Command-R or ⌘-R brings us to where we reinstall Mac OS X. That 'recovery' download fails every time. Forgive me if I am wrong, but doesn't removing Mavericks make every Mac on the market redundant? All desktops ship with redundant Recovery. Question: Q: where can I download OS X Mavericks 10.9 Update More Less. Apple Footer.

I'm afraid Mavericks is no longer available. If your Mac is capable of handling Sierra you can upgrade to that for free. If it isn't, but is capable of handling El Capitan you can upgrade to that using this special link: Note that if your Mac is capable of handling Sierra this link is not available to you. I'm afraid Mavericks is no longer available.

If your Mac is capable of handling Sierra you can upgrade to that for free. If it isn't, but is capable of handling El Capitan you can upgrade to that using this special link: Note that if your Mac is capable of handling Sierra this link is not available to you. Here's my situation: I have a 2010 Mac Pro 5,5, running Mountain Lion (and Sierra on a separate drive). I use this machine for Pro Tools v.10.3.10.

I also use DropBox to send music to clients and collaborators (mostly the latter these days. Now, Pro Tools 10 cannot run on anything past Mavericks with any certainty (actually, it's a disaster), although it worlks well with Mavericks. On the other hand, DropBox has decided to drop support for Mac OS Mountain Lion or below. This will happen very soon. Without paying for a full upgrade to PT 12 I thought my best bet would be to go to the one OS version both companies could agree on, Mavericks, only to find that option barred to me. I talked to a manager at a local Apple store and after consulting with his techs he told me that they could do the update if I brought in my Mac Pro.

That is definitely not the best solution -- I live miles away from the closest store and since the computer is the heart of my audio studio I would need to have at least one day off to tear it down, take it in, then add it back into the system. I know I am not the only person in this situation; is there any way that Apple could reintroduce the Mavericks update? Was the OS really so bad that Apple doesn't want anyone to use it ever again? Thanks, - Colin. Colin Mansfield wrote: Here's my situation: I have a 2010 Mac Pro 5,5, running Mountain Lion (and Sierra on a separate drive).

Personal finance software for mac. I use this machine for Pro Tools v.10.3.10. I also use DropBox to send music to clients and collaborators (mostly the latter these days. Now, Pro Tools 10 cannot run on anything past Mavericks with any certainty (actually, it's a disaster), although it worlks well with Mavericks. On the other hand, DropBox has decided to drop support for Mac OS Mountain Lion or below. This will happen very soon.

Without paying for a full upgrade to PT 12 I thought my best bet would be to go to the one OS version both companies could agree on, Mavericks, only to find that option barred to me. I talked to a manager at a local Apple store and after consulting with his techs he told me that they could do the update if I brought in my Mac Pro. That is definitely not the best solution -- I live miles away from the closest store and since the computer is the heart of my audio studio I would need to have at least one day off to tear it down, take it in, then add it back into the system. I know I am not the only person in this situation; is there any way that Apple could reintroduce the Mavericks update? Was the OS really so bad that Apple doesn't want anyone to use it ever again? Thanks, - Colin This is a user-to-user technical support forum.

We do not have any control over Apple policies. Can you call the Apple store back and ask if they could do the install to an external disk, where you ONLY bring the disk with you. Then you can boot from the external disk when you get home. You can also use SuperDuper, Carbon Copy Cloner or Disk Utility -> Restore to transfer the contents of the bootable external disk to any other bootable partition you want.

If you have another Mac that is old enough to run Mavericks, take that Mac with you. Again, it might be best to use an external disk as the Mavericks destination.

But because 'Stuff Happens', make sure any Mac you take with you is backed up. Thanks a lot for the helpful reply. (I had forgotten this was user user; your reply to the OP left me the impression you had something to do with Apple. Sorry.) I did go to the Apple Store, with a flash drive in hand, but was told they needed the computer to do the install. They would not upgrade to an external disk, either.