Versions in Mavericks
Hello Guys,
is Versions avaliable in Mavericks or it was removed?
Thanks,
Serge
It's still there, just not in the title bar anymore. This is the File menu in Preview...
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I have a Macbook Air with Mountain Lion..I upgraded to the latest version called mavericks ox now it crashes a lot...when I use the shift and Caps keys especially. I now have version 10.9. how can I get mountain lion back and get rid of this update?
all of my software was current before i upgraded to maverick....i don't know why this is going on...any help?
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Which method to reinstall a clean version of Mavericks?
I'm getting thoroughly confused as to the method(s) afforded to me to reinstall Mavericks cleanly. My machine came pre-loaded with 10.9.0. Since buying a new customised iMac four weeks ago I've been struggling not only with a blurry display but also with myriad bugs. I've been so busy with all of that that I've not had time yet to acquire and install my own additional apps. I've tried one Mavericks update, from the Apps Store, bringing it to 10.9.2 but it made zilch difference to any of my problems.
Using the Web to bone up on how to download a fresh copy of Mavericks and then to put it on to a bootable USB drive has revealed that there are several methods for doing this. However, each involves multiple procedures and if you don't do them just right you risk ending up with a dead machine. But amongst the many articles I looked at was this:
http://www.macworld.com/article/2056561/how-to-make-a-bootable-mavericks-install -drive.html
in which Dan Frakes states in a section called 'A note on installer compatibility' that owners of Macs that came with Mavericks pre-installed aren't allowed to download a new copy of Mavericks with which to do as they wish. Instead, only an 'Internet Recovery' install is permitted.
Then, on these forums I've seen reference to this, which seems to suggest that a copy of Mavericks, other than the one being used, is stored on the Mac and simply needs to be envoked:
http://support.apple.com/kb/ph14243?viewlocale=en_US
Errh, or does it?
Going back to the macworld article, is Frakes's contention true? Could I only envoke an Internet Recovery (and that only), where presumably all control will taken away from me and a download-and-install done all in one operation? (There might be issues in my case, as my internal HD's partitioned).
I've of course been doing Time Machine backups along the way but TM backups will only deal with the system disk's contents as delivered initially, including any bugs or damaged files that might have been there at that time. Only a clean install of some kind, from a newly-acquired copy of the Mavericks file, will be the sensible thing to do, therefore, if I want to try the fix the current problems with my Mac.
But then there's the Apple Support note about using Recovery for reinstalling the OS. What makes this different to an Internet Recovery? In this case, is Recovery done from a good copy of Mavericks stored on the Mac (seems very unlikely), or is this in fact the same as Dan Frakes's Internet Recovery, except that the Apple Support note doesn't go on to say that the Internet will be automatically accessed?
Has anyone using these forums been in this situation yet and discovered the ins and outs of trying to download and install a clean version of Mavericks, when the current OS on their Mac is already Mavericks?
Going to the Apps Store (at which I've registered) and looking up the description of the Mavericks Installer file there, a small button on the webpage indicates that it's free and, certainly in my case, there's no wording there to indicate that I'll not be permitted to download it. But perhaps that won't happen until I actually try to do it?!Kappy,
Sorry I've not responded for a few days. I've been busy with important issues outside of computing.
I've read your response many times over and although I still find it confusing, it appears that at long last you're beginning to agree with me - that machines that already have a copy of Mavericks pre-loaded are a special case, in that with them you can't just go to the OSX Mavericks Installer at the Apple Store and download the file there, with a view to performing a reinstall of it and/or to make a bootable copy of it, and then expect it to work. Instead, the only options available are to use what's called 'OSX Recovery', or 'Internet Recovery', two mechanisms that are especially built into the Mavericks Mac itself. Now, I might still have got this wrong but I think that the former will restore a copy version of Mavericks on the machine as loaded by the factory (not from Time Machine), whereas the latter will specifically download a new copy of Mavericks from a dedicated Apple server (not the same file as found at the Apps Store). Either mechanism will require the Internet to be accessed.
From all of the research on this that I've done by looking through other postings in these and other forums, there's widespread misunderstanding of this, in my opinion. From what I've read, I think the majority who've written about it have got it wrong and only one or two have realised that, for current post-Mavericks machines, what you're actually permitted to download is quite limited and specific. Indeed it's very easy to get this so wrong that if you attempt it without truly understanding it you can easily end up with a dead machine and no copy at all of Mavericks! Both OSX Recovery and Internet Recovery require the system disk to be erased before the replacement copy of Mavericks is added to it, but if something goes wrong with the download, for example, or you find you're not permitted to download the file anyway (because you've requested the wrong Mavericks file), you've basically had it!
Why on earth Apple has devised such a complex mechanism in the first place is quite beyond me. I can only presume that, because hard install media (CDs, DVDs) has now been consigned to the past, Apple's become paranoid about the possibility of people downloading copies of the OS to put on their own media and it then possibly getting illegally distributed. But Mavericks is hardly likely to work on a non-genuine Apple machine anyway, and Mac-ers are allowed to now update from earlier versions of the OS for free, so where's the problem? I just cannot fathom why Apple doesn't simply provide a ready-made USB memory stick with a copy of the OS on it when someone buys a Mac. There are surely ways of locking the stick both to keep it safe from erasure or corruption and to associate it, by way of serial.no., with only a specific machine?
Anyway, back to the problem in hand. My understanding - and I'll be the first to hold up my hands and admit that I'm a complete idiot if I'm wrong - is that post-Mavericks machines (such as mine) incorporate a normally-hidden zone on the system drive (or system partition) that holds: a presumed good copy of Mavericks, a Disk Utility, a minimal form of the Safari browser, and the Restore mechanism for Time Machine. If, therefore, you wish to reinstall the OS from this copy, then you would envoke specifically OSX Recovery. You'd type Cmd + R during a restart. You'd need to assume that the copy of the OS (not the copy you've been using) is therefore good and totally uncorrupted (which it might not be!), but at least this recovery method should be relatively fast. My guess is that the Internet access requirement for this is purely for authorisation purposes (reading the machine's serial no. and doing a quick check on the hardware) and nothing else.
Incidentally, for both recovery methods, Apple strongly advises that you ensure that your router is configured to DHCP. Look very carefully in:
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht4718
I assume this is because of the simplified nature of the Internet access by the minimal browser contained in the Recovery zone and also the presumed minimal status of the Network software on the machine. This unfortunately will mean a separate and very awkward additional task for those of us who are not using DHCP. And then a repeat of that later on, to put the router back to its normally-required state. Jeez, all this palaver just to try to end up with a decent copy of the OS on the machine!
My understanding is that OSX Recovery renders you effectively an on-machine backup copy of Mavericks but with all your files and settings remaining intact. (At one stage I had a suspicion that the backup copy was a download from an Apple server, but now I'm not so sure and instead I think it's from a copy of the OS kept in the Recovery zone on the HD from Day One). Bear in mind that if the Recovery zone, or specifically OSX Recovery, has become corrupted or there are bad files amongst the copy OS, all you'll end up doing is putting another corrupted version of Mavericks back. There's really no substitute, in my view, for a proper clean install, and so for this you need to envoke Internet Recovery instead, the alternative mechanism.
Internet Recovery follows a similar procedure, except that you use Cmd + Option + R during the first restart. You follow the instructions through, and before Recovery attempts to connect the machine with the Apple server you're required to wipe the entire system drive. Unfortunately if you've partitioned your system disk, then this will cause a problem, possibly causing the procedure to freeze (see the above kb article). So you've no real option but to save any precious files in them and to delete those partitions beforehand, reconstructing them later on, when hopefully the full Internet Recovery will have succeeded. After the server performs a couple of checks on your machine the 'guaranteed clean' version of Mavericks is then downloaded, straight into the system drive, along with a copy of the Recovery zone. My assumption is therefore that the Internet Recovery download will be at least 13GB, if not more. OSX Recovery, by comparison, should be in the region of 6GB. Anyone on a slow Internet connection will therefore experience some very frustrating hours, if not days, waiting for the Internet Recovery download to complete. Even after that there'll be many minutes before the whole process ends and the machine finally boots back up into the Welcome screen.
Incidentally, Apple seem to say that the version you're given in the download is the version found already on the machine. So, if you've originally had 10.9.0 and you've in the interim updated to 10.9.2, does the server give you 10.9.0 again, or 10.9.2? I guess it doesn't matter too much, as you're probably going to want to download the updates and any missing iLife apps again anyway - but it'd be nice to know early on. Another ambiguity, in my view.
Looking back at your last statement in your posting of 25th March, Kappy, what you've written there is of course true - you're not permitted to download the Mavericks Installer file from the Apps Store, and that any other non-legitimate copy elsewhere on the hard drive will ultimately fail - but with an important caveat: Yes, you're not permitted to download Mavericks from the Apps Store in that instance, but you are still permitted to get a different and bigger file (the 'full' file which includes all of Recovery) from a different Apple server elsewhere. And that's Internet Recovery.
Now, do tell me, have I understood this properly? If you reckon you're truly up to speed on this and you think I'm still wrong over one or two things, do point them out.
Actually, when I performed my recent update to 10.9.2 the screen went blank halfway through the download and remained so for some time. (The download took over 30 mins). It did nonetheless appear to complete. However, my working copy of Mavericks now seems even more buggy than the version supplied on the machine originally. So, this is why I'm seriously contemplating a full clean install now (Internet Recovery). At the time of the update, my router was configured to be using fixed addressing, not DHCP, so possibly that caused a big hiccup in the download. Somehow, I can't believe that that would be a requirement for everyday updating of the OS and apps, though. That'd be ridiculous. -
Can I upgrade my version of Mavericks without being forced into Yosemite
Can I upgrade my version of Mavericks without being forced into Yosemite ?
Apparently, Yosemite breaks iMovie HD (a.k.a. iMovie 06). I am considering a new Macintosh with 10.9.1 I would like to go to 10.9.5.
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Is there a method to sync Safari bookmarks from my Mac to my iPhone WITHOUT using iCloud?
I am running the latest versions of Mavericks, iTunes and iOS.Hi Mary ..
Afraid not but if you decide to use iCloud and you're iPhone is running iOS 8, (according to your profile), hold off until you can upgrade your Mac to Yosemite.
Please read > http://www.macrumors.com/2014/09/29/reset-all-settings-icloud-drive-bug/
Apple - iCloud - Learn how to set up iCloud on all your devices. -
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Check out something like this, I have a couple and they have great. Get the amount of storage that you will need.
http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/firewire/1394/USB/EliteAL/eSATA_FW800_FW400_USB -
new version of skype needs Mavericks... but won't run on my macbook...
Tried installeing skype version 2.8 but then it makes me install new version of skype again...
and I'm stuck...
any help will be very appreciated!!2hi nbinc,
thanks so much for replying..
i tried what you said.
and I get this reply: can't sign in. wrong password...
tried getting new password but doesn't work either.
below the original info.plist in text.
I had a doubt with one of the string I had to change...
<string>Skype version 2.8.0.866 (18210), Copyright © 2004-2010 Skype Technologies S.A.</string>
tried replacing the number only and then the whole string for what you told me: <string>6.3.0.602</string>
but neither worked...
I hope you can still help me out...
thanks!
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
<key>CFBundleDevelopmentRegion</key>
<string>English</string>
<key>CFBundleDocumentTypes</key>
<array>
<dict>
<key>CFBundleTypeExtensions</key>
<array>
<string>SkypeEmoticonset</string>
</array>
<key>CFBundleTypeIconFile</key>
<string>emoticonset.icns</string>
<key>CFBundleTypeName</key>
<string>Skype Emoticon Set</string>
<key>CFBundleTypeOSTypes</key>
<array>
<string>SKYP</string>
</array>
<key>CFBundleTypeRole</key>
<string>Viewer</string>
</dict>
<dict>
<key>CFBundleTypeExtensions</key>
<array>
<string>SkypeChatStyle</string>
</array>
<key>CFBundleTypeIconFile</key>
<string>skypestyle.icns</string>
<key>CFBundleTypeName</key>
<string>Skype Chat Style</string>
<key>CFBundleTypeOSTypes</key>
<array>
<string>SKYP</string>
</array>
<key>CFBundleTypeRole</key>
<string>Viewer</string>
</dict>
</array>
<key>CFBundleExecutable</key>
<string>Skype</string>
<key>CFBundleGetInfoString</key>
<string>Skype version 2.8.0.866 (18210), Copyright © 2004-2010 Skype Technologies S.A.</string>
<key>CFBundleIconFile</key>
<string>SkypeBlue</string>
<key>CFBundleIdentifier</key>
<string>com.skype.skype</string>
<key>CFBundleInfoDictionaryVersion</key>
<string>6.0</string>
<key>CFBundlePackageType</key>
<string>APPL</string>
<key>CFBundleShortVersionString</key>
<string>2.8.0.866</string>
<key>CFBundleSignature</key>
<string>SKYP</string>
<key>CFBundleURLTypes</key>
<array>
<dict>
<key>CFBundleTypeRole</key>
<string>Viewer</string>
<key>CFBundleURLIconFile</key>
<string>SkypeBlue</string>
<key>CFBundleURLName</key>
<string>SKCalltoURL</string>
<key>CFBundleURLSchemes</key>
<array>
<string>callto</string>
<string>skype</string>
</array>
</dict>
</array>
<key>CFBundleVersion</key>
<string>2.8.0.866</string>
<key>NSAppleScriptEnabled</key>
<string>YES</string>
<key>NSMainNibFile</key>
<string>MainMenu</string>
<key>NSPrincipalClass</key>
<string>SkypeApplication</string>
<key>NSServices</key>
<array>
<dict>
<key>NSMenuItem</key>
<dict>
<key>default</key>
<string>Skype/Call</string>
</dict>
<key>NSMessage</key>
<string>callService</string>
<key>NSPortName</key>
<string>Skype</string>
<key>NSSendTypes</key>
<array>
<string>NSStringPboardType</string>
</array>
</dict>
<dict>
<key>NSMenuItem</key>
<dict>
<key>default</key>
<string>Skype/Send Message</string>
</dict>
<key>NSMessage</key>
<string>chatService</string>
<key>NSPortName</key>
<string>Skype</string>
<key>NSSendTypes</key>
<array>
<string>NSStringPboardType</string>
</array>
</dict>
<dict>
<key>NSMenuItem</key>
<dict>
<key>default</key>
<string>Skype/Send SMS</string>
</dict>
<key>NSMessage</key>
<string>smsService</string>
<key>NSPortName</key>
<string>Skype</string>
<key>NSSendTypes</key>
<array>
<string>NSStringPboardType</string>
</array>
</dict>
<dict>
<key>NSMenuItem</key>
<dict>
<key>default</key>
<string>Skype/Add Contact</string>
</dict>
<key>NSMessage</key>
<string>addContactService</string>
<key>NSPortName</key>
<string>Skype</string>
<key>NSSendTypes</key>
<array>
<string>NSStringPboardType</string>
</array>
</dict>
</array>
<key>SKAppName</key>
<string>Skype</string>
<key>SecTaskAccess</key>
<string>allowed</string>
</dict>
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Since I have downloaded the free version Maverick OS X, HD version, from the App Store, I haven`t got anymore a clear screen whenever I open a page. Scratches and stripes appear and this is especially annoying when I wanna have a look on my downloaded photos from my iPhone 5 S. Does anybody know a solution ? Maybe somebody is struggling with the same problem.
I'm not sure what you mean by HD Version. There is only one Mavericks and I find nothing about HD.
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Can i have on my imac two version? Mavericks and OS X Tiger?
Hi, i need help because i know i can have an version mac and windows but i want two versions of os x. Right now i've the mavericks but i want too os x tiger can i install this two versions?
If someone can answer me fast i thanked.
Sorry my english but i hope you can understandWhy do you want to run Tiger?
There is a German blogger that published details on how he was able to get Tiger to run in VMWare Fusion. I obtained a copy of the trial version of the then latest version of Fusion, but I could not get Tiger to install into it, so I contacted him. He told me that he was successful with installing Tiger into VMWare Fusion v2 and he thought he then upgraded Fusion to v4.
I was successfully able to recreate his success in installing Tiger (Intel) into a copy of VMWare Fusion 2 that I purchased on eBay, but never able to then update that to VMWare Fusion 4.
I abandoned the project at that point, as my need to run Tiger evaporated. The latest version of OS X that supports VMWare Fusion 2 is Snow Leopard.
Some time later I noticed that the German blogger "locked" his blog with password protection which makes it difficult to communicate with him.
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Which 'version' of Mavericks do you have? 13A603 here...
Becasue I had the Developers GM installed, I didn't think that I would need to download Mavericks again. But I did, just for fun. It was then that I found that the Dev GM had a different versoin number than the 'release' version. I forgot to check the version that I was running, but I went ahead and 'updated' my machine with the 'newer' version of the installation app.
Now my version number is "13A603"... is that what everyone else is reading?
ClintonThanks! I thought that I was doing the 'right thing'!
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How do I get the full blown version of Mavericks download?
Some of my best software has been made obsolete and I need to make a partitioned drive with Yosemite on one partition and Mavericks on the other. I can't find the full blown version anywhere. The downloads I have got require the version before...no good for me...I need the complete version of 10.9 so that I can then update to 10.9.5...from what I understand. Please help. Where can I find this software...I have exhausted my searches with no results. Anyone know a source? PLEASE? Thank YOU!
Assuming you originally got Mavericks through your App Store account, open that and click on the Purchases tab. Mavericks will be listed there. Click the Download button. You will get the full 10.9.5 installer.
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I'm using OS X 10.9 Mavericks on my MacBookPro with Contacts version 8.0.
I've just dragged an older version of "Contacts" (7.1) out of "Time Machine" to get some old 'phone numbers.
The 29.5 MB "Contacts" file is now sitting on the desktop (late modified June 18 this year) - but I can't access it.
When I click OPEN, the following message appears:
"You can't use this version of the application 'Contacts' with this version of OS X. You have "Contacts" 7.1".
I really need to get some old numbers I no longer have from the "old" version (heck, it's only 5 months old!).
Advice desperately needed - thanks...I'm using OS X 10.9 Mavericks on my MacBookPro with Contacts version 8.0.
I've just dragged an older version of "Contacts" (7.1) out of "Time Machine" to get some old 'phone numbers.
The 29.5 MB "Contacts" file is now sitting on the desktop (late modified June 18 this year) - but I can't access it.
When I click OPEN, the following message appears:
"You can't use this version of the application 'Contacts' with this version of OS X. You have "Contacts" 7.1".
I really need to get some old numbers I no longer have from the "old" version (heck, it's only 5 months old!).
Advice desperately needed - thanks... -
Anyone using Extensis Portfolio v8.5.8 standalone (desktop) version with Mavericks?
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Dipshika wrote:
I have the same problems How did you get rid of all the skype files?
Here is what I did to delete the files...
1. Go to the start menu if Windows 7 or below. If Windows 8, go to Search by moving your mouse to the top right hand corner of the screen.
2. Type %appdata%
3. Once #2 is typed, you should be in the file called "Roaming". When you are there, find your Skype file and delete it.
Hope this helped!
Also, if anyone could solve my first post, that would be great. Thank you! -
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http://help.apple.com/imovie/mac/10.0/#mov159eff157 -
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Unless the bank can PROVE that the unauthorized withdrawals were initiated FROM that Mac... They're blowing smoke up your backside.
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