My late 2009 imac wont allow me to reinstall osx 10.10 without apple id and a error message ""This item is temporarily unavailable. Please try again later". I have followed all the steps i have found online but nothing seems to work.
You are welcome. Your Mac is too old for Internet Recovery. A bootable USB would allow a reinstall, but since you have never downloaded Yosemite using your Apple ID, it isn't available to you.
If it is a late 2009 iMac, that computer can be upgraded to High Sierra. To make a bootable installer, you need access to another Mac where you can sign into the App Store to download the installer. I'll post links to El Capitan, Sierra, and High Sierra. The computer you download the installer on will affect which OS you can download.
You can make a bootable USB stick to install using this free program which will do all the work for you.
Bootable USB Flash Drive – Diskmaker X oruse Apple’s method Create a bootable installer for OS
You are welcome. Your Mac is too old for Internet Recovery. A bootable USB would allow a reinstall, but since you have never downloaded Yosemite using your Apple ID, it isn't available to you.
If it is a late 2009 iMac, that computer can be upgraded to High Sierra. To make a bootable installer, you need access to another Mac where you can sign into the App Store to download the installer. I'll post links to El Capitan, Sierra, and High Sierra. The computer you download the installer on will affect which OS you can download.
You can make a bootable USB stick to install using this free program which will do all the work for you.
Bootable USB Flash Drive – Diskmaker X oruse Apple’s method Create a bootable installer for OS
Have you ever downloaded Yosemite using your Apple ID? If not, you can't reinstall it.
Why are you trying to reinstall the OS?
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Thanks for the reply! I really appreciate it. I bought a used iMac on craigslist, the computer crashed one day and I erased the computer to factory settings. When I try to re install Yosemite 10.10 its won't let me without (I think) the previous owners Apple ID. I have never downloaded Yosemite 10.10 with my Apple ID. Would a bootable usb drive fix this problem?
Ive tried internet recovery but it doesn't seem to work or come up when I need it to. Thanks for the reply!
You can try internet recovery, but that well download the original os.
My late 2009 imac wont allow me to reinstall osx 10.10 without apple id and a error message ""This item is temporarily unavailable. Please try again later"
