Hello! Below are instructions on how to create a bootable ISO image of OS X Mavericks 10.9. I spent some time looking for these. I hope it saves someone time. # Mount the installer image hdiutil attach /Applications/Install\ OS\ X\ Mavericks.app/Contents/SharedSupport/InstallESD.dmg -noverify -nobrowse -mountpoint /Volumes/install_app # Convert the boot image to a sparse bundle hdiutil convert /Volumes/install_app/BaseSystem.dmg -format UDSP -o /tmp/Mavericks # Increase the sparse bundle capacity to accommodate the packages hdiutil resize -size 8g /tmp/Mavericks.sparseimage # Mount the sparse bundle for package addition hdiutil attach /tmp/Mavericks.sparseimage -noverify -nobrowse -mountpoint /Volumes/install_build # Remove Package link and replace with actual files rm /Volumes/install_build/System/Installation/Packages cp -rp /Volumes/install_app/Packages /Volumes/install_build/System/Installation/ # Unmount the installer image hdiutil detach /Volumes/install_app # Unmount the sparse bundle hdiutil detach /Volumes/install_build # Resize the partition in the sparse bundle to remove any free space hdiutil resize -size `hdiutil resize -limits /tmp/Mavericks.sparseimage | tail -n 1 | awk '{ print $1 }'`b /tmp/Mavericks.sparseimage # Convert the sparse bundle to ISO/CD master hdiutil convert /tmp/Mavericks.sparseimage -format UDTO -o /tmp/Mavericks # Remove the sparse bundle rm /tmp/Mavericks.sparseimage # Rename the ISO and move it to the desktop mv /tmp/Mavericks.cdr ~/Desktop/Mavericks.iso
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