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Re: OS X Mavericks App Store link

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Post by jmgrosen » Tue, Oct 22, 2013, 8:21 PM UTC

sanbor wrote: post #17

jmgrosen wrote: post #9

I'm getting the error "Before installing OS X Mavericks, this system requires MacBook Air Flash Storage Firmware Update 1.1. Click on the Updates button in the Mac App Store to install the update." even though I've applied the firmware update and there aren't any updates (besides Mavericks) in the Mac App Store. Any help?

Maybe it's caused due FileVault disk encryption. Try disabling the encryption before applying the update.

Nope, not using FileVault.

Re: OS X Mavericks App Store link

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Post by conorh » Tue, Oct 22, 2013, 8:22 PM UTC

Just finished installing this. Upgrade took about 35 minutes total on my macbook air (2011). Was able to run a local Rails 4 app connecting to MySQL with no problems after the upgrade. Trying to install ruby 2.0-p247 now and all the gems and see what happens.

Re: OS X Mavericks App Store link

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Post by [deleted] » Tue, Oct 22, 2013, 8:24 PM UTC

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Re: OS X Mavericks App Store link

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Post by peckrob » Tue, Oct 22, 2013, 8:24 PM UTC

conorh wrote: post #20

peckrob wrote: post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What build number is it?

The version that I just installed from the app store is 13A603.

Awesome, that's the same one that was released as GM a few days ago (the second GM seed). The first GM seed was 13A598.

Re: OS X Mavericks App Store link

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Post by Groxx » Tue, Oct 22, 2013, 8:27 PM UTC

dimillian wrote: post #8

nwh wrote: post #4

As always, you can make yourself a dandy boot disk or USB drive by opening the installer's app bundle, and writing the following file to your favourite medium using the "restore" tab in Disk Utility. /Install OS X Mavericks.app/Contents/SharedSupport/InstallESD.dmg

When you install/update the system it creates/update your restore partition. Does Apple still only put necessary file and then do an over the air installation or they put the whole system ready to install ?

When installing from one of the upgrade-apps or their bootable USB counterparts it installs the whole thing from the disk, nothing downloaded. The download step is basically just for reinstalling w/o an installer.

Re: OS X Mavericks App Store link

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Post by matthewbadeau » Tue, Oct 22, 2013, 8:28 PM UTC

I'm happy to report that the install was pretty effortless. Even with my unusual File Vault (encrypted HFS+) & Bootcamp setup.

Re: OS X Mavericks App Store link

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Post by mipapage » Tue, Oct 22, 2013, 8:28 PM UTC

jmgrosen wrote: post #9

I'm getting the error "Before installing OS X Mavericks, this system requires MacBook Air Flash Storage Firmware Update 1.1. Click on the Updates button in the Mac App Store to install the update." even though I've applied the firmware update and there aren't any updates (besides Mavericks) in the Mac App Store. Any help?

It happened to me too. Apple -> Software update and the patch was still there. So I installed it again. Great success; now waiting on the Maverick download.

Re: OS X Mavericks App Store link

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Post by AsymetricCom » Tue, Oct 22, 2013, 8:29 PM UTC

I'm glad to see this link submitted here. I was going to use the standard process to upgrade my OS, but I thought that this time I'd check HN first. Turns out my gamble paid off. Thanks, OP!

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Post by rje » Tue, Oct 22, 2013, 8:43 PM UTC

jdalgetty wrote: post #7

Can I download this once and then copy it to my other machines or do I have to download this individually on every one?

You can create a usb key installer and use it to install everywhere

Re: OS X Mavericks App Store link

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Post by conorh » Tue, Oct 22, 2013, 8:48 PM UTC

conorh wrote: post #22

Just finished installing this. Upgrade took about 35 minutes total on my macbook air (2011). Was able to run a local Rails 4 app connecting to MySQL with no problems after the upgrade. Trying to install ruby 2.0-p247 now and all the gems and see what happens.

All worked fine. ruby 2.0-p247 compiled and install fine using rvm. Postgres backed Rails app worked too (using homebrew installed versions of postgres/mysql).