You will have no window for a while. Just let it run for a bit. Eventually, it will complete. The target disk will be renamed, OS X 10.9.2 installer, or something like that.
Take Care John D. Panarese Director Mac for the Blind Tel, (631) 724-4479 Email, j...@macfortheblind.com Website, http://www.macfortheblind.com APPLE CERTIFIED SUPPORT PROFESSIONAL FOR MAC OSX LION AUTHORIZED APPLE STORE BUSINESS AFFILIATE MAC and iOS VOICEOVER TRAINING AND SUPPORT On Mar 1, 2014, at 3:35 PM, Bill Holton <bill32...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi. > I am still having major issues creating a Mavericks startup disk. > I have tried Disk X both with an 8 gig stick and an 80 gig usb drive. > I have both formatted to Mac OS Extended, journaling. I have tried them one > at a time. > Both are named untitled > > Using Disk X I wind up with a no windows screen. > > I caught these terminal commands to create a startup disk. > sudo /Applications/Install\ OS\ X\ > Mavericks.app/Contents/Resources/createinstallmedia > --volume /Volumes/Untitled --applicationpath /Applications/Install\ OS\ X\ > Mavericks.app > --nointeraction > When I paste these lines into the terminal and press enter, I do get > prompted for my system password, but after entering it the terminal merely > repeats the commands with a brief description of what each command does. I > must be missing something here. Any suggestions much appreciated. > Ih have also tried this with both the stick and the USB drive. > -----Original Message----- > From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Kliphton ------- > Sent: Friday, February 28, 2014 6:08 PM > To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: clean install with disc maker x? > > Yes, you need a 8GB thumb drive, or a partition on a external USB formated > to mac extended journaled, and named untitled. also, you do not need to put > disc maker x in the applications folder, I ran it from the downloads folder > and it worked just fine > > Kliphton > ~Email&iMessage~ kliphton....@outlook.com > ~Twitter,Instagram,Foursquare&Skype~ kliphton72 > (Text only) 914-820-2298 > (Personal blog-Read at your own risk) http://kliphskorner.wordpress.com > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Feb 28, 2014, at 2:58 PM, "Bill Holton" <bill32...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Hi. >> I have downloaded the Mavericks install app, it is in my apps directory I > Nextel loaded disk maker ex, I have put it into my apps folder as well. When > I try to run disk make her ex, though, I get the files from the Internet > message, then this may correct opens to an empty screen, it stays empty, the > matter how long I wait. Anyone have any suggestions what I might be doing > wrong? >> Thanks. >> Bill. >> >> >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> On Feb 28, 2014, at 2:07 PM, Kliphton ------- <kliph...@outlook.com> > wrote: >> >>>> Hello. I am happy to report, that making a bootible drive with disc > maker X version 3.4 waas successful. Steps I used to perform this. >>>> 1. Downloaded disc maker x version 3.4 >>>> 2. Downloaded mavericks 10.92 and exited before it installed so it would > place the installer in my applications folder. >>>> 3. eraced and formatted my 8GB thumb drive, left it as untitled, and > macintosh journaled. >>>> 4. ran disc maker x. >>>> >>>> note, when doing this it will first ask you what version of lion are you > trying to create a bootible drive for. Lion, mountain lion, or mavericks. > I chose mavericks. Next it will tell you what versions of lion or mavircks > it found on your system. Then it will ask you are you sure, ask for your > admin password, and then do its thing. It will first say disc maker has no > windows, that will go on for about 1 minut or so. Then disc maker will > continue to say busy for about 10 to 12 minutes. It will then tell you that > it is completing copying final files, and in about another 2 minutes, your > bootible thumb drive of mavericks is complete. These are the steps I did, > don't know if anyone else will have to change something, but this is what > worked for me. >>>> Sent from my iPhone >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. 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