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After my macbook pro had become really slow the past days, I decided to reset the system, following the usual steps:

1. Press alt+power button

2. Choose Utilities --> erase Macintosh HD (or in my case, it was called macbook pro)

3. Reinstall the Mountain Lion OS X through internet.


However, after trying to install the OS X, and entering an apple id (my brother's, since his id worked - probably because he used his id when installing the OS X on this computer the first time), an error message pops up, saying:


"This item is temporarily unavailable. Please try again later"


I don't know what to do, since I have tried redoing these steps on multiple occasions this day, and with two different networks. Unfortunately, I don't have the original installation dvd:s, so I have to install the OS through internet (or if it is possible, by downloading the OS to an external hard drive, and then installing through that).


Anyways, my macbook pro is bought in the mid 2010's, maybe that information can help? I don't know what the last OS X update I used was...

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Posted on Jul 18, 2014 3:20 PM

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Posted on Mar 8, 2019 10:29 AM

i ended up contacting apple support after doing everything i could think of & read online.. i started with an early version of lion, had to buy the update for mountain lion ($19.99 on the apple online store, they send you a code & you can redeem it in the mac app store then download) got my computer updated to the most recent mountain lion & from there i was able to download all the way up to high sierra for free.. (using a late 2009, early 2010 macbook pro)

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Jul 15, 2018 7:09 PM in response to andreas61

I finally gave up.

Apple support was completely incompetent, and couldn't help me. After dealing with this problem, for about an hour, I finally decided to install Linux on my iMac.

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