In the 'Mac OS X Utilities' select 'Disk Utility', select the first hard drive on the left and on the right select 'Erase' (the 'Format' select 'Mac OS X Extended (Journaled)'), Click the 'Erase' button to format the current drive.Īfter formatting the hard disk partition, back to 'Mac OS X Utilities' and click 'Install Mac OS X', enter the installation process.Ĭompleted in a VMware virtual machine after installing Mac OS X, the first thing of course is to install VMware Tools. Start the virtual machine, the virtual machine default boot from the CD, the Apple Logo appears after officially came to Mac OS X installation interface. *)', You can see the file name suffix for the dmg image file.) Confirmation is complete, start the VMware virtual machine. (Please select the browse file dialog box when the file type, select 'All Files (*. Start the VMware virtual machine and install Mac OS X MavericksĮdit the virtual machine configuration 'CD / DVD' option in the 'Use ISO image file' at the choice of our Mac OS X installation disc image.

The installation process similar with Mountain Lion (version 10.8), please refer to Install OS X Mountain Lion in VMware Virtual Machine. Following the new naming scheme, the current version of the operating system is named Mavericks, after the surfing location in California. This release marks the beginning of a change in the naming scheme of OS X, departing from the use of big cats and moving to names based on places in California. The update places emphasis on battery life, Finder enhancements, other enhancements for power users, and continued iCloud integration, as well as bringing more of Apple's iOS apps to the OS X platform. OS X Mavericks was announced on June 10, 2013, at WWDC 2013, and was released on October 22, 2013, as a free update through the Mac App Store. OS X Mavericks (version 10.9) is the tenth major release of OS X, Apple Inc.'s desktop and server operating system for Macintosh computers.

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