I'd like to upgrade from 10.8.5 to 10.9.5. I'm not at all interested in Yosemite at this time. Mavericks doesn't seem to be available at the App Store. Where can I find it? Thanks much.
MacBook Pro (15-inch Mid 2010), OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.5)
There is no way of upgrading to Mavericks other than the current version which is Yosemite. Apple has pulled out Mavericks from the Mac Apple Store. Sorry about that.
There is no way of upgrading to Mavericks other than the current version which is Yosemite. Apple has pulled out Mavericks from the Mac Apple Store. Sorry about that.
Hello samridh
Thanks much for your reply. I was afraid that Apple had done that, but reluctant to believe it. Actually, I gather that Mavericks is still available at the App Store, but only to people who have previously downloaded it. So, possibly a work around would be to ask a friend who had done this to sign into the App Store with their account, using my computer, and then download it. I don't know if that would work. I'd hoped there would be a simpler method. Maybe not. Thanks again, Robert
Yah that would be the only current way to get the official version from apple.
Yes that will definitely work. If incase you choose to do it that way, you can go to the purchases tab and then you can download it from there. However, make sure you back up your stuff. Good luck! 🙂
If you do that, the download won't be associated with your Apple ID and you may not get security updates or be able to download Mavericks updates.
Hello Eric
Thanks much for your warning. Can you think of any way to cope with this issue, or any better way to initially access Mavericks? I have found on the internet that I can download the update from 10.9.0 to 10.9.5, via cnet at this location: http://download.cnet.com/Apple-Mac-OS-X-Mavericks/3000-18513_4-76018588.html and I now have that installer on my computer, awaiting my getting access to a 10.9.0 installer. However, I don't assume that 10.9.5 installation includes every further minor update. Any way to deal with that? Or, can anyone think of any better way to approach the whole issue? Thanks, Robert
Eric Root wrote:
If you do that, the download won't be associated with your Apple ID and you may not get security updates or be able to download Mavericks updates.
AFAIK, one can always copy the app to another machine, CTRL-click on it, select show Package contents, and remove the receipt from the _MASReceipt folder. That should disassociate it from any AppleID and allow using your AppleID to get updates.
Where can I download Mac OS X Mavericks?
