- The new OS from Mac is here in OS X El Capitan. Apple's 12th OS release is the OS X El Capitan.Named after a rock formation in the Yosemite National Park, USA, OS X El Capitan continues and focuses on stability, performance and security in which OS X Yosemite started.
- Download link for the macOS installer. OS X El Capitan: OS X Mavericks (10.9) Install Disk. Purchase Mac OS X Lion installer on the Apple Store.
Update 2019-05-02: For those of you who want to install macOS 10.14 on an unsupported Mac,check this post.
Those are either Mavericks Security Updates, or the Combo Updates that take the user from 10.9 to 10.9.5. The 'Install OS X Mavericks' should be on the order of 5 or 6GB in size (I do not have the exact size at the moment, but 1.5GB is way too small).
I have a MacBook Mid 2007 (more technically named MacBook2,1) that officially can not be upgraded beyond Mac OS X 10.7 (Lion). It is however possible to install Mac OS X 10.9 (Mavericks) on it with quite good success and not too much effort.
I want to first write what does not work:
- Sleep mode – not working at all – leave on or shut down
- The build-in web camera – 'works' but not as it did in 10.7, I think
- YouTube-video (etc), works occationally (now worse than in 10.7, my experience)
I suggest you read the user comments to this post. A few helpful readers have shared their experiences.
What you need:
- A USB Memory, 8GB or larger
- Mac OS X Mavericks (i had the install/upgrade Application that I had myself
downloaded on another Mac, from App Store, when I upgraded it from 10.8 to
10.9. I always keep these for possible future use.) - SFOTT: I used version 1.4.4 which is currently the latest stable
- Audio/Video-drivers from (not here anymore, se comments below).
Warning, this is one of these horrible download pages where you don't know
where to click to get the right thing, and what gives you spyware. You
should get the file mac-mini-mavericks.7z. Discard anything else without
opening. The 7z-file can be opened with StuffitExpander, that already
comes with Maverick
Making a bootable USB-drive
You first need to use SFOTT to create your bootable USB-drive (it is called 'key' in SFOTT). You simply double-click on SFOTT on a Mac where you both have your Mavericks Install App and your USB-drive. SFOTT is a self guiding menu-driven application. It will take some time to make all the settings in SFOTT (it took me perhaps 15 minutes), but it was self-explanatory and not very difficult. Use the autorun mode to create the drive.
Recovery Scenario
When you install a Mac OS upgrade there is a risk your Mavericks system will not boot. When upgrading from 10.9.0 to 10.9.5 like I did, it will not boot. My impression (after reading different sources) is that this recovery is needed when upgrading from 10.9.0 (or 10.9.1 / 10.9.2) but not later. Nobody knows about 10.9.6 of course, because it is not out. Minor upgrades to applications or security upgrades should not cause need to recovery.
When Mavericks fails to start you need to 're-Patch' using SFOTT. I installed Mavericks on a separate partition, side-by-side with Lion, so when Mavericks failed to start my computer automatically started Lion instead and I could run SFOTT in Lion to re-Patch my Mavericks system.
If you can not do side-by-side you can start from your SFOTT-key (which you still have) and instead of installing Maverick you start the Terminal application. Find the SFOTT.app on the key, and find SFOTT.sh inside SFOTT.app. Run SFOTT.sh and you can re-Patch your broken Mavericks system. I did the entire procedure on my working Mavericks just to test it, and it seems fine.
There is if course no true guarantee that a future Apple upgrade will not break everything completely.
Installing Mavericks
Installation of Mavericks from the USB-drive is very standard. To start the computer from the USB-drive, hold down the 'alt'-key (not Apple-key, not ctrl-key) while starting the computer. Choose SFOTT and proceed normally. After about an hour you should have a clean 10.9.0 Mavericks with network/wifi working. Video will work, but with problems (try Safari, and you will see), and Audio will not work.
Upgrade Mavericks
I used App Store to upgrade Mavericks to 10.9.5. That works just fine, until Mavericks fails to start (I ended up in my old Lion system on a reboot, if you have no other system installed your computer with probably just not start). This is where you need to recover your system using SFOTT.
Fixing Audio and Video
The 7z-file I referred to above contains Audio and Video drivers. You run the application 'Kext Utility' and the you drag the contents of the folder Extensions into the Kext Utility, and it will install the drivers. There is a folder with 'optional wifi drivers', I have not installed those because wifi has been fine all the time for me.
The MacBook2,1 has Intel GMA950 Video, and there are no supported 64-bit-drivers for Mavericks. The drivers I suggest you to install are supposed to be drivers from a public beta of 10.6 (Snow Leopard) that Apple once released. They seem to work quite fine for me though. And not installing them is worse.
I suggest you upgrade to 10.9.5 before fixing Audio and Video. I guess a later Apple-upgrade could break Audio and Video and require you to reinstall drivers.
Problems booting the SFOTT key
Jpg to pdf converter download mac. I first created the SFOTT key using the SFOTT beta (that is also supposed to work with Yosemite), and I used System Preferences/Startup Disk (in Lion) to start the installion. This failed and my computer just started up in Lion.
I then created the SFOTT key using 1.4.4, AND i restarted the computer holding down the alt-key. This worked. This key also later worked when I used System Preferences/Startup Disk (in Mavericks) to choose startup drive.
Driver Problems
There are open source Audio drivers called VoodooHDA. I installed those ones with success, but audio volume was low. I tried to fix with no success. Later I found the drivers I referred to above and that I recommend.
I found another download for what was supposed to be the same Video Drivers. But the Kext-utility did not work, and I installed the drivers by copying them directly into /System/Library/Extensions and this gave me a broken unbootable system. I don't know what went wrong, but I recommend the drivers I linked to.
Video/YouTube Performance
Some videos seem to play perfectly, others dont. I had problems with 10.7 too.
Background and about SFOTT
There are several Apple computers that can run 10.7, that have a 64-bit processor, but that can not officially run 10.8 or later. There are a few issues:
- Video Drivers – and in the case of my MacBook2,1 the unofficial ones mentioned
above may be good enough - 32 bit EFI. Even though the computer has a 64 bit processor, the EFI, the
software that runs before the Installer/Operating system, is 32 bit, and not
capable of starting a 64-bit system. - Mavericks does not believe it can run on this hardware.
As I understand it SFOTT installs a little program that 32 bit EFI is capable of starting, and that in turn is capable of staring a 64 bit system. Also, SFOTT patches a few files so Mavericks feels comfortable running on the unsupported hardware.
You can do all of this on your own without SFOTT. SFOTT 'just' makes this reasonably easy.
There are plenty of forums, tools and information about running Mac OS X on unsupported hardware (also non-Apple-hardware: a Hackintosh). Those forums of course focus a lot on problems people have.
Yosemite
It is supposed to be possible to install Yosemite in a similar way. SFOTT has a beta release for Yosemite. For my purposes going to Mavericks gave me virtually all advantages of an upgrade (supported version of OS X, able to install latest Xcode, etc).
Conclusion
In the beginning of 2015, it is not that hard to install Mavericks on a MacBook Mid 2007, with a quite good result. I have pointed out the tools and downloads you need and that will work.
The Mac OS X Mavericks 10.9 release proved to be the most significant of all the releases made by apple in the Mac operating system X series. Mavericks proved to have a lot of in-built features that made it stand apart from all other operating systems released under the tag of the Mac OS X line up. The major standpoint behind the release of the Mavericks OS was t make sure that there was increased battery life, more adaptability and add in more application and revamp the old applications in terms of aesthetics.
License
Official Installer
File Size
5.0GB / 5.1GB
Language
English
Developer
Apple Inc.
Overview
The Mavericks OS also made sure that the mac system was stable in terms of performance and made the best out of the existing software such that apple didn't have to run the compatibility test on the newly developed software. The OS also packed powerful improvements in terms of graphical efficiency as well as to get the most out of your RAM. All these elements packed together made sure that the Mac OS X Mavericks got a superior hold over the battery performance.
There are also various other features like the improvement in the usage of the applications through aesthetic detailing as well as user-friendliness embedded into the Mac OS makes it even more appealing.
1. iBooks
The iBooks is a beautifully done software that is exclusively built for reading books. This application covers all the aspects of a perfect reading application starting from night mode reading to exclusive fonts, highlighting and taking notes and much more. There is a wide range of collections in the library that allows you to have nearly 2 million book collections. Some of the basic things that come along with the system are the syncing of all the mac devices so that all the books that you register using the Apple device will be available throughout all the devices that are connected across along all the devices.
2. Multiple Display support
There was an expectation among the mac users that they wanted to have the extensions of their macs to other displays as well. This was particularly the request from all the graphical designers and people whose life revolved around the heavy usage of monitors and computers. Apple decided to release this feature along with the Mac OS X mavericks to ensure that the need was looked into. It did not require much of the configurations to enable this display configuration. The extensions of the display were just like that done as an extension to other system displays that necessarily didn't have to be an apple monitor. This also made sure that the graphical card was put to the best use.
3. Apple maps
The much-anticipated application from apple was Apple Maps. It is a dedicated map application that was designed for Apple devices to get the best out of your outside world. Apple maps had all the features of a conventional map application with all the revolutionary standpoints that would be covered by a map application. The apple map also displayed adaptive such that the application would adjust the resolution accordingly to the device it is being used in.
Driver Problems
There are open source Audio drivers called VoodooHDA. I installed those ones with success, but audio volume was low. I tried to fix with no success. Later I found the drivers I referred to above and that I recommend.
I found another download for what was supposed to be the same Video Drivers. But the Kext-utility did not work, and I installed the drivers by copying them directly into /System/Library/Extensions and this gave me a broken unbootable system. I don't know what went wrong, but I recommend the drivers I linked to.
Video/YouTube Performance
Some videos seem to play perfectly, others dont. I had problems with 10.7 too.
Background and about SFOTT
There are several Apple computers that can run 10.7, that have a 64-bit processor, but that can not officially run 10.8 or later. There are a few issues:
- Video Drivers – and in the case of my MacBook2,1 the unofficial ones mentioned
above may be good enough - 32 bit EFI. Even though the computer has a 64 bit processor, the EFI, the
software that runs before the Installer/Operating system, is 32 bit, and not
capable of starting a 64-bit system. - Mavericks does not believe it can run on this hardware.
As I understand it SFOTT installs a little program that 32 bit EFI is capable of starting, and that in turn is capable of staring a 64 bit system. Also, SFOTT patches a few files so Mavericks feels comfortable running on the unsupported hardware.
You can do all of this on your own without SFOTT. SFOTT 'just' makes this reasonably easy.
There are plenty of forums, tools and information about running Mac OS X on unsupported hardware (also non-Apple-hardware: a Hackintosh). Those forums of course focus a lot on problems people have.
Yosemite
It is supposed to be possible to install Yosemite in a similar way. SFOTT has a beta release for Yosemite. For my purposes going to Mavericks gave me virtually all advantages of an upgrade (supported version of OS X, able to install latest Xcode, etc).
Conclusion
In the beginning of 2015, it is not that hard to install Mavericks on a MacBook Mid 2007, with a quite good result. I have pointed out the tools and downloads you need and that will work.
The Mac OS X Mavericks 10.9 release proved to be the most significant of all the releases made by apple in the Mac operating system X series. Mavericks proved to have a lot of in-built features that made it stand apart from all other operating systems released under the tag of the Mac OS X line up. The major standpoint behind the release of the Mavericks OS was t make sure that there was increased battery life, more adaptability and add in more application and revamp the old applications in terms of aesthetics.
License
Official Installer
File Size
5.0GB / 5.1GB
Language
English
Developer
Apple Inc.
Overview
The Mavericks OS also made sure that the mac system was stable in terms of performance and made the best out of the existing software such that apple didn't have to run the compatibility test on the newly developed software. The OS also packed powerful improvements in terms of graphical efficiency as well as to get the most out of your RAM. All these elements packed together made sure that the Mac OS X Mavericks got a superior hold over the battery performance.
There are also various other features like the improvement in the usage of the applications through aesthetic detailing as well as user-friendliness embedded into the Mac OS makes it even more appealing.
1. iBooks
The iBooks is a beautifully done software that is exclusively built for reading books. This application covers all the aspects of a perfect reading application starting from night mode reading to exclusive fonts, highlighting and taking notes and much more. There is a wide range of collections in the library that allows you to have nearly 2 million book collections. Some of the basic things that come along with the system are the syncing of all the mac devices so that all the books that you register using the Apple device will be available throughout all the devices that are connected across along all the devices.
2. Multiple Display support
There was an expectation among the mac users that they wanted to have the extensions of their macs to other displays as well. This was particularly the request from all the graphical designers and people whose life revolved around the heavy usage of monitors and computers. Apple decided to release this feature along with the Mac OS X mavericks to ensure that the need was looked into. It did not require much of the configurations to enable this display configuration. The extensions of the display were just like that done as an extension to other system displays that necessarily didn't have to be an apple monitor. This also made sure that the graphical card was put to the best use.
3. Apple maps
The much-anticipated application from apple was Apple Maps. It is a dedicated map application that was designed for Apple devices to get the best out of your outside world. Apple maps had all the features of a conventional map application with all the revolutionary standpoints that would be covered by a map application. The apple map also displayed adaptive such that the application would adjust the resolution accordingly to the device it is being used in.
Apple decided to release apple maps with the Mac OS X Mavericks keeping in mind that the OS was the revolutionary kind that was released with all the standard features that will remain in Apple devices.
4. Apple calendar
The apple calendar was also a feature that was adored by many with the release of the Mac OS X Mavericks. The apple calendar will help you with events and also it will help you integrate the newly added maps application to get your way to a mentioned event in the calendar.
5. iCloud keychain
The iCloud keychain was released along with the Mac OS X Mavericks as there was an update in the framework of Safari to support the keychain feature. The iCloud Keychain is a password keeper that is embedded along with the Mac OS to ensure that all your passwords are kept safe and secure. The Security protocol of iCloud Keychain is so complex that it would definitely be a tough framework to crack into. It saves information starting from credit card information to the Wi-Fi logins as well. This made sure that the Mac OS X Mavericks was much more user-friendly as well with its release.
System Requirements
- Minimum 2GB of RAM
- Minimum of 8GB HDD drive
- It can run on any mac system that can run the OS X mountain lion.
Download the MAC OS X Mavericks 10.9 ISO and DMG File
The mac OS X Mavericks are one of the most revolutionary Mac OS X releases that imbibed all the revolutionary features that make apple stand a class apart. you can download the DMG file from the below link and make sure that you have met all the basic system that requires to run the Mac OS X Mavericks on your Mac system without any hassles.
Mac OS X Mavericks 10.9 ISO and DMG Image Download - ISORIVER
The mac OS X Mavericks are one of the most revolutionary Mac OS X releases that imbibed all the revolutionary features that make apple stand a class apart. you can download the DMG file from the below link and make sure that you have met all the basic system that requires to run the Mac OS X Mavericks on your Mac system without any hassles.
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