I work in an office environment and administer over 20 macs. We've got a few machines that run Mavericks and a few that run Lion. Withe the release of Yosemite last week, I gather Lion is no longer supported, so I wanted to upgrade but as Yosemite hasn't been tested in our environment, I wanted to take all the machines to Mavericks, but it doesn't seem to be available. Is there anywhere that I can still download that installer?
UPDATE:
For anyone who's been trying to get Mavericks from a physical store, it seems it might work. I contacted the Apple Store in Amsterdam, Holland today and I explained that I needed to upgrade to Mavericks as opposed to Yosemite. They said that they would do this for me if I brought my MacBook to the store, but infuriatingly wouldn't give me a copy of the installer so I could do it myself.
So, for those of you who still wan't Mavericks, it seems that if you bring your laptop to the Store/Genius Bar they're still happy to install it for you.
They said that they would do this for me if I brought my MacBook to the store, but infuriatingly wouldn't give me a copy of the installer so I could do it myself.
Which would leave you in the same place as a friend installing their copy on your Mac. When comes time you need to reinstall it, you won't be able to ask it will ask for an App Store ID to confirm you "purchased" it.
Hopefully Nailer asked the Genius to use their Apple ID for the download. If they did, it should work.
babowa wrote:
Hopefully Nailer asked the Genius to use their Apple ID for the download. If they did, it should work.
That would be simple to test… sign in to the App store & see if it is listed as a purchased item in Nailer6245's account. It should be available for download too.
I'm not sure the Apple store has ways to add unavailable software to user purchases and the idea of handing over an Apple ID password to a store employee seems like something Apple would not (or should not) encourage. I wonder if they have secret redemption codes for 10.9?
I would guess (it's a pure guess) that they would have access to non-ID-tied downloads - since they install the OS on any Mac turned in for a repair or replacement drive, they have to have a means to do that (similar to a brand new Mac - it's not tied to anything until you set it up).
I am in the same boat here and I live 200 miles from the nearest Apple Store ... Just let us have this OLD and TIRED OS, please. You have billions now, Apple, you can let it go!
Great idea and thanks for the feedback link ... let's all make the effort!!
Very well stated.
I have a copy of the installer and can email a download link... if Apple will allow this ?
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That would be illegal; the OS license is not transferable and the recipient will encounter problems.
THANK YOU! This was a big help!
If you move anything bigger than 7 gb to a hard drive it wont allow it if you send it to the root (usb direct)
But if you make folders on the usb such as 'apps' 'music' 'dvd' etc, and put Mavericks in one of those folders, then it will work.
I have installed Mavericks on an External Hard Drive (my passport 2 tb) and boot it on both my iMac, Mac Mini, and my Macbook Air (x 2)
My Macs are completely blank formatted and use the one single OSX install on an external drive, to boot with on any device. 4 devices, one user, one set of work files.. no issues.
I bought a used laptop and it freezing....
how can I get the mavricks OS to reinstall on my mac.
or is buying a used mac a nightmare because they wont even let us download outdated OS??
What is freezing? A hardware fault may cause the installer to fail to work in which case an Apple trained technician will need to look at it. If it just the installed OS that freezes you may just need to erase & reinstall that (frankly that is the best option for a second hand Mac). Disk Utility in the installer will erase the volume, otherwise it will only overwrite the system files. Obviously backup before you begin if you have important files on the Mac - backups can be made on non-booting Macs - just ask if you need that info.
Newer mac models have internet recovery mode to allow you to download the installer & get it installed…
OS X: About OS X Recovery - Apple Support
It will install the OS that shipped with the Mac. CMD+ALT+R will try to boot into 'internet' recovery. Have a good internet connection to use internet recovery (ethernet is usually faster & more reliable than wifi). You can upgrade to a newer OS via the App Store if desired after the original one is installed.
Please provide more detail if that is unclear, it will help to know the model & specifics on what you are seeing.
Can I still download Mavericks?
