Mavericks (OS X 10.9) is here! And just as with Lion (OS X 10.7) and Mountain Lion (OS X 10.8) before it, getting Mavericks is as easy as downloading an installer from the Mac App Store. A few clicks (and some patience) is all it takes to install OS X 10.9 over your existing copy of Mountain Lion, Lion, or Snow Leopard (or, if you're brave, even Leopard). But that doesn't mean you should make the jump with no preparation, or that there are no important decisions to make along the way.
As we do with every new version of OS X, we've installed Mavericks more times than we can count in order to put together a comprehensive guide to installing the latest Mac OS. In the articles below, we cover the requirements for running Mavericks; the things you should do to get your Mac ready; and the download process. We walk you through the actual installation; recommend some post-install tasks; discuss some upgrade challenges; and help you decide if a 'clean install'—erasing your drive and starting from scratch—is for you.
We also provide instructions for creating a bootable Mavericks installer drive, as well as for installing Mavericks over Leopard (OS X 10.5)—provided you have the appropriate license to do so. (We'll be adding Mavericks-specific articles on OS X Recovery and Internet Recovery, so stay tuned.) With this guide, you should be able to make the transition to 10.9 painlessly.
On the right side of the screen under 'USB Device Tree' the window will display all hardware plugged into the USB ports on your Mac. Look for 'SCRx31 USB Smart Card Reader.' If the Smart Card reader is present, look at 'Version' in the lower right corner of this box: If you have a number below 5.25, you need to update your firmware to 5.25. Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and OneNote will install and run on OS X 10.10 Yosemite and later. For the best experience with 10.15 Catalina, be sure to keep your Office apps up-to-date. If the version of Office installed on your Mac is earlier than 16.16, and you are not being offered updates, you can download the latest Office for Mac. How to Install macOS on a Windows PC. This wikiHow teaches you how to run macOS High Sierra on your Windows computer. To do this, you will need to download Niresh Catalina. You will also need Transmac or a Mac along with a supported. Then: older Mac OS versions you must run the proper ruby command with curl –insecure flag to retrieve the Homebrew install script, the proper curl flag must be used because older macOS does not have curl with HTTPS support so it has to be insecure first.
Read on for descriptions of, and links to, our Mavericks-install articles.
- Get your Mac ready for Mavericks OS X 10.9 Mavericks is as easy to install as downloading an installer from the Mac App Store and then double-clicking. But there are still some things you should do before downloading Mavericks to ensure that your Mac is ready and that the upgrade process goes smoothly.
- Installing Mavericks: What you need to know Mavericks is available only as a direct download from Apple's Mac App Store. This method of distribution is convenient, but it's not without challenges and potential issues. Here's a comprehensive look at the details of purchasing, downloading, installing, and setting up Apple's lastest OS. I also take a look at some of the upgrade obstacles you might face.
- How to make a bootable Mavericks installer drive Though you can install Mavericks directly from your Mac's hard drive, a bootable installer drive can be more convenient for installing the OS onto multiple Macs. And if your Mac is experiencing problems, a bootable installer makes a handy emergency drive. I walk you through the process of creating such a drive, step-by-step.
- Should you do a 'clean install' of Mavericks? Some Mac users choose to perform a 'clean install' of each major new version of OS X, erasing their drive and starting over. Here's a look at whether or not that's possible when installing Mavericks and, more important, whether it's advisable.
- How to install Mavericks over Leopard According to the Mavericks license agreement, you must have Snow Leopard (Mac OS X 10.6), Lion (OS X 10.7), or Mountain Lion (OS X 10.8) installed before you can install Mavericks (OS X 10.9). But there are situations in which you may have a valid license for one of these prerequisite versions, even though your Mac still has Leopard (OS X 10.5) installed. We show you how to save some time, and reduce the hassle, by upgrading directly from Leopard to Mavericks.
- How to make a bootable install drive for Macs that shipped with Mavericks If your Mac was released after Mavericks debuted, it's not quite as easy to make a bootable Mavericks install drive, but it's still quite doable. We've got the complete instructions.
The red terminal of the Anderson PowerPole connector should connect to the positive output from the power supply.
PixelPusher itself supports supply voltages between 4.5 and 30 volts.
There are three jumpers on the v3 board. They must be set correctly before you can apply voltage to the board. They are marked thusly:
- 5v strip
- Selects 5.1 volt output for the onboard regulator (as opposed to 10.6v)
- 5v bypass
- Connects the microcontroller module directly to input power, rather than using the regulator.
- WARNING - if your power supply is below 7 volts, you must set the 5v bypass to the ‘on' position. If your power supply is greater than 7 volts, you must set the 5v bypass jumper to the ‘off' position.
- Direct
- Connects the strip bus directly to the power input, rather than using the regulator. WARNING - You must enable this if you want to drive large numbers of pixels. The onboard regulator is only capable of 2 amps.
The reason for this is that there are many different types of strip and pixel, and they need different voltages. PixelPusher supports several.
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If you are using strips with a supply voltage the same as your power supply's output, you should set the direct jumper to the ‘on' position. Otherwise, beware! it is possible to damage strips by connecting them to a voltage that is too high.If you are using 5v strips and the onboard regulator, you must set the '5v strip' jumper. Otherwise, the output voltage from the onboard regulator will be 10.63 volts, which is correct for many ‘12 volt' strips. This voltage is low enough to allow SD600A based strips to completely turn off their red pixels. If you are using LPD8806 strips, or the WS2801 LED pixels, then you can set the 'direct' jumper to the closed position and bypass the regulator.
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Finally, if you are using the direct jumper, you should also set the Reg disc jumper to the ‘off' position. Otherwise, it must be set to the ‘on' position.
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Advanced users note: Pixels with other power requirements than these must either be powered externally, or both the Reg disc and direct jumpers must be set to ‘off' and power fed into the TP1 pads from an external source. The negative pad of TP1 is the eastern one, and is connected to the system's groundplane.
Now that you have set all these jumpers correctly, you may apply power to the system. The PowerPole connector is recommended, and is rated for up to 40 amps; if you intend to use high currents such as these it is recommended that you bridge across the 'direct' jumper with solder, or place a wire-ended fuse in its position. Heroic Robotics can perform this modification before shipping if necessary. The V3 boards have much meatier construction and shouldn't need this modification anyway.
Connect a standard ethernet cable to the Ethernet jack and plug its other end into a switch or router. PixelPusher does not support auto-MDIX and as a consequence tends not to work well with a direct connection to some laptop computers. When power is applied you should see a blue light come on atop the microcontroller module, followed a few seconds later by orange and green LEDs on the ethernet jack. (Both ethernet LEDs are green on the v3 PixelPusher.) Your switch should show a 100 Mbit connection, with activity once a second as the PixelPusher announces itself. This is a successful test! If it doesn't work, check your power supply and ethernet wiring.
