Can't update to Mavericks, says my hard drive is backup
When trying to update to Mavericks, the system won't do it and only says that the selected drive is used for time machine backups. This is my hard drive, and I don't use it for time machine backups.
You have got the "Backups.backupdb" folder in the root level of your hard drive, and this is the folder used by Time Machine to create backups. Because of that, the OS X Mavericks installer thinks your hard drive is being used by Time Machine.
To fix this, you need to remove the folder:
1. Open a Finder window, select the Go menu (on the menu bar) > Go to Folder, and type:
2. Delete "Backups.backupdb", and if there was nothing in it, empty the Trash.
3. Run the Mavericks installer and follow the steps
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