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Re: OS X downloads question
artie505 #33952 04/23/15 04:22 PM
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I just purchased POGUE's "Yosemite" version of his series : The Missing Manual.

The boot disk/installer process is described on pages 786-787.

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MG2009 #33960 04/23/15 08:21 PM
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Originally Posted By: MG2009
I just purchased POGUE's "Yosemite" version of his series : The Missing Manual.

The boot disk/installer process is described on pages 786-787.

The "process" isn't at issue.

What's unclear is whether a Yosemite installer d/l'ed to a Mac will work on all Macs or only others of its ilk. Does Pogue clarify that?

Thanks.


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artie505 #33964 04/23/15 10:57 PM
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Originally Posted By: artie505

The "process" isn't at issue.

What's unclear is whether a Yosemite installer d/l'ed to a Mac will work on all Macs or only others of its ilk. Does Pogue clarify that?

Thanks.
No. Pogue just gives the recipe for making the installer.


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jchuzi #33968 04/24/15 12:40 AM
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Thanks, Jon.

You'd think there'd be an authoritative answer to the question somewhere. confused


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artie505 #33981 04/24/15 01:56 PM
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The "process" isn't at issue.

To clarify: There was a question raised earlier (#33860) as to whether or not the OS X installer could be used on multiple Macs.

I relayed the information that the "process" POGUE outlined worked with ONE flash drive which I used to install "Yosemite" on both a MBPRo and a Desktop. The tools to make such a bootable drive - excluding the drive itself, of course - come installed with the computer . . . no need to use third-party software. There was some concern raised that the install disk process of the third-party "DiskMaker X" was inconsistent in this regard (#33882).

P.S. Update: The POGUE method is the same in the Yosemite manual (pages 786-787) as it was in the Mavericks manual. In that section, POGUE makes no comment one way or the other about the universality of such a disk. For me, the ONE install disk works on an early-2011 MBPro and a 2013 iMAC desktop. Alas, my only experience has been limited to the aforementioned two machines of "this ilk."

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MG2009 #33983 04/24/15 02:20 PM
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Thanks for the clarification.

It sounds like nobody can argue with your experience, and Ira's is subject to doubt because of his method, but it still seems like there ought to be a definitive answer, one way or the other, somewhere.


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artie505 #33984 04/24/15 04:08 PM
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Clarify: my experience is not subject to doubt. It is real and happened the way I described it.

What is subject to question is the consistency or universality of the installer created by DiskMaker X.


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Ira L #33992 04/24/15 07:24 PM
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That's more or less what I meant to say...not to cast doubt on your post, but on your method.

Sorry for poor wording.

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