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May 15, 2016 2:17 PM in response to chichirobadoby theratter,There is no Yosemite DVD. Yosemite is only available by download from the App Store. What version of OS X is currently installed on your computer? Why are trying to reinstall Yosemite? Are you trying to upgrade from an earlier version? Have you ever downloaded the Yosemite installer from the App Store in the past?
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May 15, 2016 5:54 PM in response to theratterby chichirobado,I burned one a while back as a backup in case I wanted to install Yosemite at some point. The app store no longer has it available for download or disc purchase (which I'd be happy to do). I'm currently running Mavericks 10.9.5. It doesn't show in my app store purchases. The disc loads but won't let me get to the .dmg file.
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May 15, 2016 6:06 PM in response to chichirobadoby theratter,You should have used a USB flash drive. How did you make this DVD?
You cannot get Yosemite unless you already downloaded it. In that case you can re-download it from the Purchases page in the App Store. Otherwise, you will have to download El Capitan. You may find that the best thing to do.
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May 15, 2016 6:53 PM in response to theratterby chichirobado,Just used the built in Finder app to burn the files from a flash drive that a friend had. It was when Yosemite was free but I didn't want to install it then and figured I could install it later or buy it from the app store if need be. I had some apps that wouldn't run with Yosemite at the time so that's why I didn't upgrade then. I guess it didn't occur to me that it would not be available for later purchase.
I wonder if I could copy the DVD files onto a flash drive and install from that? I can open the DVD and see all the files, packages, etc. So I think it's complete.
thanks.
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May 15, 2016 6:53 PM in response to chichirobadoby leroydouglas,chichirobado wrote:
I burned one a while back as a backup in case I wanted to install Yosemite at some point. The app store no longer has it available for download or disc purchase (which I'd be happy to do). I'm currently running Mavericks 10.9.5. It doesn't show in my app store purchases. The disc loads but won't let me get to the .dmg file.
It all depends how you created the DVD. It needs to be bootable.
If you restart holding the option key do you see the DVD in the startup manager. (inserted of course in the superdrive.)
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May 15, 2016 7:07 PM in response to leroydouglasby chichirobado,Yes. It's both on desktop and in Finder sidebar window with the hard drive.
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May 15, 2016 7:09 PM in response to chichirobadoby chichirobado,Error msg says "could not write installation information to disk" when I double click on disc that's on desktop.
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May 15, 2016 7:15 PM in response to chichirobadoby leroydouglas,chichirobado wrote:
Yes. It's both on desktop and in Finder sidebar window with the hard drive.
That has nothing to do with
"If you restart holding the option key, do you see the DVD in the startup manager. (inserted of course in the superdrive.) "
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May 15, 2016 8:23 PM in response to leroydouglasby chichirobado,Yes. I clicked on the DVD icon and it moved along for a while, then I saw a circle with a slash through it. Nothing happened after that for almost 15 minutes. So I just restarted the normal way then.
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May 15, 2016 8:36 PM in response to chichirobadoby leroydouglas,Sorry to say the DVD is not usable/bootable.
When you see a circle with a slash symbol instead of the Apple logo, it means your Mac couldn't find a valid System Folder to start up from.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-Y0fdej2bQ
Other possibilities :
Check your AppStore>Purchases to see if Yosemite is in your list to re-download.
Also check for hidden purchases not showing
Hide and unhide purchases in the Mac App Store - Apple Support
You could also try restarting in recovery and see what is available to you there.
Recovery http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4718
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May 15, 2016 8:46 PM in response to leroydouglasby chichirobado,Thank you for your help. I probably messed up something when I copied the files from the flash drive to the DVD. I no longer have the flash drive and Yosemite can't be downloaded or purchased from Apple anymore. I never downloaded it from the app store when it was available so it wont show up in my account. Which was probably dumb on my part. Maybe I can see if a friend can re-download it from their account and make me a flash drive.
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May 15, 2016 9:57 PM in response to chichirobadoby Lanny,The app store no longer has it available for download
It's still avaialble to those that previously downloaded it. It will be available by using the Purchases tab in the App Store app.
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May 16, 2016 12:48 AM in response to chichirobadoby chroot,If all you did was burn Installer OS X Yosemite.app to a DVD then it won't be bootable. In the future look over Create a bootable installer for OS X - Apple Support