Can I still download Mavericks?

Riderlaux wrote:

Because Steve Jobs is not here to make sure things are done as he wanted them to be. It's shocking that there is no one that could've been his TRUE protege and actually kept the company on the right path. Too many wannabe's and trendy brats ruining it for the rest of us. I run all editing software, but I can't run Chrome, and now I can't download Maverick. I never thought it would come to this!!!😢

You know it is Google that decided not to support your OS version right?

You didn't try Maverick once in the year that it was on sale? On sale for free - no excuse to not purchase it.

All of the downloadable OS X's have done this exact same thing, Apple pulls them from sale when the new one comes out. You didn't learn this in the 2 years between 10.7 disappearing, 10.8, disappearing and 10.9's end of life?

How much do you love Apple products that you fail to understand how they operate?

Keep blaming the guy for dying & causing for all your woes - that's totally rational & will resolve your issues.

Once you revert back to Mavericks, do not forget to download the Mavericks Installer from Purchases in the App Store! Save it to a disc or Thumbdrive. Buy a cheap 8 GB Thumbdrive and use createinstallmedia Terminal Command to make a bootable USB Mavericks Install with Recovery Partition. Instructions on how to use it can be found at Support.Apple.com and MacWorld. When you revert back from Yosemite Zero Out your HD with at least 1 pass of Zeros. NPRAM Rest for 3 cycles. Shutdown and follow up with SMC Reset. Yosemite leaves bits behind and causes Mavericks to have Wi-Fi glitches if you quick erase and install over Yosemite. I learned this from experience. Hope this helps someone. Cheers!

Sorry, meant to Reply to Riderlaux in my previous post. Your response, Drew, I agree. I asked myself 2 questions, do I need to upgrade? Is my Mac running just fine the way it is and suits my needs? I tested Yosemite but Mavericks is still my primary OS X.

Just a note. There is no need whatsoever to waste time doing a zero pass erase of the drive if reverting to Mavericks from Yosemite. You have to do a quick erase of the drive anyway before you can downgrade. Once the file table is wiped clean, the drive is, for all intents and purposes, empty.

Zapping the PRAM also has zero effect on reinstalling Mavericks.

My husband downloaded Mavericks for his iMac and, logging into the App store with his user info, I'm seeing Mavericks listed under the "purchased" area ... but when I attempt to download it, I get a popup window that says, "You have updates available for other accounts. To update this application, sign in to the account you used to purchase it."

Wha?????

The only other account in this household is mine. I also tried logging in with my own Apple ID, saw the Mavericks download and got the same popup message.

Thoughts?

You tried logging in with his Apple ID/password? If that does not work (because it also checks the hardware), simply have your husband download another copy on his machine; the license entitles him to use it on any Mac he owns and controls.

I don't think that is because of Mavericks, that is normally to do with having other apps from other Apple ID's.

The solution is to delete all the apps from the other Apple ID.

You may be able to sign in as the other Apple ID to see what they have installed - it could make it easier to delete them.

Apple have this page that looks like it should explain it…

Alerts may occur when accepting bundled applications from the Mac App Store - Apple Support

Sadly it is just double speak that repeats the same text without a resolution – delete the apps.

Spotlight can also cause this if you have indexing disabled on the boot volume. Reindex the startup disk if you have it within the privacy section of the Spotlight Preferences.

You may also want to eject any backup disks too, Spotlight may consider those for updates depending on your backup format (Spotlight is where the store gets the info from).

I believe I got this message once also. I think it just means you have logged onto the App Store from another Machine or Partition and are still Logged in. I made sure I logged out (Sign Out) of the App Store. then rebooted and logged into my other partition which was Snow leopard and Open the App Store and Logged out or download what you want from that partition, but make sure you Log out of the App Store before you change systems.

The App Store can see other instances that were used on the Computer.

Here are a couple other Forums that resolved the Issue for others:

You have updates available for other accounts

Alerts may occur when accepting bundled applications from the Mac App Store - Apple Support

If all of these fail try Safe Mode.

YES - this was the key. I've just logged in from his iMac and it's downloading now (saying it will take 1+ hours) ... will let you know if installation is successful.

Thanks so much!

Downloaded successfully from App store. Took some maneuvering to copy it over to my own computer, but managed to do that.

NOW: Before I install it, I'm going to lose the use of some PowerMac software once I upgrade to Mavericks. For this reason, I'd like to have a Snow Leopard system file installed on another hard drive so that I may reboot off THAT when I occasionally need to use the older software.

Am I going to run into trouble if I upgrade FIRST to Mavericks and then (using my Snow Leopard DVD), install SL on a separate hard drive?

I wouldn't ask but things have become SO complicated with Apple that I'd hate to do anything that would maim me permanently.

Clone your existing SL installation onto the additional or external volume, boot from it to ensure that it works, then, and only then, install Mavericks onto either one. I have four OSs on separate volumes on my int HD.

27" i7 iMac (Mid 2011) refurb, OS X Yo (10.10.2), Mavs, ML & SL, G4 450 MP w/10.5 & 9.2.2

Exactly what baltwo said. As you will lose not some, but ALL PowerPC software apps you have (unless they have current updates or upgrades), do keep a clone of your SL install.

You might also need that if you ever want to sell the machine; as I found out recently trying to get a 2010 ready to sell, I was not able to boot from the SL install DVD until after I had erased the drive. That is because I had updated my EFI to allow internet recovery, so it was difficult getting the original SL re-installed, but I finally got it with the help of a cloned SL partition. I couldn't do without clones.

By "clone" do you mean simply drag+drop all System folders and files?

I don't believe there's a "clone" command anywhere ...

No. I mean a bootable clone of your existing boot volume. I prefer Carbon Copy Cloner. See http://www.macworld.com/article/2461362/drive-cloning-utilities-the-best-mac-app s-for-making-a-bootable-backup.html for details.

No, that would not work; you need to either use Disk Utility's restore feature or (my personal preference) use either CarbonCopyCloner or SuperDuper. You install that software and then launch it, choose your source disk (your Macintosh HD) and the destination (your external hard drive) and let it clone. You wind up with an exact clone copy of your entire system and will be able to boot from it if necessary.