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Redownload OS Lion

Hello everyone!


I have a 2010 MacBook Pro that was gifted to me. I have cleared everything from the hard drive and am now trying to redownlaod OS lion. I have tried many options already.

  1. Internet recovery
  2. Changed the date and time
  3. Cleared the PRAM and NVRAM

With literally no luck. After using my Apple ID it says that it’s temporary unavailable.

What do I do at this point??

Posted on Oct 21, 2020 7:05 AM

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Posted on Oct 22, 2020 6:09 AM

hi kamraia,

when you see "temporarily unavailable" when using your apple id, it tells me that you need to purchase lion from apple. once you buy it, you will get a code that will be attached to your apple id. then you will be able to download and install lion using recovery.


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