I am trying to upgrade to Mavericks from 10.6.8 on iMac, but the download is stuck on "waiting"

How fast is your download speed? If it's less than 10Mbps, it's going to take hours.
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Below are my hardware specs. Does anyone have an answer to this?
Hardware Overview:
Model Name:          Mac Pro
Model Identifier:          MacPro4,1
Processor Name:          Quad-Core Intel Xeon
Processor Speed:          2.93 GHz
Number of Processors:          2
Total Number of Cores:          8
L2 Cache (per Core):          256 KB
L3 Cache (per Processor):          8 MB
Memory:          9 GB
Processor Interconnect Speed:          6.4 GT/s

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Either try to force quit Safari (press Command + Option + Escape keys and then choose force quit in the pop up window), or, you can also shut down the computer. Then boot up and open the app store application to download Mavericks - you don't need Safari for it.

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Model Name:          iMac
Model Identifier:          iMac6,1
Processor Name:          Intel Core 2 Duo
Processor Speed:          2.16 GHz
Number Of Processors:          1
Total Number Of Cores:          2
L2 Cache:          4 MB
Memory:          3 GB
Bus Speed:          667 MHz
Boot ROM Version:          IM61.0093.B07
SMC Version (system):          1.10f2

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If you don't have a backup of your hard drive you will lose your data at some time. There are only two types of hard drives: those that have crashed and those that will. All it takes is a power surge or other type of interruption to damage the drive or corrupt the data.
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