Andrew Wolczyk
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Q: Can I still download Mavericks?

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?

Posted on Oct 20, 2014 5:01 AM

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  • by anwendung,

    anwendung anwendung Oct 23, 2014 11:51 AM in response to Ralph Landry1
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    Oct 23, 2014 11:51 AM in response to Ralph Landry1

    @Ralph Landry1

    I have Mavericks on my Macbook Pro natively installed. I want to put it onto my imac that has MtLion. I followed your instructions, but after the installer finished downloading, it immediately opened up to the page that asks you what language do you want. What should I do? Thank you.

  • by babowa,

    babowa babowa Oct 23, 2014 3:16 PM in response to anwendung
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    Oct 23, 2014 3:16 PM in response to anwendung

    If the machine came with Mavericks installed, then it was a machine specific version which will not allow you to save the installer - there is no installer window that pops up which you can quit and the installer is saved. It is a one step process: download > install. Aside from that, being a native install, you won't be able to use it on another machine (as far as I know).

  • by anwendung,

    anwendung anwendung Oct 23, 2014 3:29 PM in response to babowa
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    Oct 23, 2014 3:29 PM in response to babowa

    @babowa

    Thank you for your reply. I guess I will wait until Apple decides to do the right thing and make it available.

  • by babowa,

    babowa babowa Oct 23, 2014 3:34 PM in response to anwendung
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    Oct 23, 2014 3:34 PM in response to anwendung

    They may do that - they suddenly made a bootable Lion USB stick available for purchase which was handy for some people. So, file feedback and ask for Mavericks (as a download or bootable stick or whatever).....

     

    http://www.apple.com/feedback/macosx.html

  • by baltwo,

    baltwo baltwo Oct 23, 2014 3:54 PM in response to Ziatron
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    Oct 23, 2014 3:54 PM in response to Ziatron

    Ziatron wrote:

    I tried to find a way to give feedback to the Mac App Store. There doesn't seem to be a Mac app store feedback page.

    Use this for Mac OS X feedback and use this for MAS support/feedback.

     

    27" i7 iMac (Mid 2011) refurb, OS X Yo (10.10), Mavs, ML & SL, G4 450 MP w/10.5 & 9.2.2

  • by Ziatron,

    Ziatron Ziatron Oct 23, 2014 5:13 PM in response to baltwo
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    Oct 23, 2014 5:13 PM in response to baltwo

    Use this for Mac OS X feedback and use this for MAS support/feedback.

     

    THANKS !!

     

    I tried to use your link, but I received a notice, “Sorry, our servers are overloaded with customer requests for Mavericks on the MAS, please try back later.”

  • by baltwo,

    baltwo baltwo Oct 23, 2014 5:35 PM in response to Ziatron
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    Oct 23, 2014 5:35 PM in response to Ziatron

    That tells you everything, then.

  • by petitemarie,

    petitemarie petitemarie Oct 24, 2014 1:41 PM in response to Andrew Wolczyk
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    Oct 24, 2014 1:41 PM in response to Andrew Wolczyk

    Also desperate for Mavericks. Anybody have any further info?

  • by Steve M.,

    Steve M. Steve M. Oct 31, 2014 6:20 PM in response to Andrew Wolczyk
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    Oct 31, 2014 6:20 PM in response to Andrew Wolczyk

    "If" I am able to obtain a copy of the Mavericks installer and install Mavericks successfully on an iMac that has not yet been upgraded to Mavericks, will I then be able to update it to the highest level Mavericks reached before Yosemite came out?

  • by Lanny,

    Lanny Lanny Oct 31, 2014 6:36 PM in response to Ralph Landry1
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    Oct 31, 2014 6:36 PM in response to Ralph Landry1
    The word now is that you can download Mavericks from the App Store IF you had previously "purchased" and downloaded it.  Otherwise, for a new user you cannot get it.

    This is true as long as you're not trying to this from a Yosemite booted partition.

  • by Lanny,

    Lanny Lanny Oct 31, 2014 6:38 PM in response to Steve M.
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    Oct 31, 2014 6:38 PM in response to Steve M.
    .... will I then be able to update it to the highest level Mavericks reached before Yosemite came out?

    If you obtain an installer it will be for the latest version, no updates will be required.

  • by Steve M.,

    Steve M. Steve M. Oct 31, 2014 7:05 PM in response to Lanny
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    Oct 31, 2014 7:05 PM in response to Lanny

    Actually I just discovered that I had made a bootable Mavericks installer on a USB drive some time ago when I was upgrading a Macbook from Snow Leopard to Mavericks. So this installer will probably not have the latest version of Mavericks on it.

     

    Also can I use this USB installer to do an upgrade install of Mavericks over Snow Leopard and not a "clean install"?

     

    Thanks.

  • by Lanny,

    Lanny Lanny Oct 31, 2014 7:31 PM in response to Steve M.
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    Oct 31, 2014 7:31 PM in response to Steve M.
    So this installer will probably not have the latest version of Mavericks on it.

    If it's not, you can update it after it is installed.

     

    Also can I use this USB installer to do an upgrade install of Mavericks over Snow Leopard and not a "clean install"?

    Yes.

  • by baltwo,

    baltwo baltwo Oct 31, 2014 9:08 PM in response to Steve M.
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    Oct 31, 2014 9:08 PM in response to Steve M.

    Use this to update any Mavericks installation to the latest version: OS X Mavericks 10.9.5 Update (Combo)

  • by CARTOLFAMMACS,

    CARTOLFAMMACS CARTOLFAMMACS Nov 1, 2014 1:27 PM in response to Andrew Wolczyk
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    Nov 1, 2014 1:27 PM in response to Andrew Wolczyk

    YES!!!!! Left my daughter's new Retina 16GB for last and ran into 9.0.5 problem. The suggestion to go to a Maverick Mac did not work since the installer is nowhere in the finder to be downloaded to a USB, it dose not become an icon. It cannot be downloaded to an USB from the web either. SOLUTION: I'm an user of every Mac at home, as well as my Apple Dealer is so, he does not need to use my password when dealing with my Macs and he will readily identify any Mac owned by me if someone else stops there with it.  So, I logged into my user on my daughter's Mac and went with my mac username into APP Store and Purchases.  No problems at all, it downloaded the original MAX OS 9.0 and proceeded without a glitch. Then, 9.0.5 and the latest October's updates. About an hour. So, if you are not an user for those Macs still in 10.8, become one and use your Mac account.

     

    NO Yosemite until 10.10.2; its my 30 year user advise. Let others deal with the early bugs. Don't be a pioneer. Sorry for the sapphire glass but No iPhone 6 either until the second generation comes out of the production line. Remember iPhone 5c?

     

    Good luck.

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