Problem installing Mavericks from my recovery partition of my computer

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Problem installing Mavericks from my recovery partition of my computer

I don't know what's going on but for some reason each and every time I try to install mavericks from my recovery partition I get an error saying "OSX Mavericks failed to download" , then the text underneath that said "Use the purchases page to try again". This creates a problem for me because I can not access the Mac AppStore since I whipped my MacBook clean with the os along with it and am trying to clean install mavericks. So I was wondering how do I fix this because I am beginning to get extremely ****** off and frustrated.

MacBook Pro, OS X Mavericks (10.9.1)

Posted on Jan 4, 2014 5:34 PM

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den.thed

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Jan 4, 2014 6:10 PM in response to Mrrrrrrrrrrr

What OS X did it originally come with?

If it originally came with Lion, Mountain Lion or Mavericks, then just follow the OS X Internet Recovery directions at > OS X: About OS X Recovery

If it originally came with Snow Leopard or eariler, reformat your drive, reinstall Snow Leopard from your Snow Leopard Disc, update that to 10.6.8, then go to the App Store and upgrade to Mavericks.

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Mrrrrrrrrrrr Author

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Jan 4, 2014 8:35 PM in response to den.thed

It came with mountain lion, but I'm in recovery trying to do it. What is internet recovery and how do I access it? Is there a difference?

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den.thed

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Jan 4, 2014 8:42 PM in response to Mrrrrrrrrrrr

Click on >>>> OS X: About OS X Recovery <<<< here or in my first post and follow the directions.

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Mrrrrrrrrrrr Author

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Jan 4, 2014 8:50 PM in response to den.thed

I figured it out though for some reason the article didn't mention how to force my Mac to use internet recovery I googled and found Ana rticle that explains to hole command option and the r key, I'll try it right now.

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Csound1

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Jan 4, 2014 8:57 PM in response to Mrrrrrrrrrrr

I answered that in your other thread.

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Jul 13, 2014 1:13 AM in response to Mrrrrrrrrrrr

Hi

I want to install mac osx Mavericks on a seagate internal raw hard . I downloaded "RecoveryDiskAssistant" and install it in a usb drive, before installing I made partition for new harddisk , and I stadted to install it through internet without problem,

But after 10% it says: ""Use the purchases page to try again"" . and after clicking okey it`s installing bar doesnt go forward(Most comments which I found was about app strore but in this step I have no access to app store) . could you please help me what to do?

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