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Level 1

4 points

"This apple ID has not purchased OS X Mavericks"

I recently bought a Macbook Pro from eBay, it came with Mavericks on it. I have no idea what the other person used it for, so I wanted to delete all the data.

I followed the instructions online to reset it, holding Option + Apple + R when restarting, then formatting the disk, and installing OS X Mavericks from there.

I run into this issue though, whenever I log in, it says "This Apple ID Has not purchased OS X Mavericks"

What can I do? I have the OS X Snow Leopard Disc the person mailed with the laptop and there is no disc drive. So now I'm stuck with a Macbook Pro that doesn't do anything...

What to do?

MacBook Pro, OS X Mavericks (10.9), Can't Install OS X due to Error

Posted on Dec 12, 2013 6:45 PM

32 replies

Csound1

Level 9

59,973 points

May 22, 2014 9:46 AM in response to beelzebomb

On 4 out of 5 of my machines that leads to 2 different methods, one installs the OS the Mac shipped with and requires no password, the other installs the OS currently installed and does require a password.

(The one that won't is just too old, no surprise there)

Yours is not working right, take it to an Apple Store.

Choot Em

Level 1

9 points

May 28, 2014 3:49 PM in response to MegawattApps

Easy fix. Go to your Mac App Store. Find Mavericks. Click download. It will give you some crap about you already have it whatever. Click continue to download the installer. In the top menu bar click purchases. You will see it downloading. Click pause. Click restart. Hold command R at the startup chime. Click reinstall OS X. Since you use your Apple ID to download the full installer, you just use your Apple ID to purchase OSX. For free. Problem solved.

I literally just had to do this

"This apple ID has not purchased OS X Mavericks"