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Q: how to reinstall free mavericks upgrade

I reformatted my macbook pro hard drive and was trying to reinstall the free mavericks upgrade i got last year, but the app store doesn't recognize it as a purchase and won't let me reinstall. any ideas?

powerbook g4, Mac OS X (10.5.6)

Posted on Jan 11, 2015 6:19 AM

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  • by toque,

    toque toque Jan 12, 2015 11:01 AM in response to toque
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    Jan 12, 2015 11:01 AM in response to toque

    i could restore through time machine and start the process over i suppose

  • by keg55,

    keg55 keg55 Jan 12, 2015 12:13 PM in response to toque
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    Jan 12, 2015 12:13 PM in response to toque

    If your OS X Mavericks Time Machine back up was made locally (e.g. USB drive plugged into your Mac) then you can boot from it and it should take you to the OS X Utilities Menu where you can select to Reinstall OS X. Another option would be to find another Mac running OS X Mavericks, download and install the OS X Recovery Disk Assistant on that Mac and using a 4GB thumb drive, run the utility which will install a Recovery HD of the current OS to it. Then restart your Mac with the thumb drive and press the Option key to select the thumb drive. This will boot into the OS X Utilities Menu for you to Reinstall OS X.

  • by toque,

    toque toque Jan 14, 2015 2:12 PM in response to keg55
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    Jan 14, 2015 2:12 PM in response to keg55

    Thanks keg55. and everyone that got involved. i got it reloaded and ready to give away. it took almost 3 days to re-erase the hard drive. i really appreciate the help

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