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MacBook Air 2008 not compatible with mavericks?

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akfsx

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I have a macbook air 2010 running OS X 10.6. 8 and when i open the mavericks installer it says "OS X Mavericks cannot be installed on this computer"
Any help please
thanks
 
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it won't let me try to download it, saying the same thing. And also my macbook air is a late 2008
 
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akfsx said:
it won't let me try to download it, saying the same thing. And also my macbook air is a late 2008
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Do you still have SL, Lion, or ML? If so do a clean install before updating to mavericks!

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akfsx said:
it won't let me try to download it, saying the same thing. And also my macbook air is a late 2008
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wait I am confused here! Is it a 2010 or 2008?
 
akfsx said:
it won't let me try to download it, saying the same thing. And also my macbook air is a late 2008
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It doesn't matter, as any MacBook Air from late 2008 on will support Mavericks. As already suggested, just download it directly from Apple.
 
how do i do a clean install.

I have a 2008, my mistake

i can't download from app store because i get the same error
 
I clean installed my computer and i still get the same error when trying to download it.

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But could i try making a boot drive for my mavericks installer and try to do sort of a clean install thing on my mac.

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Actually I just found out that my mac is a early 2008 and not a late 2008 so it is not compatible with mavericks.

I guess im stuck with getting lion.
 
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