How can I upgrade from Snow Leopard to Mavericks?

The thing is, some of my software doesn't yet work in Yosemite, and doesn't in Snow Leopard. I'm on an iMac (≈2010). I haven't downloaded Mavericks on anything else, so I don't have it in the app store, but I got a Macbook which came with Mavericks. Is it possible to do this?

No. Apple has removed Mavericks from downloading since the release of Yosemite.

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