how to do a clean install on 2013 rMBP? it won't let me do it from USB

[btownguy]

I have a USB thumb drive that I have used to do a clean install of Mavericks with before. When I try to boot from it using the option key, I get the circle with a slash through it. Any ideas?

 

[SimonTheSoundMa]

Just reinstall using the recovery partition, no need for a USB drive.

 

[btownguy]

Just reinstall using the recovery partition, no need for a USB drive.

What if I don't want to consume 4Gb of bandwidth at my current location?

 

[Orlandoech]

Recovery partition takes forever too, the download is so slow, even on a 60meg connection.

 

[btownguy]

Is it even possible to do this via USB?

 

[Orlandoech]

Is it even possible to do this via USB?

Every time I try to make a bootable USB, it doesn't work but it does with Mountain Lion.

You can try;

http://liondiskmaker.com/

 

[AlecMyrddyn]

Is it even possible to do this via USB?

Probably not until 10.9.1 is released. The Haswell rMBPs are running custom builds of Mavericks and aren't supported by the general build available for download.

 

[ooans]

Probably not until 10.9.1 is released. The Haswell rMBPs are running custom builds of Mavericks and aren't supported by the general build available for download.

This.

You are even unable to download the current Mavericks version from the App Store using a Haswell MBP.