Upgrading to Mavericks (10.9): A Step by Step Walkthrough

25/10/13 10:50 Filed in: Technology

Well Apple’s new operating system Mavericks is here. I decided to upgrade right away and record the process for everyone who would like to see how the process works and have someone else experiment on their system instead of putting their own system at risk with a new upgrade.

So I put Mavericks through its paces and I have to say the upgrade when as smooth as it could have gone with a couple of issues. One is not to believe the timer when it says you have less than a minute remaining. I found both times I saw that status it actually took from 30 to 40 minutes to complete. So that being the case, make sure you don’t stop the process thinking it is hanging just be patient and it will eventually finish the upgrade. Second, you will have to give permission to the apps that use keychain or contacts because of the changes Apple made in those areas. So expect to have to answer a bunch of pop ups once the process if complete.

Below is the screencast showing my upgrade process step by step. If you have any questions or want to leave a comment you can do so here or on my Youtube Channel.

Tags: Mac OSX, Mavericks