![]() If you plan to use the OS X installer on other Macs, orin this caseto create a bootable installer drive, be sure to copy the installer to another drive, or at least move it out of the Applications folder, before you use it to install the OS on your Mac. However, unlike any other app, if you run the OS X installer from that default location, the app deletes itself after its done installing OS X. In this respect, the OS X installer is just like any other app you buy from the Mac App Store. In other words, you no longer have the same safety net or convenience.Īnd if your Mac is experiencing problems, a bootable installer drive makes a handy emergency disk.Īt best, thats a hassle at worst, its hours of waiting before you can get started.) As with previous versions of OS X, its not difficult to create a bootable installer drive, but its not obvious, either.
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