Learn from what gwforeman ? Learn NOT to ever download Mavericks again or learn to have another machine ? Whats the chances of me ever downloading MAVERICKS again on this machine ? I dont need to, its done now .
How many times must I say this to people like gwforeman - "MY SYSTEM WAS BACKED UP" and I couldnt persoanlly give a toss for your 2 cents and wonder how you got any helfulness votes at all if thats the attitude you take with people . Why even bother posting if its only to gloat ?
gwforeman - you are rude and unhelful and you are speaking to someone who put the first computer dealing system at the London Stock Exchange 25 years ago when you were probably an embryo, I can write and programme in several archaic computer languages not just Windows so quit with the rudeness - just cause you work in "IT" does not give a right to be so rude and its not "TOUGH LOVE" - you dont even know me so your version of "Tough Love" is irelevent and unwanted as was your so called "help" . Its not help as we know it , its called being smug in the UK .
Its people like you that put me off using Apple Forums - just so you know .
Mavericks caused my hard drive to crash out - maybe it was the effort of downloading it that finally killed it - all I know is that it was fine before I downloaded it and then it died - that's not an open invitation for all the nasty , snarky , unhelpful "I TOLD YOU SO " comments that have appeared on here because MY DATA WAS BACKED UP THREE WAYS !!! Did not one of you making the snarky comments actually read that bit ? It was the inconvenience and repair timescale that was the issue and the "why" when the reason for buying a MAC over a PC was its reliability factor ? Then I discover that the HD mortality rates in MACS are the same in a PC so why did I bother ?
My advice to everyone is if your hard drive gets to a certain age ( three years max) and it does a lot of work, back it up, replace it with a more modern SSHD and use your Time Capsule and Airport to make granular and screen shot back ups before you attempt to upgrade to MAVERICKS OS .
And to the gloating , rude and unhelpful people out there - why bother with us "idiots" , why not just shoot us and have done with it eh ?