Bootable Mavericks disks

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After downloading the Mavericks installer from the AppStore you may wish to make a backup copy of the ‘Install OS X Mavericks’ app since it will normally be deleted after a successful install. If you’re going to install to multiple machines then you can simply copy the Installer app to the other computers, saving yourself a few GB download per Mac.

For future use you may wish to make a bootable USB drive – here’s how:

Sadly Carbon Copy Cloner no longer has a simple button to do this, but DiskMaker X does.

Note that as Apple updates Mavericks the installer App will be updated too; you can re-download it by visiting the ‘Purchases’ tab in the App Store, then re-make the USB drive.