I have now downloaded the current 10.9.3 install. Running through how to make a bootable disk on a flash drive a site uses disk utility to "restore" a disk image from the "BaseSystem.dmg". I have a utility called hide/unhide that lets me view invisible files at the finder level so I can see the BaseSystem.dmg without going into disk utility.
With the unhide function running, showing invisible files, if I open the InstallESD.dmg I get a window that has four items: .DS_Store, BaseSystem.chunklist, BaseSystem.dmg and a folder called "Packages". Inside the Packages folder are a bunch of .pkg icons of varying names, an "InstallableMachines.plist", and an OSInstall.mpkg. One of the .pkg icons is "OSInstall.pkg" and another is "OSUpgrade.pkg". Opening these launches an installer program. By the names it makes me think one installs the basic OS and the other installs the subsequent upgrades but that is just a guess. Perhaps it is something that differentiates between whether the install is jumping from 10.8 to 10.9.3 or an earlier version of 10.9 to 10.9.3.
I'm wondering if I've stumbled on something that might let me run the OS install without running the OSUpgrade thereby leaving me with OS 10.9. I doubt this would be so simple but I'm curious if the more savvy unix/mac folks can shed some light on this. TIA
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Cheers,
--Michael
Is there any legacy section with earlier full installers for 10.9. I'm downloading the update for 10.9.2 but that would need me to have installed an earlier version of Maverick. I know people posted warnings to do this but alas I didn't. Are there any legacy download sections on the Apple site?
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