Is it better (faster) to download Mavericks via WiFi or Cable?

I want to download the Mavericks update. I currently have Snow Leopard. Is it faster to do it via WiFi or Cable? I first tried WiFi but it seemed to take forever, so I cancelled and want to find out which is better.

Thanks, that's what I what I was looking for! I'll download it later tonight by cable.

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Hello all
Finally bit the bullet and bought myself a Macbook Pro brand new from Apple to go with all the other Apple gadgetry which I have accumulated.
I've had it for 1 day and am stumped already!
My old lappy (PC) download speed via wifi was bloody quick and downloads took no time at all. I connected my new macbook to my existing wifi network no problems, good strong signal....and that's where the issues started.
I conducted a software update and found that I needed a newer version of itunes....136mb (approx), there was me thinking this should be no prob for a brand new machine....clicked install....9 hours estimated time....then rising to 13hours!! Needless to say I couldn't believe it and cancelled it after 45 minutes of little to non existent progress.
All my other devices using wifi, iphones, pad and old PC still download super quick via wifi so I know that it's no issue with my network. I've connected my device to my router using ethernet and it's working equally as fast as wifi with my other devices.
Any suggestions would be grately appreciated before I pull my hair out.
Cheers

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My IPAD2 failed to download ios 8 via wifi and itunes

I tried to download IOS 8 via wifi and I got an error message that the download failed. I tried to download via ITunes and got the error message network failure. I did this numerous times both ways. My Iphone 5S downloaded fine via wifi.

I have similar problem on an iPad. I have FIOS with 83 meg download speeds. According to apple my download will take 32 hours. They are having a problem and are not addressing it. This is the third day I have been getting this problem. How do we get apple to tell us what is going on. I am willing to cooperate but need to know what to do.

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Sir,
Since I downloaded the latest version 5 to my I-Phone and I-pad the quality of the photo's that I download from my computer is poor and grainty, prior to that it was perfect, I downloaded these via a USB cable and not via Clouds: is there a problem with version 5 or am I doing something wrong ??
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I downloaded maverick and now mac mail says that I am sending or receiving many more emails than I really am. I have checked with people who are receiving my emails and they all claim there is no problem with virus, etc. Why is this doing this? any one else have this problem?

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HOW can I FIX Mavericks and Safari 7.0 to allow Gmail to work? Gmail has been FUBAR'd since downloading Mavericks today. Finally found the brute-force logout site to just getr logged out; can't keep doing that. Other features no longer work, either.

Made big mistake of downloading Mavericks today.
Been struggling with all the FUBARd messes it caused, ALL DAY.
Google basic buttons don't work--can't log out or other basic functions.
Website use is impaired.
It took almost 3 hours to do a basic online order on one of them--at this rate, I'll be out of business soon, and it's seriously impairing Christmas preparations!
Google Voice/Video are screwed up, had to RE-download their voice/video plugin all over again--again.
Voice/video quality is REALLY poor.
Lag times in so many things are bad.
Thought this would download WITH the better writing/bookkeeping programs--NOT!
Mac Maps is piddle compaired with GoogleMaps.
The Email program on the desktop is REALLY hard to use, has few useful functions. It's MAYbe good if one only has ONE email; using it with severeal various email accounts is a serious liability in many ways--like filing, sorting, marking, etc.; no clear way to move email files to an external drive to save, to unload the HD.
HOW can Safari and Mavericks be fixed?
IF not, HOW can I REMOVE Mavericks and get back to Mountain Lion--which was not too great, but certainly more functional than Mavericks!
I NEED my web-based emails to work--NOW...NOT when Mac finally gets around to fixing things sometime later.
I NEED online ordering to work--NOW--not later when Mac finally gets around to fixing things.
PLEASE someone--any help out there? I couldn't even find but a rare hint that Safari 7.0 even exists--much less that anyone admits it's got problems, nor fixes for it.
What to do? Throw the whole unit out? Wipe and reboot? Dumb it back to OS 10? HOW? WHAT?
[freaking out here...]

Zak Adelman, LexSchellings,
It's a shiney new computer. Came loaded with Mountain Lion.
Too busy learning to use the blessed thing, to download anything....except...
The only pluggin that had to be loaded, was Google Voice-Video pluggin, while Lion was still it's OS. [AND been using the Safari that came already in it.]   Had to do that a couple times--nothing new there--that plug-in had to be re-loaded when using a PC, too--THAT happened even before Google slammed everyone into coerced use of it's Google+.
    [I understood from others, that Firefox won't work in Mac units--or I woulda put that in it to see if that solved anything]
This unit seemed a bit sluggish from the git-go, out-of-the-box.
I figured that was probly the local DSL here---rural DSL is...um...our DSL's not something to brag about, but it's the best we can do...
The difference between speed of loading pages, etc. on the new Mac, was --not-- toooo terribly different--though yes, slower on Mac....and chalked it up to my inexperience with Mac.
Been trying to get things up and running for a bit over a month now.
NOT doing very well at it--just barely getting by; rapidly falling behind what needs done [work].
Google worked just --OK-- when OS was Lion, as did the Google voice/video--slower, and voice-video was kinda scratchy or glitchy, but worked enough to --get by--.
Loading Mavericks, ruined that.
VOIP calls via Google talk have bad echio, static, cut-outs; video calling was pixilated or not working; WAS cued to re-load it's Voice-Video plug-in....which seemed to help a bit, though not very well; it only helped the Voice-Video some, not all--figured that was probably Google issues, less than Mac's, since Google has been increasingly dysfunctional as they have twisted it to be a social media-dominant thing.
[[now seeking an email venue that does what Gmail was good at, including the Voice-video calling, that has no intention of turning itself inside out to be "social"]]
Can't sign out of Gmail or Google+, nor use buttons in upper right corner with the drop-down menu.
NO buttons in upper right corner cluster on Gmail work, except the name+ button to toggle over to Google+---which I don't need! [yeah--THAT's a Google problem!]
Can only switch to HTML version by catching that button as the account signs in--if one fails to be fast enough with their fingers, it goes to Google+; can't get to email unless type in mail.google.com.
Managed to catch that button today, and clicked to use HTML "permanently" until these issues get solved.
ALSO:
Have fairly new [about 1 year?] HP bluetooth printer-scanner.
BUT, after Mavericks loaded: it HAS the unit listed, HAS drivers for it, HP unit IS listed as default printer, everything --seems-- "go",
.....except Mac keeps posting it's out of ink, and/or, not hooked up, and/or not turned on--even when it is on.
It's SUPPOSED to be blue-toothing that printer/scanner.
It did it for Lion, before loading Mavericks, even though it was troublesome to get it to work, it at least HAD printed one document when Lion was the OS.
Thank you...Downloaded EtreCheck:
BTW: Trying to copy/paste data from that check list, to this post, was achaic:
had to use Edit, select all, then use edit again to get it pasted--the mouse buttons weren't allowed to copy-paste using right-click functions [is this a relic limited-function "thing" with Mac?, or is it because I wanted to keep using this new wirless, non-Mac mouse?].
Advice?
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Download Mavericks on one Mac and install on another

Just a couple of questions here. From what I read you can do this. My internet is much faster than my sons. So I downloaded Mavericks on my Mac and then went to his house and installed it on his Mac. Clean Install because he has been having some issues with an older iMac. Followed directions on how to do this and installed on a USB flash drive. No problems it all worked.
My question now is how does his Mac recognize Mavericks? It does not show up in his purchases in the App Store. He may need to re-download or who knows what sometime in the future. An how about Updates? All his other purchases such as iPhoto show up fine.

My question now is how does his Mac recognize Mavericks? It does not show up in his purchases in the App Store. He may need to re-download or who knows what sometime in the future. An how about Updates? All his other purchases such as iPhoto show up fine.
No need to re-download. It's not in his Purchases as it was installed via USB.
But, no need to have it show there, he'll get future Update's through ->SoftwareUpdates (you can set notification settings in ->System Preferences->App Store)
And for others reading this post: Creating a bootable OS X installer in OS X Mavericks

I am using OS X 10.8.5 but I'm having a hard time downloading Mavericks. It keeps on showing that there is an error downloading. Can someone can help me?

I am using OS X 10.8.5 but I'm having a hard time downloading Mavericks.
It keeps on showing that there is an error downloading.
Can someone can help me?

Some have managed to resolve the problem by cancelling the download, logging out of their App Store account and then logging back in again and starting over. The same approach also sometimes works for a stalled download:
http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2013/10/mavericks-issues-and-fixes/#slideid-23477 1
Also, if you are connected via wifi, try connecting via ethernet cable if you are able to. It's a 5.3gb download and it seems the more reliable the connection is, the better.

Getting errors just trying to download Mavericks wondering if I really should do it

I'm reading of others having problems w Mavericks, although some say its fine.
The reason that is pushing me is that I updated my iPad Mini to ios 7 & now when I try to open a Numbers file on it, it tells me if I open it, I will no longer be able to sync until I upgrade to Mavericks. Not happy about that w no warning & not expecting an OS upgrade to change apps. I was certainly not expecting to lose the ability to sync iWorks files between my iPad Mini & MacBookPro just because I upgraded to ios 7.
But I decided today to take the time to actually go ahead. I really need to use that file & want to keep it synced between ipad & Mac. Data entry is easier on the Mac, but I'm not using it as much these days since I can do much of my everyday things, email, web browsing & iMessaging on it, as well as taking notes in Pages.
I'm also wondering about upgrading from Mountain Lion to Mavericks. I've spent hours preparing my Mac. 1st checking to make sure Paralells 8 would work, then updating it to latest version & then updating Windows & its virus definitions.
Then I had read some reports of people having trouble w mail, so decided to delete quite a lot of mail (still have a lot but I guess I deleted over 10k messages.
I also updated Mountain Lion. & also removed some things from the desktop.
Then I closed out of everything & shut down for a few min. Then rebooted.
All this to give the optimal environment for downloading & installing what I realize is a large file.
This is bringing back memories of when I upgraded to Mountain Lion on my mid 2010 MacBookPro (replaced in May after spilling water all over it). I purched it to download at Apple store. It went all the way through w me at the projects table. It seemed like it was done but was stuck. But the Apple person kept saying to wait. Finally he asked the Geniuses who said to shut down & start over. That time it did work.
Opened App store & selected Mavericks Free Update. Got an error message. It said there was an error & to try from Purchased. Tried there & got errors after just a few seconds 2-3 times before it finally started downloading. It got up to near 500 mb & then came the error message again.
I did not have anything else open as I went right to start downloading.
So, w reading about the problems others are having & these problems just downloading I'm having major 2nd thoughts so think I may not go ahead, especially as the evening is moving on & I guess even if it downloads smoothly it was showing expected download time (when it was doing the 1st part) of around 40-45 min w my fairly fast internet download of 25.89 (just now tested using SpeedTest. Of course don't know exactly what it was when I was trying to download a few min ago, but that's about what it usually is).
So w this much trouble just trying to download. How do I know whether it will work ok after downloaded or have problems like others are reporting?
I have plenty of HD space--401.58 GB storage available. 4 GB memory
I'm using wifi, w my MacBookPro right next to the Arris Telephony modem from Comcast & the wifi router.
Mid 2012 MacBookPro.

Update
OK, Today I went ahead & booted & tried again & it worked this time.
Not sure why it didn't yesterday. Maybe the servers were just overloaded? Several others reported similar.
Also yesterday when I ran Speedtest it showd download at about 25 mbps, This morning just before I re-started the download it was showing just above 30 mbps. So maybe the internet was less busy? Or at least the parts between me & the test server.
& so far it is working ok.

Having downloaded Mavericks to my IMac I now find Time Machine couldn't back up to the Time Machine HDD. I am using a WD 1TB independent Hard drive

Having downloaded Mavericks to my IMac two weeks ago, I now find Time Machine couldn't back up to the Time Machine HDD. I am using a WD 1TB External Hard drive. I understand that a number of people have lost data since installing Mavericks on their Western Digital external drives. Has anyone any futher info. Or is there a better way of backing up my computer. Thanks. Lee

Check the More Like This section at the right particularly i upgraded my imac hard drive to a 2tb drive. how do i use time machine to get my computer back to normal?

I just downloaded Maverick on my Macbook Pro from 2011. When I try to open iPhoto, it says that I have an old version that doesn't work with Maverick. None of the solutions stated on this forum work for me, because there are no options displayed.

After downloading Maverick on the MacBook Pro that I bought in 2011, I am unable to open iPhoto. The message says "You can't use this version of the application "iPhoto" with this version of OS X. You have "iPhoto" 9.2.3" What??? That is ridiculous. Why doesn't Maverick download everything? I've tried the "fixes" I found on this forum, but none of them work for me, because there is no workaround via the library. I can't access the library.

I have an old iPhoto version and it still works with Mavericks, the version before yours, that is puzzling.

Weird behavior in app store downloading mavericks

I've got a Macbook Pro and I'm trying to download Mavericks without much success.
Looking at the Launchpad, the Mavericks app logo appears but the progress bar at the bottom of the screen doesn't advance.
But what's really strange is that when I look at Purchases in the App Store, a horizontal bar for OS X Mavericks keeps blinking. It appears and disappears about every 3 seconds. The behavior keeps repeating.
While this is going on, the icon for Mavericks shows "downloading/" But it doesn't seem to be receiving any data.
I'm on a fast wired connection and the computer is plugged in.
Anyone else see this behavior? Any solutions?
Thanks!

me too Northstar but on OS 10.7

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