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is there anywhere that I can download this and make a bootable thumb drive installer

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Sossity

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I notice the app store only offers the latest OS for free download, which is now Yosemite, but I would like Mavericks as well, but I don't see it in the app store.

I noticed that I tried downloading the mavericks installer once before to my hard drive, but when I go to my applications list, and under the tab of size, there is just a white bar, like when something is being downloaded. All the other installers; Yosemite, and mountain lion appear normally, with their sizes listed.

Did something go wrong with the installer? that is why I am asking where I can download it to see if I can get a clean right download.

I also notice on the launchpad icon on my dock, there is a faint white bar across the lower half, like when there is a download, is this normal?
 
Yes, it is among my purchases, and it had a paused note on it, so I clicked on resume, signed in with my apple id, but got a message that it was temporarily unavailable and try again some other time.

So now my launchpad and in my apps this mavericks download is stuck with a grey progress bar semi permanently on my mac.
 
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Sossity said:
it was temporarily unavailable and try again some other time.
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This is what happens after a new OS release (Yosemite).

We have had the same problem when Mavericks was released : Mountain Lion was "temporarily unavailable", then a few weeks later it was available again.
 
Mavericks is still available in the mac dev center, but only to developers.
 
TIP!: copy the installers/updates to an external HDD/SSD

After having downloaded any release of OSX and/or combo updates copy the installers/updates to an external HDD/SSD in separate (clean) folders .

This way the Mac App Store will never overwrite the release in the folder "applications" with a newer one.

Always handy-candy when having the need to downgrade! :cool:

Cheers.
 
I tried looking at my app store purchases on my laptop running yosemite, and notice by the maveriks the button was to download, and not paused like on my desktop. I did not try to download yet, I have contacted apple support about this through my email, so I will se what they respond with.
 
If you go into your local Apple Store and ask nicely they can put the image Onto a thumb drive for you as they keep local copies.
 
BDM STUDIOS NL said:
After having downloaded any release of OSX and/or combo updates copy the installers/updates to an external HDD/SSD in separate (clean) folders .

This way the Mac App Store will never overwrite the release in the folder "applications" with a newer one.

Always handy-candy when having the need to downgrade! :cool:

Cheers.
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Further to this tip, DISCONNECT the hdd/ssd before downloading a new one. The mac app store detects old downloads wherever they may be on your system and may overwrite it - even if it is on an external hdd or ssd!

I go even further than that and burn them to bluray. Twice!

You may not have to go to that extreme. But I do it just in case I forget to disconnect.

I learned the hard way. I once downloaded one without disconnecting and it overwrote an old one on the external hdd. Luckily I was able to get it back from a time machine backup, but that won't always work.
 
tywebb13 said:
Further to this tip, DISCONNECT the hdd/ssd before downloading a new one. The mac app store detects old downloads wherever they may be on your system and may overwrite it - even if it is on an external hdd or ssd!

I go even further than that and burn them to bluray. Twice!

You may not have to go to that extreme. But I do it just in case I forget to disconnect.

I learned the hard way. I once downloaded one without disconnecting and it overwrote an old one on the external hdd. Luckily I was able to get it back from a time machine backup, but that won't always work.
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Oke, never heard of MAS searching so deep into your system, as for external devices too! Would MAS update all like says 1000 copys of an OSX release on a external HDD/SSD????

Thanks for the heads up!
 
No. It won't update all of them, but it may update 1 of them.

The expectation is that when you download a full installer it goes into your applications folder by default. But that is not necessarily so. It may replace one on your external drive with a newer one - without warning!

So best to disconnect it to thwart this.
 
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Sossity said:
… my applications list, and under the tab of size, there is just a white bar, like when something is being downloaded. …

I also notice on the launchpad icon on my dock, there is a faint white bar across the lower half, like when there is a download, is this normal?
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Sossity said:
Yes, it is among my purchases … got a message that it was temporarily unavailable and try again some other time. …
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With Finder: if you see a partly downloaded installer at
/Applications
then whilst it's paused in App Store, use Finder to trash the incomplete item.

Then restart OS X.

Then, do try again some other time.
 
tywebb13 said:
No. It won't update all of them, but it may update 1 of them.



The expectation is that when you download a full installer it goes into your applications folder by default. But that is not necessarily so. It may replace one on your external drive with a newer one - without warning!



So best to disconnect it to thwart this.
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Thanks for your insights! Cheers
 
If you ever find it, please let me know

I find myself in the same predicament. I wanted to create a USB Mavericks Boot Disk and have tried to find a full blown copy of 10.9.5 installer but cannot get it anywhere.
I have opened an AppleCare case and that went nowhere. So I called my local Apple Retail store and they would not accommodate my request either. They ended up referring me back to AppleCare.

While I understand the App Store not wanting to offer Mavericks any longer, there is no good reason why it cannot be made available to those that would like to have a copy of the installer so they can make external boot drives if they would wish to.
 
Butchie-T said:
I find myself in the same predicament. I wanted to create a USB Mavericks Boot Disk and have tried to find a full blown copy of 10.9.5 installer but cannot get it anywhere.
I have opened an AppleCare case and that went nowhere. So I called my local Apple Retail store and they would not accommodate my request either. They ended up referring me back to AppleCare.

While I understand the App Store not wanting to offer Mavericks any longer, there is no good reason why it cannot be made available to those that would like to have a copy of the installer so they can make external boot drives if they would wish to.
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What OSX release was originally installed on your Mac?
 
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