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Mar 27, 2015 6:48 AM in response to Nailer6245by Kurt Lang,They said that they would do this for me if I brought my MacBook to the store, but infuriatingly wouldn't give me a copy of the installer so I could do it myself.
Which would leave you in the same place as a friend installing their copy on your Mac. When comes time you need to reinstall it, you won't be able to ask it will ask for an App Store ID to confirm you "purchased" it.
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Mar 27, 2015 7:41 AM in response to Kurt Langby babowa,Hopefully Nailer asked the Genius to use their Apple ID for the download. If they did, it should work.
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Mar 27, 2015 12:37 PM in response to babowaby Drew Reece,babowa wrote:
Hopefully Nailer asked the Genius to use their Apple ID for the download. If they did, it should work.
That would be simple to test… sign in to the App store & see if it is listed as a purchased item in Nailer6245's account. It should be available for download too.
I'm not sure the Apple store has ways to add unavailable software to user purchases and the idea of handing over an Apple ID password to a store employee seems like something Apple would not (or should not) encourage. I wonder if they have secret redemption codes for 10.9?
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Mar 27, 2015 12:49 PM in response to Drew Reeceby babowa,I would guess (it's a pure guess) that they would have access to non-ID-tied downloads - since they install the OS on any Mac turned in for a repair or replacement drive, they have to have a means to do that (similar to a brand new Mac - it's not tied to anything until you set it up).
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Mar 31, 2015 3:10 PM in response to Kurt Langby sha_rom,I am in the same boat here and I live 200 miles from the nearest Apple Store ... Just let us have this OLD and TIRED OS, please. You have billions now, Apple, you can let it go!
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Mar 31, 2015 3:29 PM in response to babowaby sha_rom,Great idea and thanks for the feedback link ... let's all make the effort!!
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Apr 15, 2015 10:03 AM in response to Andrew Wolczykby robtguitar,I have a copy of the installer and can email a download link... if Apple will allow this ?
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Apr 15, 2015 9:59 AM in response to robtguitarby babowa,That would be illegal; the OS license is not transferable and the recipient will encounter problems.
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Aug 14, 2015 7:11 AM in response to CARTOLFAMMACSby Thailand Amulets,If you move anything bigger than 7 gb to a hard drive it wont allow it if you send it to the root (usb direct)
But if you make folders on the usb such as 'apps' 'music' 'dvd' etc, and put Mavericks in one of those folders, then it will work.
I have installed Mavericks on an External Hard Drive (my passport 2 tb) and boot it on both my iMac, Mac Mini, and my Macbook Air (x 2)
My Macs are completely blank formatted and use the one single OSX install on an external drive, to boot with on any device. 4 devices, one user, one set of work files.. no issues.
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Dec 26, 2015 9:05 AM in response to babowaby Humberto Fernandez,I bought a used laptop and it freezing....
how can I get the mavricks OS to reinstall on my mac.
or is buying a used mac a nightmare because they wont even let us download outdated OS??
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Dec 26, 2015 9:29 AM in response to Humberto Fernandezby Drew Reece,What is freezing? A hardware fault may cause the installer to fail to work in which case an Apple trained technician will need to look at it. If it just the installed OS that freezes you may just need to erase & reinstall that (frankly that is the best option for a second hand Mac). Disk Utility in the installer will erase the volume, otherwise it will only overwrite the system files. Obviously backup before you begin if you have important files on the Mac - backups can be made on non-booting Macs - just ask if you need that info.
Newer mac models have internet recovery mode to allow you to download the installer & get it installed…
OS X: About OS X Recovery - Apple Support
It will install the OS that shipped with the Mac. CMD+ALT+R will try to boot into 'internet' recovery. Have a good internet connection to use internet recovery (ethernet is usually faster & more reliable than wifi). You can upgrade to a newer OS via the App Store if desired after the original one is installed.
Please provide more detail if that is unclear, it will help to know the model & specifics on what you are seeing.
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Dec 26, 2015 9:32 AM in response to Humberto Fernandezby babowa,If you bought a used Mac and the seller updated it by installing an OS from the app store, he should have wiped the disk and reinstalled the original OS. Why? Because the license is for the Apple ID used to obtain it only - it is not transferable and is tied to the original Apple ID.
So, unless yours came with Mavericks, you will need the install disks to wipe the drive and reinstall that first. Contact the seller - he is also supposed to give you the disks. If it came with Mavericks, you can use internet recovery (hold Command + Option + R keys at boot up; when connected to Apple's servers which can take quite a while, use Disk utility to erase the hard drive and then reinstall). Then you can update using your own Apple ID at the app store.