OS X Mavericks download not working

I too had been having download issues with OS X Mavericks and wanted to upgrade from my OS 10.6.8 - even though I had made sure hardware/software and RAM could all take it.

On looking through page after page of people having same trouble downloading mavericks - many were having my same problem that the download stalled after reaching 1GB???

Apparently many ISP's wont permit large downloads so one contributor kindly included a link for VPN which hides ones identity ...

I FOUND SOLUTION !!!
- COULD SOMEONE ADD THIS TO MAVERICK DOWNLOAD PAGE TO HELP OTHERS ...
I downloaded software which set up a VPN connection to make me Anonymous – the apple forum recommended a FREE download and troublefree install/setup from Hotspot Shield (http://www.hotspotshield.com/). I researched this and all feedback from users seemed good not bad!
I downloaded Hotspot, easy! it installed automatically, easy! Then restarted the browser and tried the download again – still stalled – BUT restarted computer and tried one last time and HEY PRESTO - I got the full OS X Mavericks to download!!!

GOOD LUCK!

I too had been having download issues with OS X Mavericks and wanted to upgrade from my OS 10.6.8 - even though I had made sure hardware/software and RAM could all take it.

On looking through page after page of people having same trouble downloading mavericks - many were having my same problem that the download stalled after reaching 1GB???

Apparently many ISP's wont permit large downloads so one contributor kindly included a link for VPN which hides ones identity ...

I FOUND SOLUTION !!!
- COULD SOMEONE ADD THIS TO MAVERICK DOWNLOAD PAGE TO HELP OTHERS ...
I downloaded software which set up a VPN connection to make me Anonymous – the apple forum recommended a FREE download and troublefree install/setup from Hotspot Shield (http://www.hotspotshield.com/). I researched this and all feedback from users seemed good not bad!
I downloaded Hotspot, easy! it installed automatically, easy! Then restarted the browser and tried the download again – still stalled – BUT restarted computer and tried one last time and HEY PRESTO - I got the full OS X Mavericks to download!!!

GOOD LUCK!

Hi, John

i am stuck in downloading process of OSx Maverics after reset my macbook pro, now it takes too much time like 123 hours or stop downloading, what shlud i do now, thanks

I have looked through this discussion and haven't read anything about anyone else having this problem, but seconds after I hit the download button red text appears saying "An error has occured." It is a free upgrade, I don't have these issues with other downloads - even from the app store, and I have tried all listed solutions.

Is there a separate set of solutions I should try for this particular problem?

John,

I'm stuck at this stage as well. The time is counting down, but the progress bar is stuck in the same place. Is this due to poor wireless connection?

Thanks,

S

hey everybody I've been trying to install os x mavericks on my mac book pro (10.6.8) since it was on app store and the download wont complete every time a message appears "download cannot be completed check your internet connectivity",but there is nothing wrong with the internet connection so I click on download again and again and the bar that shows the progress appears without time or how much has been downloaded and again it sops and the message appear
help please.

Hi John, Thanks for all the great and detailed info. Im a little behind the times but heres my 2 cents.

The terminal fix appears to have worked for me.

Im on a 2008 iMac 2.66ghz 4gb ram upgrading from 10.6.8 to 10.9.4

My process was: Sign out and quit App Store > Clear Caches and Preferences> Restart CPU> Open terminal and run code> Open App store Clear Cookies and Reset App. Actually I had to reset it twice before anything changed but so far so good.😎

Will follow up with you when the download finishes.

Looks like its gonna take about an hour to complete.

Update.

downloaded and installed Mavericks and its running like a champ.

though the update took a while... aside from troubleshooting the the download and install took about 2 and a half hours

my MacBook Air 2012 model is stuck on this same screen tthe 2nd picture u have up and I bin trying to download it like 6 times and still reaching to that screen and not getting anywhere plz help ???

Hi john

mine is stuck here

my MacBook Pro specifications incase you need it

PROCESSOR 2.9GHz Dual-core Intel Core i7

MEMORY 8GB 1600MHz DDR3 SDRAM - 2x4GB

HARD DRIVE 1TB Serial ATA Drive @ 5400

OPTICAL DRIVE