This item is temporarily unavailable Mac error

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How did you get back to the install screen after logging into iCloud? Because I can’t seem to figure it out

tried did not work ?

I need help with my 2013 version iMac can u help

I tried doing this but when i go to the iCloud link it says the safari is out of date so takes me to an error page please help!

Bless your soul. I cannot thank you enough. This is the only solution that worked for me!

Holding those buttons down doesn’t take me into internet recovery mode

Unfortunately when signing into icloud safari is not supported

I have had this problem on several Macs. First to dispel a myth seen in this thread. You can always download an OS, even if it is not current, as long as you have previously downloaded it from the App Store. I have repeatedly solved the "not available" problem simply by logging in as a different user that has definitely downloaded that version of the MacOS before.

Good luck.

Thanks for this, I spend an hour trying to work out why my new drive was "temporarily unavailable", they should put up[ a message stating that this OS is not associated with this ID.

Anyway thanks for the solution :>

The message "This item is temporarily unavailable. Please try again later" pops up most probably because you are not signed in to the apple store on your mac (on iTunes not on the Safari). To solve it, open the iTunes, click on the "Purchased" button on the top menu and sign in using your apple ID and password. The message should not come up again.

After trying for several days and still getting that same message and checking out some of the other replies on this topic - i found the answer as had already done this on a friends computer a couple of weeks ago and is real easy

take the drive out of the machine then you can erase and install whatever system you wish -

Guys its very Easy and i have solved this issue.

Please when you see this message while re-installing OS X old or latest

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

Just use the first apple ID you used in this device when activate it as a first time and to download and purchase on app store.

🙂 100% will solve the Issue because the Item mean (apple ID) and unavailable mean its not the original apple ID used on this device for downloading and purchase.

Okay thanks.

The issue is that my first email was: sk****@hotmail.com which was the one I used first time on my macbook pro in 2011.
I have changed the mail and password since then, and now I can't remember the password I used for my old apple id for sk*****@hotmail.com - and when I enter the latest Apple ID mail and password it tells me: "this item is temporarily unavailable".

I tried to guess the old password so many times, that it wants me to "reset my account" / it also says: "Your account has been turned off"

Make sure you are signed into your apple account. I recently moved countries and had to update my apple account on my iphone, which signed me out on my mac. So I clicked on purchases and it made me sign in again then i was able to access the updates.