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<blockquote data-quote="IWT" data-source="post: 1749540" data-attributes="member: 83420"><p>@waynehardy66</p><p></p><p>I'm tying to follow this - bear with me.</p><p></p><p>You have two Macs - let's call them Main and Old.</p><p></p><p>On your Main Mac, you have El Capitan, having previously bought Mavericks & Yosemite. </p><p></p><p>On your Old Mac, it is running Lion. I presume you are using this Mac, via the App Store, to try and download Mavericks or Yosemite (post #1).</p><p></p><p>As the maximum the Old Mac can legally run is Lion, all Operating Systems higher than this will not appear as options in your purchased list - Apple recognises the Mac, realises it's limit; little point in offering an OS that will not run on it - by Apple's rules.</p><p></p><p>There's the sticking point. And that's the explanation for it.</p><p></p><p>We have suggested Snow Leopard because it was far better than Lion. You talk about "workarounds". Apart from the risks involved, I believe that our Admins and Moderators would not permit discussions on how these might be undertaken.</p><p></p><p>Ian</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="IWT, post: 1749540, member: 83420"] @waynehardy66 I'm tying to follow this - bear with me. You have two Macs - let's call them Main and Old. On your Main Mac, you have El Capitan, having previously bought Mavericks & Yosemite. On your Old Mac, it is running Lion. I presume you are using this Mac, via the App Store, to try and download Mavericks or Yosemite (post #1). As the maximum the Old Mac can legally run is Lion, all Operating Systems higher than this will not appear as options in your purchased list - Apple recognises the Mac, realises it's limit; little point in offering an OS that will not run on it - by Apple's rules. There's the sticking point. And that's the explanation for it. We have suggested Snow Leopard because it was far better than Lion. You talk about "workarounds". Apart from the risks involved, I believe that our Admins and Moderators would not permit discussions on how these might be undertaken. Ian [/QUOTE]
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