Good Morning Guys,
I know you guys at apple always do you best to satisfiy your coustomers. I bought my a Mac Book Pro in June 2014, I never got a reinstall DVD of OS X Mavericks. I know you guys move away from reinstall DVDs, but I would really appriciate if I you guys can provide me with a reinstall DVD of OS X Mavericks. I look forward to continue do business with this amazing company in the future.
Regards
MacBook Pro, OS X Mavericks (10.9)
Apple has discontinued offering any software delivery on any media (DVD or flash drive) years ago.
Machines made in the last few years don't even have a DVD drive.
I understand that, but as my Mac Book Pro has a DVD drive I would like to get a copy just for convenience for being able to reinstall easier. I find the download period take too long. Can you please facilitate my request.
Regards
Apple doesn't ship any software on a DVD.
Open the App Store and login to your account. Under the list or your purchases, Mavericks will be in the list with a button at the right for Download. Click that to initiate the download.
When the download is complete and it wants to start installing Mavericks, just let the initial screen hang and go back to the desktop. Copy the full Mavericks installer somewhere else. Then go back to the installer and quit. The only reason to do this is sometimes quitting will cause the installer to be deleted when it shouldn't, then you have to download it all over again. If it doesn't get deleted, then just remove one or the other yourself.
Mavericks is too big to fit on a single later, 4.7 GB DVD. You'd have to have a dual layer disk, and I've never tried that. Besides, it's truly snail slow to boot to a DVD for installing. You'd be much better off buying an 8 GB flash drive and making your own bootable, full installer. That can either be done using DiskMaker X, or following any of the various instructions on this page. It says for Yosemite, but all of the same instructions should work for Mavericks. I've always used DiskMaker X. It works, it's automated, and it's simple.
I concur with you Kurt and no issue burning to a DL DVD. I have done that several times.
How can I do this can you send me the steps please. I would really appriciate it.
OS X Mavericks
