I recently purchase an imac from 2013 on a marketplace. im having issues trying to reinstall OS X. i seen that yosemite is no longer available. please help im new to computers

Posted on Nov 23, 2021 5:55 PM

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kaz-k

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Nov 23, 2021 9:22 PM in response to BlakeSheets2321

Hi,

You can Reinstall MacOS with Recovery mode.

How to reinstall macOS - Apple Support

Also you can get older version macOS.

How to get old versions of macOS - Apple Support

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I recently purchase an imac from 2013 on a marketplace. im having issues trying to reinstall OS X. i seen that yosemite is no longer available. please help im new to computers

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