To create a bootable DVD” in our article on making a bootable Lion-install drive. In addition, you can easily update a USB stick or external hard drive each time an update to Mac OS X is released, as explained below with a DVD, you have to toss the disc in the trash and start over, which is both a hassle and bad for the environment. More and more Macs ship without a built-in optical drive booting and installing from a DVD is very slow and 8GB flash drives can be found for $10 or less-there’s little reason to opt for a DVD anymore. Though it’s possible to make one, I don’t recommend it these days. More information here.You may have noticed that I didn’t mention making a bootable install DVD. NB: this version of DiskMaker X is not able to build a Mavericks installer from Mac OS X 10.6.8. Download DiskMaker 2.0.2 ( ZIP file, about 3 MB). When it was still Lion DiskMaker, DiskMaker X had the ability to burn DVDs too. Purchase Mac OS X Lion installer on the Apple Store Purchase OS X Mountain Lion installer on the Apple Store This version of DiskMaker X is not able to build a Mavericks installer from Mac OS X 10.6.8. ![]()
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