Macbook Air bought in 2014 running Mavericks cannot update to Yosemite
Hello everyone.
First of all, my main question has already been mentioned in the title. I have a Macbook Air which I bought this year itself, somewhere in July. So it is not that old. It's been running Mavericks right out of the box.
Now to tell the error that I am getting.
...is what I get each time I click the "Free Upgrade" button in the app store. Please tell all the possible solutions to this problem, apart from an OS reinstall and taking it to a service center, because them both seem too obvious. And I will not try a force install of Yosemite, because there must be a reason as for why App Store is not allowing me to update.
Thanks in advance.
Have you tried to log out and log in to the store? (menu-->store-->Log out)
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