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Q: OS X Mavericks failed to download

Hi,

 

I'm having an error message 'OS X Mavericks failed to download' every time when I try to download it. Sometimes it took some time to happen, like after the process is around 50%, or sometimes just happened after a minutes. I tried over 10 times and this still persist! I didn't change my DNS settings, I'm using my ISP's. Anyone facing this problem too? How can I fix this???

 

Thanks in advance,

Nathan.

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MacBook, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.5)

Posted on Oct 23, 2013 12:23 AM

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A:

Okay, I finally succeeded installing the Mavericks.

What I've done is just changing the DNS to use Google's instead of my ISP's.

 

Open System Preferences > Networks > Ethernet (I recommended you to use ethernet) > Advanced... > DNS > Add 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4 into DNS Servers section > Add www.google.com to Search Domains section > OK > Apply

 

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And then retry the download again. Hope this helps.

Posted on Oct 24, 2013 5:42 AM

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  • by OS - Omar Saab,

    OS - Omar Saab OS - Omar Saab Jan 17, 2014 11:37 PM in response to DobaKung
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    Jan 17, 2014 11:37 PM in response to DobaKung

    DO I have to choose "Ethernet" even if I am connected to the wifi ?

  • by Zenati,

    Zenati Zenati Jan 18, 2014 5:51 AM in response to Room713
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    Jan 18, 2014 5:51 AM in response to Room713

    HI, did you fix this problem?, I have the same, and it get stuck at 986 MB,

  • by red4vr,

    red4vr red4vr Jan 28, 2014 11:06 AM in response to DobaKung
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    Jan 28, 2014 11:06 AM in response to DobaKung

    My Maverick download failed several times, as the file is c5gb and I have a slow broadband connection I didn't want to sit watching the progress bar for several hours and so I didn't see anything or spot when it stopped.

     

    I had turned off any energy saving settings and my timemachine in case they were interrupting the download process. My firewall is ON.

     

    I had previouslly used disk utility (as recommended) to repair any permission errors (which there were loads).

     

    On one of the occasions it failed, I was there when a message popped up something like "do you want to quit all applications". Thus I firgured something was trying to close things down.

     

    I read somewhere else about preventing SLEEP kicking in using a terminal command called <pmset>.

     

    So I went into the terminal app and at the prompt typed

     

    <pmset noidle>

     

    Then restarted the download from the app store. The download process then worked in one go, albeit taking about 4-5 hrs. Then another one hour or so for the actual installation.

     

    Hope this tip helps others ...

  • by maedae66,

    maedae66 maedae66 Feb 18, 2014 8:15 PM in response to Xuan398
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    Feb 18, 2014 8:15 PM in response to Xuan398

    Thanks, that worked for me.

  • by Bob Novy,

    Bob Novy Bob Novy Mar 3, 2014 12:29 PM in response to DobaKung
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    Mar 3, 2014 12:29 PM in response to DobaKung

    Hello DobaKung aka Nathan in Thailand?  I want you to learn that your solution did _not_ work with me.

     

    In System Preferences, Network, Advanced, DNS I _put_ www.google.com as my _lone_ Search Domain.  [I was hoping that this would work.  :-) ]

     

    But after, I saw that same, pesky, tired message:  "Your request is temporarily unable to be processed. / Please try again later.  [ & later & later & Later  … try Never.  Harumph!  :-( ]

     

    Because of this trouble with even _getting_ Mavericks, I will feel happy with using Mountain Lion.  :-)

  • by DobaKung,

    DobaKung DobaKung Mar 3, 2014 4:52 PM in response to Bob Novy
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    Mar 3, 2014 4:52 PM in response to Bob Novy

    Hi Bob,

     

    I don't know why my workaround fixed the problem. But at least, mine was solved. I'm sorry to tell you that I couldn't think of any other solution because I'm not an expert in this way. But you can try with other's solutions in this thread and se if it helps.

     

    Thanks

  • by Ergashev,

    Ergashev Ergashev Apr 11, 2014 6:01 PM in response to phuco
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    Apr 11, 2014 6:01 PM in response to phuco

    this one didn't fix this issue in my case

  • by Bob Novy,

    Bob Novy Bob Novy Apr 12, 2014 12:29 PM in response to DobaKung
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    Apr 12, 2014 12:29 PM in response to DobaKung

    Hey DobaKung of Samutptrakam, Thailand,

     

    I feel _resigned_ to buying a new iMac with Mavericks installed already.  Today my iMac is _almost_ 3-years old.  [About this Mac, then More Info … lists its "brthday" as mid-2011.]

     

    Just why I cannot get Mavericks on the Internet _may_ not matter.  [Always now I see this:  "Your request is temporarily unable to be processed.  /  Please try again later."  How irritating.  :-( ]

     

    One thing about-which I'm thinking is to Partition my 486.96 GB  Macintosh HD.  Then, I could keep Mac OS X v10.8.5 on _one_ partition _&_ install Mavericks on a _second_ partition.

     

    I thank you DobaKung, at making me _think_ about my future with Macintosh.  :-)

  • by prm11,

    prm11 prm11 Jul 10, 2014 5:39 PM in response to DobaKung
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    Jul 10, 2014 5:39 PM in response to DobaKung

    it really worked! awesome

  • by haytkir,

    haytkir haytkir Aug 19, 2014 10:58 AM in response to DobaKung
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    Aug 19, 2014 10:58 AM in response to DobaKung

    I had the exact same problem, though I suspect for different reasons.

     

    It was clear from network traffic analysis that the problem did not involve timeouts or DNS in my case. During a number of the attempts the download would finish but then fail during install, after deleting the apparently corrupted install image I would attempt to redownload but then would get download failures.

     

    The solution after some thinking turned out to be related to FileVault. My normal user account uses FileVault.

     

    I created a secondary admin account that did not have FileVault turned on. Logged in. Downloaded Mavericks and then applied the update all on the first try with no problems. I then logged into my normal FileVault protected account and deleted the temporary admin account.

  • by SignalShark,

    SignalShark SignalShark Oct 16, 2014 2:39 PM in response to DobaKung
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    Oct 16, 2014 2:39 PM in response to DobaKung

    When I go to the site and press "Upgrade" and it opens Apple Store my issue with downloads happen.

     

    I have found that if I close out Safari and the Apple store that was open, then reopen store and search the download then happens.

     

    Worked for me.

  • by rrb206,

    rrb206 rrb206 Jan 19, 2015 6:57 AM in response to DobaKung
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    Jan 19, 2015 6:57 AM in response to DobaKung

    I was having the same trouble.  Turns out it was my energy saver setting, which was set to put the machine to sleep after three hours.  The download was taking around 14 hours.  Every now and then I'd check in on it, which would reset the three hour timer.  After 8 hours I'd figure things were going well and stop monitoring... and the machine would sleep... and cause the failure.  Go to system preferences and check your energy saver settings.  If it's anything other than "never" that may be your problem.

  • by andreas209,

    andreas209 andreas209 Apr 29, 2015 2:49 AM in response to ashwinbhagchandka
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    Apr 29, 2015 2:49 AM in response to ashwinbhagchandka

    Perfect! Works also fine with OS X Yosemite 10.10.3. That's the solution I was looking for.

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