Q: How long does it take to download Maverick? The icon says it's downloading, but I don't see a progress bar.

This helped me -- I think I've been downloading for over an hour now. However, without a progress bar, it's impossible to know what's happening.

Very helpful, but I don't want to try this until another hour has passed, as I'm afraid Maverick is

downloading and I might lose the hour or more I've already spent.

I don't know Launchpad. I just know it's really stupid for Apple not to give guidance -- or a progress bar -- on a download. I'm going for a bike ride. If not downloaded when I get back, I'm tossing it.

Josh - Just did Ookla Speed test: 154 mbps, but I don't know what a slow speed or fast speed is. A few hours ago, I tried to take the MacApp icon out of menu bar and put it on my desktop, but it disappeared and the download (if it was even happening) stopped. I read on here that an ethernet connection is three times faster than wireless, so I'm going to try that. Thanks for your help.

Peter - I searched for LaunchPad in the magnifying glass, but I don't have it. Thanks for your help.

Thank you so much. I really appreciate all the help, because I'm so lost.  But I have never seen the LaunchPad icon. If I have it, it should appear when I type in 'LaunchPad' in the spotlight magnifying glass, right? But it doesn't.

I have 10.6.8 OS, so you are right -- LaunchPad was added with a later OS.