Which Method of Making USB Mavericks Installer?

I use Mavericks OS X 10.9.1. Which of the following methods should I use to make a USB Mavericks Installer/Re-Installer?:
1. How to Create an OS X Mavericks USB Installation Drive: lifehacker.com/how-to-create-an-os-x-mavericks-usb-installation-drive-145028002 6
(this method performs a "clean install") do I need to perform a clean install?
2. How to make a bootable install of Mavericks on Flash USB Drive? - MacRumors Forums: forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=1649986
(does this method performs a "clean install?") do I need a clean install?
3. The MacRumors Forums talks about "a copy of OS X Mavericks GM." What is a "OS X Mavericks GM?" What does GM mean?

Both methods are the same and are the steps Apple gives users to create a bootable USB drive with the Mavericks installer.
You only need to perform a clean install if OS X Mavericks is not working correctly. If this is not the case, you will just be reinstalling OS X Mavericks and you will keep all your files. To perform a clean install, first you need to erase the hard drive with Disk Utility.
Angel Llorente wrote:
3. The MacRumors Forums talks about "a copy of OS X Mavericks GM." What is a "OS X Mavericks GM?" What does GM mean?
Ignore that. OS X Mavericks GM was OS X Mavericks Golden Master, which was the final version Apple gave to developers. That version is not available anymore, and you will be downloading 10.9.1 from the Mac App Store.

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Which method to reinstall a clean version of Mavericks?

I'm getting thoroughly confused as to the method(s) afforded to me to reinstall Mavericks cleanly. My machine came pre-loaded with 10.9.0. Since buying a new customised iMac four weeks ago I've been struggling not only with a blurry display but also with myriad bugs. I've been so busy with all of that that I've not had time yet to acquire and install my own additional apps. I've tried one Mavericks update, from the Apps Store, bringing it to 10.9.2 but it made zilch difference to any of my problems.
Using the Web to bone up on how to download a fresh copy of Mavericks and then to put it on to a bootable USB drive has revealed that there are several methods for doing this. However, each involves multiple procedures and if you don't do them just right you risk ending up with a dead machine. But amongst the many articles I looked at was this:
http://www.macworld.com/article/2056561/how-to-make-a-bootable-mavericks-install -drive.html
in which Dan Frakes states in a section called 'A note on installer compatibility' that owners of Macs that came with Mavericks pre-installed aren't allowed to download a new copy of Mavericks with which to do as they wish. Instead, only an 'Internet Recovery' install is permitted.
Then, on these forums I've seen reference to this, which seems to suggest that a copy of Mavericks, other than the one being used, is stored on the Mac and simply needs to be envoked:
http://support.apple.com/kb/ph14243?viewlocale=en_US
Errh, or does it?
Going back to the macworld article, is Frakes's contention true? Could I only envoke an Internet Recovery (and that only), where presumably all control will taken away from me and a download-and-install done all in one operation? (There might be issues in my case, as my internal HD's partitioned).
I've of course been doing Time Machine backups along the way but TM backups will only deal with the system disk's contents as delivered initially, including any bugs or damaged files that might have been there at that time. Only a clean install of some kind, from a newly-acquired copy of the Mavericks file, will be the sensible thing to do, therefore, if I want to try the fix the current problems with my Mac.
But then there's the Apple Support note about using Recovery for reinstalling the OS. What makes this different to an Internet Recovery? In this case, is Recovery done from a good copy of Mavericks stored on the Mac (seems very unlikely), or is this in fact the same as Dan Frakes's Internet Recovery, except that the Apple Support note doesn't go on to say that the Internet will be automatically accessed?
Has anyone using these forums been in this situation yet and discovered the ins and outs of trying to download and install a clean version of Mavericks, when the current OS on their Mac is already Mavericks?
Going to the Apps Store (at which I've registered) and looking up the description of the Mavericks Installer file there, a small button on the webpage indicates that it's free and, certainly in my case, there's no wording there to indicate that I'll not be permitted to download it. But perhaps that won't happen until I actually try to do it?!

Kappy,
Sorry I've not responded for a few days. I've been busy with important issues outside of computing.
I've read your response many times over and although I still find it confusing, it appears that at long last you're beginning to agree with me - that machines that already have a copy of Mavericks pre-loaded are a special case, in that with them you can't just go to the OSX Mavericks Installer at the Apple Store and download the file there, with a view to performing a reinstall of it and/or to make a bootable copy of it, and then expect it to work. Instead, the only options available are to use what's called 'OSX Recovery', or 'Internet Recovery', two mechanisms that are especially built into the Mavericks Mac itself. Now, I might still have got this wrong but I think that the former will restore a copy version of Mavericks on the machine as loaded by the factory (not from Time Machine), whereas the latter will specifically download a new copy of Mavericks from a dedicated Apple server (not the same file as found at the Apps Store). Either mechanism will require the Internet to be accessed.
From all of the research on this that I've done by looking through other postings in these and other forums, there's widespread misunderstanding of this, in my opinion. From what I've read, I think the majority who've written about it have got it wrong and only one or two have realised that, for current post-Mavericks machines, what you're actually permitted to download is quite limited and specific. Indeed it's very easy to get this so wrong that if you attempt it without truly understanding it you can easily end up with a dead machine and no copy at all of Mavericks! Both OSX Recovery and Internet Recovery require the system disk to be erased before the replacement copy of Mavericks is added to it, but if something goes wrong with the download, for example, or you find you're not permitted to download the file anyway (because you've requested the wrong Mavericks file), you've basically had it!
Why on earth Apple has devised such a complex mechanism in the first place is quite beyond me. I can only presume that, because hard install media (CDs, DVDs) has now been consigned to the past, Apple's become paranoid about the possibility of people downloading copies of the OS to put on their own media and it then possibly getting illegally distributed. But Mavericks is hardly likely to work on a non-genuine Apple machine anyway, and Mac-ers are allowed to now update from earlier versions of the OS for free, so where's the problem? I just cannot fathom why Apple doesn't simply provide a ready-made USB memory stick with a copy of the OS on it when someone buys a Mac. There are surely ways of locking the stick both to keep it safe from erasure or corruption and to associate it, by way of serial.no., with only a specific machine?
Anyway, back to the problem in hand. My understanding - and I'll be the first to hold up my hands and admit that I'm a complete idiot if I'm wrong - is that post-Mavericks machines (such as mine) incorporate a normally-hidden zone on the system drive (or system partition) that holds: a presumed good copy of Mavericks, a Disk Utility, a minimal form of the Safari browser, and the Restore mechanism for Time Machine. If, therefore, you wish to reinstall the OS from this copy, then you would envoke specifically OSX Recovery. You'd type Cmd + R during a restart. You'd need to assume that the copy of the OS (not the copy you've been using) is therefore good and totally uncorrupted (which it might not be!), but at least this recovery method should be relatively fast. My guess is that the Internet access requirement for this is purely for authorisation purposes (reading the machine's serial no. and doing a quick check on the hardware) and nothing else.
Incidentally, for both recovery methods, Apple strongly advises that you ensure that your router is configured to DHCP. Look very carefully in:
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht4718
I assume this is because of the simplified nature of the Internet access by the minimal browser contained in the Recovery zone and also the presumed minimal status of the Network software on the machine. This unfortunately will mean a separate and very awkward additional task for those of us who are not using DHCP. And then a repeat of that later on, to put the router back to its normally-required state. Jeez, all this palaver just to try to end up with a decent copy of the OS on the machine!
My understanding is that OSX Recovery renders you effectively an on-machine backup copy of Mavericks but with all your files and settings remaining intact. (At one stage I had a suspicion that the backup copy was a download from an Apple server, but now I'm not so sure and instead I think it's from a copy of the OS kept in the Recovery zone on the HD from Day One). Bear in mind that if the Recovery zone, or specifically OSX Recovery, has become corrupted or there are bad files amongst the copy OS, all you'll end up doing is putting another corrupted version of Mavericks back. There's really no substitute, in my view, for a proper clean install, and so for this you need to envoke Internet Recovery instead, the alternative mechanism.
Internet Recovery follows a similar procedure, except that you use Cmd + Option + R during the first restart. You follow the instructions through, and before Recovery attempts to connect the machine with the Apple server you're required to wipe the entire system drive. Unfortunately if you've partitioned your system disk, then this will cause a problem, possibly causing the procedure to freeze (see the above kb article). So you've no real option but to save any precious files in them and to delete those partitions beforehand, reconstructing them later on, when hopefully the full Internet Recovery will have succeeded. After the server performs a couple of checks on your machine the 'guaranteed clean' version of Mavericks is then downloaded, straight into the system drive, along with a copy of the Recovery zone. My assumption is therefore that the Internet Recovery download will be at least 13GB, if not more. OSX Recovery, by comparison, should be in the region of 6GB. Anyone on a slow Internet connection will therefore experience some very frustrating hours, if not days, waiting for the Internet Recovery download to complete. Even after that there'll be many minutes before the whole process ends and the machine finally boots back up into the Welcome screen.
Incidentally, Apple seem to say that the version you're given in the download is the version found already on the machine. So, if you've originally had 10.9.0 and you've in the interim updated to 10.9.2, does the server give you 10.9.0 again, or 10.9.2? I guess it doesn't matter too much, as you're probably going to want to download the updates and any missing iLife apps again anyway - but it'd be nice to know early on. Another ambiguity, in my view.
Looking back at your last statement in your posting of 25th March, Kappy, what you've written there is of course true - you're not permitted to download the Mavericks Installer file from the Apps Store, and that any other non-legitimate copy elsewhere on the hard drive will ultimately fail - but with an important caveat: Yes, you're not permitted to download Mavericks from the Apps Store in that instance, but you are still permitted to get a different and bigger file (the 'full' file which includes all of Recovery) from a different Apple server elsewhere. And that's Internet Recovery.
Now, do tell me, have I understood this properly? If you reckon you're truly up to speed on this and you think I'm still wrong over one or two things, do point them out.
Actually, when I performed my recent update to 10.9.2 the screen went blank halfway through the download and remained so for some time. (The download took over 30 mins). It did nonetheless appear to complete. However, my working copy of Mavericks now seems even more buggy than the version supplied on the machine originally. So, this is why I'm seriously contemplating a full clean install now (Internet Recovery). At the time of the update, my router was configured to be using fixed addressing, not DHCP, so possibly that caused a big hiccup in the download. Somehow, I can't believe that that would be a requirement for everyday updating of the OS and apps, though. That'd be ridiculous.

After Mavericks installation USB extern hd won't let the system shutdown

after the Mavericks installation my UBS extern hard drive won't let the system shutdown or restart.
If I unmount the USB HD and shutdown from apple menu or keyboard combination(control+eject key) then goes system down but without unmount shows just grey display with cursor and never go out. And the after the key combination control + eject then i can see the login field with restart, shutdown button then i can click shutdown button the system goes down. What do I have to do?

Bump.
Lots of people are having this issue with no real good answers. I hope apple devs are reading the blogs and get us a fix for this quick. I had this problem after upgrading to mavericks, then I did a clean install to mavericks and still have the same issue. I already miss Steve.

I installed windows 7 via bootcamo itself!... the installation nd stuff went all well!... :) but now my macbook it luncking only windows 7 automaticaly when ever i switch it on! plzz tell me how to switch which back to os x mavericks....

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plzz help me out with this
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but it is not allowing me to use the internet !...
it is saying "no data found"....
plzz i need ur help on connecting to internet!...
m using 13inch macbook pro!...
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Est-il possible sur un iMac OS 10.6.8 de créer une clé usb d'installation bootable comme sur Mavericks (sans l'utilisation du disque d'Installation initial) ?

Est-il possible sur un iMac OS 10.6.8 de créer une clé usb d’installation bootable comme sur Mavericks (sans l'utilisation du disque d'Installation initial) ?

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HT201364 Can't download Mavericks installer on recent Mac. "OS Mavericks cannot be installed on this computer", which is running 9.1.

I want to download the Mavericks installer so I have a backup installer that does not require the internet. Although, the App Store button allows me to download, I get a message that Mavericks cannot be installed on this computer.
Computer is late 2013 retina MBP 13" with lots of memory.
My OS is 10.9.1 (13B3116) currently running.
Is the App Store version of Mavericks too old (jan 16) for my rMBP?
Rick

Judging by the build number, it appears you have a special build of Mavericks installed and the App Store version (13B42) won't work with your computer.
Kappy - if I try to download Mavericks I get the message below, so apparently I can down load it again?
I also have a copy of the installer in my Applications folder, although it is in a folder.

Can't find mavericks installer

Trying to recover Mavericks installation, want to create a new boot-able USB to reinstall mavericks. In my 10.9.4 laptop, I can't find the Mavericks ap installer suggested by Creating a bootable OS X installer in OS X Mavericks. Where do I find the installer? I am logged into the ap store when I try this. I get no results for any combination of mavericks, installer, etc..

Only the most recent version of OS X is available in the Mac App Store, which is OS X Yosemite. If you have previously downloaded OS X Mavericks, you can download it again from your purchases list, in the Purchases pane, while you were signed into your account.

Mavericks installation caused damaged disk..

This morning i tried to install mavericks update and during the installation it states that my disk is damaged, and everytime i repaired the disk. I cannot click repaired disk it was grey out. I tried to go on recovery mode and the same thing happens and safe mode shuts down my macbook. Thus, i also tried to reinstall osx on recovery mode and it said "contact apple care". There is nothing I can do and stupid as I am i did not do a back up. Time machine in recovery mode do not allow me to do a restore and backup. I dont know what to do and please help. How do i get out of the mavericks installation?

When you say 'mavericks update' do you mean you were installing 10.9 for the first time (over an older OS), or was it after an app store update inside 10.9?
It should be possible to hold the alt key at startup, then select a boot disk. That should stop the installer opening, however it may not boot from the main OS disk (the damage sounds too severe) so you will need to use alt again to get into recovery mode after a reboot (or cmd+R).
Do you have a spare disk to backup this Mac onto? It will need to be erased, there cannot be any files on it or we will need to use another method.
Do you have access to another working Mac? Do you know what Target disk mode is?
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1661
Basically I think the disk damage might be irreparable with Apple's tools. If it can be backed up, you can then erase & install again. If it cannot be backed up the only other options are to attempt disk repair utilities like Disk Warrior, or Data Rescue.
They are not free & will take time & another disk to recover the data onto.
Another option is that you erase the HD & reinstall the OS that was active before this update. You should be able to try to restore via Migration Assistant from the Time Machine copy.
I don't think Time Machine will restore over a newer OS, which is what could be stopping it at the moment.
The final option is to contact Applecare (if you are within warranty or have extended cover) or go to an Apple store.

Keeping Mavericks Installer for later use

I am about to install Mavericks. I am told that the download installs an installer file and another file which can be used to reinstall Mavericks at a later date, if needed. That other file is deleted as soon as the installer file is run and Mavericks installs.
How can I find that other file and save it to DVD before running the installer (filename, where it is.)?
Thanks.

Sounds like you want a clone of your newly made system complete with Mavericks plus all your files. You can do this in any number of ways. It's basically just a backup. Since 10.8.3 Time Machine maintains an invisible copy of the Recovery HD so that you can boot from the Time Machine backup drive, reinstall OS X, then restore your files.
Or you can create an initial clone of your hard drive that is bootable. This bootable backup can be incrementally updated in almost any way you want using third-party backup software. These backups may be scheduled with greater flexibility than Time Machine provides.
Basic Backup
For some people Time Machine will be more than adequate. Time Machine is part of OS X. There are two components:
1. A Time Machine preferences panel as part of System Preferences;
2. A Time Machine application located in the Applications folder. It is
     used to manage backups and to restore backups. Time Machine
     requires a backup drive that is at least twice the capacity of the
     drive being backed up.
3. Please visit Pondini's Time Machine FAQ for help with all things
    Time Machine.
Alternatively, get an external drive at least equal in size to the internal hard drive and make (and maintain) a bootable clone/backup. You can make a bootable clone using the Restore option of Disk Utility. You can also make and maintain clones with good backup software. My personal recommendations are (order is not significant):
1. Carbon Copy Cloner
2. Get Backup
3. Deja Vu
4. SuperDuper!
5. Synk Pro
6. Tri-Backup
Visit The XLab FAQs and read the FAQ on backup and restore. Also read How to Back Up and Restore Your Files. For help with using Time Machine visit Pondini's Time Machine FAQ for help with all things Time Machine.
Although you can buy a complete external drive system, you can also put one together if you are so inclined. It's relatively easy and only requires a Phillips head screwdriver (typically.) You can purchase hard drives separately. This gives you an opportunity to shop for the best prices on a hard drive of your choice. Reliable brands include Seagate, Hitachi, Western Digital, Toshiba, and Fujitsu. You can find reviews and benchmarks on many drives at Storage Review.
Enclosures for FireWire and USB are readily available. You can find only FireWire enclosures, only USB enclosures, and enclosures that feature multiple ports. I would stress getting enclosures that use the Oxford chipsets especially for Firewire drives (911, 921, 922, for example.) You can find enclosures at places such as;
1. Cool Drives
2. OWC
3. WiebeTech
4. Firewire Direct
5. California Drives
6. NewEgg
All you need do is remove a case cover, mount the hard drive in the enclosure and connect the cables, then re-attach the case cover. Usually the only tool required is a small or medium Phillips screwdriver.

Unable to Install OS X Yosemite from USB Bootable Installer

I have created a Yosemite USB bootable installer using similar instructions (I changed source and target names as appropriate) as provided to create a Mavericks USB bootable installer - Creating a bootable OS X installer in OS X Mavericks
Target disk has been wiped clean, verified, partitioned, etc.
After booting from the USB bootable installer, and agreeing to the terms of the software license agreement and choosing the newly cleaned disk to have OS X installed on, installation starts and the following dialogue box appears ...
"This copy of the Install OS X Yosemite application can't be verified. It may have been corrupted or tampered with during downloading."
Thinking I may have corrupted something I re-downloaded Yosemite, walked through the whole process and received the same 'sad' results.
I also followed the same process with Mavericks -- same message with "Mavericks" instead of "Yosemite".
Equipment: MacBook Pro -- Model A1286
Error logs (from the installer) are verbose but don't seem to have any unusual 'complaints'.
Any thoughts?

You can try a few things. That message is likely due to a network problem.
Try signing in and downloading while ethernet connected.
Try another network.
Or you can try:
Removed files below located within /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/
- com.apple.airport.preferences.plist
- com.apple.network.identification.plist
- com.apple.wifi.message-tracer.plist
- NetworkInterfaces.plist
- preferences.plist
Restart the computer, connect to your network and try downloading again.

MBP w/10.9.1, how to download the "Install OS X Mavericks" installer file

My MBP runs 10.9.1, would like to make a bootable recovery USB and need the "Install OS X Mavericks" installer to download from mac app store into the applications folder but it won't download because I already have mavericks installed.

You can redownload OS X Mavericks from the Mac App Store, so do it. You can do this even if OS X Mavericks is already installed.
However, if the Mac App Store says that OS X Mavericks is installed and you cannot download the installer, it means that you already have got the installer, so go to Applications folder and you will find it there. Then, use DiskMaker X to create a bootable USB drive with the Mavericks installer.
If you have got a Late 2013 MacBook Pro, note that you cannot download OS X Mavericks from the Mac App Store because that version is not supported. In this case, you cannot create a bootable USB drive, so you will only be able to reinstall OS X through the Recovery partition

Battery Problems After Mavericks installation

So i have a MacBook Pro 8.1. Before i installed mavericks (under mountain lion) i was getting about 4.5 hrs on a full charge (90% brightness). After installing Mavericks i've had several problems.
Immediately, I received a "service battery" error. I never had that problem before.
Battery life seems to be jumping all over the place. One minute it will say that i have 30% left (and literally within a span of a min of two) it will drop to 17%. (with no noticeable app draining the battery - as confirmed by activity monitor).
The time remaining indicator takes about 5 min to indicate how much time left this is in contrast to booting in safe mode (where the indicator showed right away).
Battery life seems about the same (i.e. on a full charge i see it at about 4 hrs - but then it quickly drops 3.5 and than back up and then back down)
I did the following to see if i could "fix" the problem.
a complete battery cycle (calibration). - this seemed to get rid of the "service battery" indicator at least
a PRAM reset (x2)
an SMC reset (x2)
Disk / Permission verify and repair (no problems)
I booted off a 2nd internal HD which had a copy of Mountain Lion. The above problems were nonexistent which leads me to believe that this problem is specific to Mavericks.
p.s. and No Spotlight (or any particular process) isn't consuming a large amount of energy.
All that being said, anyone have any suggestions? At this point i can't trust how much time i really have on my battery.
For what it's worth i have installed a 3rd party SSD. I noticed on a few different discussions that being a common thread with others having the same problem.

I have exactly the same problem with an MacBook Pro 8.2 for first time some days after a clean Mavericks installation.
I dont have a 2nd internal HD installed.
We need an answer from Apple.

Which method is right for creating directory

Hi all
whenever we create directory for oracle 11g during installtion
we have two method from documents
which method is right
Create the directories in which the Oracle software will be installed:
mkdir -p /u01/app/oracle/product/11.1.0/db_1
chown -R oracle:oinstall /u01
chmod -R 775 /u01
or
Create the directories in which the Oracle software will be installed:
mkdir -p /u01/app/oracle
chown -R oracle:oinstall /u01
chmod -R 775 /u01

ORACLE_BASE is a base directory which is owned by oracle user. The software itself is installed in ORACLE_HOME. When you create ORACLE_HOME it creates you also ORACLE_BASE. That's the way to go. If you don't have ORACLE_HOME created Oracle Universal Installer might complain or fail.

Can I download Mavericks installer from a machine that requires Yosemite?

I would like to download the OS X Mavericks installer, but the only Mac I can currently connect to the Internet is too new to support Mavericks, so it tells me I can't even download it. I am trying to acquire it to prepare bootable install media for a machine which is without Internet access.

No. Mavericks is no longer available for download or purchase. Even were you to get Mavericks you cannot install it on a model that requires Yosemite or later.
The machine without Internet access would not be able to download Mavericks either.

Mavericks installer stuck on disk select screen

Hi all,
I just attempted to update to the new os x mavericks. However, I've been stuck on the disk select screen for about a half hour and no disks are popping up to select. Is there anything I can do here? I tried rebooting with the old OS X and it says it is not able to. I'm unsure where to go from here, especially not without risking any damage to files, etc.

What is the error message, please? Time Machine won't be an option until after OS X is reinstalled and you enter the Setup Assistant. You aren't there yet.
I want you to quit the installer if it's running. Then try rebooting as follows:
Boot Using OPTION key:
1. Restart the computer.
2. Immediately after the chime press and hold down the
"OPTION" key.
3. Release the key when the boot manager appears.
4. Select your normal startup disk.
5. Click on the arrow button below the icon.
Let me know if you can still boot from your old system. If not, then you need to do a reinstall of Mavericks.
Fixing a Mavericks Installation Problem
How to manage a failed OS X Mavericks installation | MacFixIt - CNET Reviews.
1. Intel-based Macs: Resetting the System Management Controller (SMC).
2. Repair the Hard Drive and Permissions - Lion/Mountain Lion/Mavericks
Boot to the Recovery HD:
Restart the computer and after the chime press and hold down the COMMAND and R keys until the menu screen appears. Alternatively, restart the computer and after the chime press and hold down the OPTION key until the boot manager screen appears. Select the Recovery HD and click on the downward pointing arrow button.
Repair
When the recovery menu appears select Disk Utility. After DU loads select your hard drive entry (mfgr.'s ID and drive size) from the the left side list. In the DU status area you will see an entry for the S.M.A.R.T. status of the hard drive. If it does not say "Verified" then the hard drive is failing or failed. (SMART status is not reported on external Firewire or USB drives.) If the drive is "Verified" then select your OS X volume from the list on the left (sub-entry below the drive entry,) click on the First Aid tab, then click on the Repair Disk button. If DU reports any errors that have been fixed, then re-run Repair Disk until no errors are reported. If no errors are reported then click on the Repair Permissions button. When the process is completed, then quit DU and return to the main menu. Select Restart from the Apple menu.
3. Re-download and reinstall Mavericks.
Boot to the Recovery HD: Restart the computer and after the chime press and hold down the COMMAND and R keys until the menu screen appears. Alternatively, restart the computer and after the chime press and hold down the OPTION key until the boot manager screen appears. Select the Recovery HD and click on the downward pointing arrow button.
Repair the Hard Drive and Permissions: Upon startup select Disk Utility from the main menu. Repair the Hard Drive and Permissions as follows.
When the recovery menu appears select Disk Utility. After DU loads select your hard drive entry (mfgr.'s ID and drive size) from the the left side list. In the DU status area you will see an entry for the S.M.A.R.T. status of the hard drive. If it does not say "Verified" then the hard drive is failing or failed. (SMART status is not reported on external Firewire or USB drives.) If the drive is "Verified" then select your OS X volume from the list on the left (sub-entry below the drive entry,) click on the First Aid tab, then click on the Repair Disk button. If DU reports any errors that have been fixed, then re-run Repair Disk until no errors are reported. If no errors are reported click on the Repair Permissions button. Wait until the operation completes, then quit DU and return to the main menu.
Reinstall Lion/Mountain Lion/Mavericks: Select Reinstall Lion/Mountain Lion/Mavericks and click on the Continue button.
Note: You will need an active Internet connection. I suggest using Ethernet if possible because it is three times faster than wireless.

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