I nee to make a bootable copy of Maverick

I nee to make a bootable copy of Maverick. I have the instructins but i was wondering:
If i download maverick again will it try to load onto my current system? OR can i just quit installation and drag it from applications?
thanks.

The installer will start, but wait for you to start clicking to continue. You just Quit (Command-Q). Then look for Applications -> "Install OS X Mavericks".
DiskMakerX is very good at making a bootable Mavericks installer on an 8GB or larger USB flash drive, or SD Card, or external disk. It might be possible to create a bootable Double Layer DVD, but I've never done that.

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You can use 3rd party software such as Carbon Copy Cloner or SuperDuper! to create a bootable clone on an external drive.
I use SuperDuper to create a clone. Yes, it's true the Recovery HD will need to be recreated after restoring a clone because neither of these softwares nor Time Machine backup that partition. It's really no big deal. You just reinstall Lion on top of itself after the restore and reapply any Software Updates including the 10.7.1 update. I've done this a few times with no issues.
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Create an external USB thumb drive with the Recovery HD using the Lion Recovery Assistant.
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Boot from the USB Recovery HD thumb drive.
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