Why Lion Mountain 10.8.4 always shows waiting and doesn't download?

Why Lion Mountain 10.8.4 always shows waiting and doesn't download?
My Mac has Lion OS X Lion 10.7.5 and my download is OS X Lion Mountain 10.8.4
Please help!

MacBook Air, Mac OS X (10.7.5)

Posted on Jun 7, 2013 11:15 AM

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Jun 7, 2013 1:04 PM in response to alexhdxrdx

This has worked for some people.


- Sign out of the App Store (in the Store menu)

- Quit the App Store

- In Finder - Go>Go to folder... (or Apple-shift-G)

- Paste in the following "~/Library/Caches/ "

- It will take you to a folder. Delete com.apple.appstore

- Launch the App Store. Sign in and then reclick the Mountain Lion buy. It won't charge you again.


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Jun 7, 2013 1:26 PM in response to alexhdxrdx

Another thing that has worked for some people is to boot into the Safe Mode and download. Shut down the computer and then power it back up. Immediately after hearing the startup chime, hold down the shift key and continue to hold it until the gray Apple icon and a progress bar appear. The boot up is significantly slower than normal. This will reset some caches, forces a directory check, and disables all startup and login items, among other things. If the system operates normally, there may be 3rd party applications which are causing a problem.

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