OSX Mavericks won't download

WHY DO I GET AN ERROR EVERY SINGLE TIME I TRY TO DOWNLOAD THIS.

Which model MacBook Pro do you have (e.g., "15-inch Late 2013")? Can you post the error message that you're getting from the Mac App Store?
Clinton

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I have a clean install of Mavericks on my macbook pro 17" and have two drives in. One is hdd (in place of superdrive) and the other is ssd where OSX is installed.
I have uset the following:
If you right-click on the User in the Users & Groups system preferences, choose "Advanced Options..."
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I managed to boot after dozen tries and restored the location of the home folder to where it was at the first place.
The thing is, on my second drive I have the whole user folder with data, settings and everything else in it and would really like to use it in the Mavericks.
I guess I could just copy it over the one in the Mavericks and it should be good?
Not sure, why this is the issue now since on previous OSX releases this home folder changing thing worked without problems :/
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HT201364 Mavericks won't download even after upgrading to Snow Leopard.

I just upgraded to Snow Leopard on a Mac OS 10.6.8 and still Mavericks won't download.

Memory -  menu About This Mac will show you the memory.
Space remaining - make your hard drive visible in Finder's sidebar using Finder/Preferences/General if it is not already there and then select it. Do a Get Info (command - I) and the available space will be shown.
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Hi All!
I have two Macs, one Mac mini which is up to date running OSX Mavericks, great.
The other is a Mac Pro, running OSX Snow Leopard which I'd like to upgrade to Mavericks, ultimately.
The Mac Pro is an 8 core, Intel Xeon processor with 24GB of ram so it meets spec requirements as far as I can make out when I checked with Apple.
Both these Mac's are authorised to the same Apple ID (mine) and they both download updates to software from the app store. They are the only 2 of 5 Mac's I have authorised to my Apple ID. Maybe it's worth mentioning that they are in two seperate locations, Mac Mini at home, Mac Pro at the office.
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Checked to see how much space is available ??
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System Preferences > Users & Groups > Password
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Click your Apple menu  top left in your screen. From the drop down menu click About This Mac > More Info > Storage

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