Can someone give me a Mavericks download link?

[Pecka]

You can, as. long as you downloaded it in the past through Apple, have you?

No, I haven't

Mostly curious why the other old macOS versions have download links except Mavericks.

 

[startergo]

No, I haven't

Mostly curious why the other old macOS versions have download links except Mavericks.

You and me both.

 

[DeltaMac]

Even then, you would need to be booted to a macOS version that provides access to the older purchased installers. I think that was dropped by Sierra. Any newer system App Store does not show system installers under Purchased tab.

 

[daveyanthony]

No, I haven't

Mostly curious why the other old macOS versions have download links except Mavericks.

This is because any Mac that could run Mavericks, could also run Yosemite, to my understanding. So therefore they had no "need" to keep it up like the other versions, still it is odd that they excluded that one single version though.

 

[DeltaMac]

It's not really "excluded", however.
It still remains in my "purchased" tab on an older system App Store, because I purchased Mavericks when it was a current system.
That is still listed as available to me on an older system App Store, listed and available my own purchases, where I can download the full installer, if I wish. But, I have to be booted to an older system, El Capitan or older, I think.
But, yes, not available through the usual Apple sources, when there is no previous history of a purchase of Mavericks.

 

[sdfox7]

Not sure if this was ever resolved, but I just noticed Mavericks is available at The Internet Archive:

Mac OS X 10.9 Mavericks Installer​

 

[kt7a-raid]

If someone needs a working USB installer for Mavericks as of today do this:
* Download a copy of this ISO file.
* Download Balena Etcher.
* Burn the ISO image to an 8GB USB with Balena Etcher.
* Boot the USB by holding OPTION key at boot and select the installer in a Mavericks supported machine.
* Open terminal and issue this command:

date 0101010116

* Exit the terminal and proceed with the installation.
The same USB can be used for creating a virtual machine in Parallels as long as you change the date from terminal as described above. For some reason the original ISO file attached as a boot image to Parallels is not recognized and it boots to a forbidden sign screen.

Thanks @startergo , it works like a charm on my cMP5,1 - it is very convenient to dump/flash cMP bootrom - no need to enter Recovery 1st in order to disable SIP like on Mojave, and I installed two copies, one on USB thumb disk, another on a HDD;

 

[winxmac]

Does anyone know why Apple has a DMG link for 10.7, 10.8, 10.10, 10.11, 10.12 but skips 10.9?

Windows XP Service Pack 1 is no longer offered by Microsoft back then to Java virtual machine licensing issue or something like that... Does Apple have something in 10.9 that it does not have a DMG direct link for it?

 

[startergo]

Does anyone know why Apple has a DMG link for 10.7, 10.8, 10.10, 10.11, 10.12 but skips 10.9?

Windows XP Service Pack 1 is no longer offered by Microsoft back then to Java virtual machine licensing issue or something like that... Does Apple have something in 10.9 that it does not have a DMG direct link for it?

You can still download Mavericks from the Appstore (from within a 10.6 to 10.11 system) as long as you have "purchased" it before in the past. As far as why did they not release it as a DMG no one knows but Apple.

 

[f54da]

>As for why they did not release it as a DMG
We have a theory in https://forums.macrumors.com/thread...ntegrity.2427955/?post=33179754#post-33179754

Btw @startergo if you happen to have a copy of the installer downloaded from MAS, can you share the shasum of InstallESD.dmg as Faloude requested in that thread?

 

[daveyanthony]

Does anyone know why Apple has a DMG link for 10.7, 10.8, 10.10, 10.11, 10.12 but skips 10.9?

Windows XP Service Pack 1 is no longer offered by Microsoft back then to Java virtual machine licensing issue or something like that... Does Apple have something in 10.9 that it does not have a DMG direct link for it?

for some reason apple likes to treat it like a black sheep. the reason they say they don’t have a download is because they only provide versions of macos that were EOL for mac’s, and any mac that could run mavericks could also run yosemite or el capitan… so they see no reason in hosting it.

 

[startergo]

for some reason apple likes to treat it like a black sheep. the reason they say they don’t have a download is because they only provide versions of macos that were EOL for mac’s, and any mac that could run mavericks could also run yosemite or el capitan… so they see no reason in hosting it.

On the plus side for all these 3 Mavericks is the only one with unrestricted access to NVRAM. There is no SIP implemented in it.

 

[sdfox7]

>As for why they did not release it as a DMG
We have a theory in https://forums.macrumors.com/thread...ntegrity.2427955/?post=33179754#post-33179754

Btw @startergo if you happen to have a copy of the installer downloaded from MAS, can you share the shasum of InstallESD.dmg as Faloude requested in that thread?

I have it on my FTP...I believe it's the vanilla 10.9. OS X Base System.dmg

The 10.9.5 combo updater is here, it will update any version from 10.9 to 10.9.5: OSXUpdCombo10.9.5.dmg

 

[startergo]

I have it on my FTP...I believe it's the vanilla 10.9

Is this a modified Install OS X Mavericks.app?

 

[sdfox7]

Is this a modified Install OS X Mavericks.app?

I have not modified it but I know there's a way for smart people to verify integrity the "hash" or "sha".

 

[startergo]

BaseSystem.dmg is a hidden folder inside /Install OS X Mavericks.app/Contents/SharedSupport/InstallESD.dmg