Andrew Wolczyk

Q: Can I still download Mavericks?

I work in an office environment and administer over 20 macs. We've got a few machines that run Mavericks and a few that run Lion. Withe the release of Yosemite last week, I gather Lion is no longer supported, so I wanted to upgrade but as Yosemite hasn't been tested in our environment, I wanted to take all the machines to Mavericks, but it doesn't seem to be available. Is there anywhere that I can still download that installer?

Posted on Oct 20, 2014 5:01 AM

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  • by Kurt Lang,

    Kurt Lang Kurt Lang Mar 27, 2015 6:48 AM in response to Nailer6245
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    Mar 27, 2015 6:48 AM in response to Nailer6245
    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.

  • by babowa,

    babowa babowa Mar 27, 2015 7:41 AM in response to Kurt Lang
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    Mar 27, 2015 7:41 AM in response to Kurt Lang

    Hopefully Nailer asked the Genius to use their Apple ID for the download. If they did, it should work.

  • by Drew Reece,

    Drew Reece Drew Reece Mar 27, 2015 12:37 PM in response to babowa
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    Mar 27, 2015 12:37 PM in response to babowa

    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?

  • by babowa,

    babowa babowa Mar 27, 2015 12:49 PM in response to Drew Reece
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    Mar 27, 2015 12:49 PM in response to Drew Reece

    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).

  • by sha_rom,

    sha_rom sha_rom Mar 31, 2015 3:10 PM in response to Kurt Lang
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    Mar 31, 2015 3:10 PM in response to Kurt Lang

    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!

  • by sha_rom,

    sha_rom sha_rom Mar 31, 2015 3:29 PM in response to babowa
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    Mar 31, 2015 3:29 PM in response to babowa

    Great idea and thanks for the feedback link ... let's all make the effort!!

  • by sha_rom,

    sha_rom sha_rom Mar 31, 2015 3:31 PM in response to baltwo
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    sha_rom sha_rom Mar 31, 2015 3:56 PM in response to ryanfromoklahoma city
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    Mar 31, 2015 3:56 PM in response to ryanfromoklahoma city

    Very well stated.

  • by robtguitar,

    robtguitar robtguitar Apr 15, 2015 10:03 AM in response to Andrew Wolczyk
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    Apr 15, 2015 10:03 AM in response to Andrew Wolczyk

    I have a copy of the installer and can email a download link... if Apple will allow this ?

     

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  • by babowa,

    babowa babowa Apr 15, 2015 9:59 AM in response to robtguitar
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    Apr 15, 2015 9:59 AM in response to robtguitar

    That would be illegal; the OS license is not transferable and the recipient will encounter problems.

  • by Gorgeous_Bob,

    Gorgeous_Bob Gorgeous_Bob Jun 1, 2015 6:28 PM in response to lbarriocanal
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    Jun 1, 2015 6:28 PM in response to lbarriocanal

    THANK YOU! This was a big help!

  • by Thailand Amulets,

    Thailand Amulets Thailand Amulets Aug 14, 2015 7:11 AM in response to CARTOLFAMMACS
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    Aug 14, 2015 7:11 AM in response to CARTOLFAMMACS

    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.

  • by Humberto Fernandez,

    Humberto Fernandez Humberto Fernandez Dec 26, 2015 9:05 AM in response to babowa
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    Dec 26, 2015 9:05 AM in response to babowa

    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??

  • by Drew Reece,

    Drew Reece Drew Reece Dec 26, 2015 9:29 AM in response to Humberto Fernandez
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    Dec 26, 2015 9:29 AM in response to Humberto Fernandez

    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.

  • by babowa,

    babowa babowa Dec 26, 2015 9:32 AM in response to Humberto Fernandez
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    Dec 26, 2015 9:32 AM in response to Humberto Fernandez

    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.

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