Why we can download MacOS X 10.7, 10.8, but not 10.9?

Hello, so there is a small problem, I really need the .dmg file of OS X 10.9 (Mavericks) that is because in Catalina (10.15) My Mac turns on very slowly (takes like 2 to 5 minutes to boot, instead of 1, or 30 seconds) and I really like skeumorphism, and that's also the last OS X version with skeuomorphism. I do not care about that is doesn't have support anymore, I just use my Mac for basics (iWork, Internet stuff, and VirtualBox). I only have installed the basics, just Keynote, Pages, Numbers, iMovie, WhatsApp, VirtualBox, and nothing else. So again, why we can only download the .dmg's of Lion, Mountain Lion, Yosemite, etc... but not Mavericks? Mavericks is my only option, it is one of the latest versions with skeuomorphism (cuz it's beautiful), and is runs very well on my computer. Here are the specs of my MacBook:

(by the way, if anyone has a Mac disk image of Mavericks, please post it on this forum so it's downloadable for me)

MacBook Pro 13″, macOS 10.15

Posted on Apr 13, 2023 11:15 AM

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Apr 13, 2023 12:14 PM in response to Limnos

Yeah, I totally agree with you, but it's kind of weird that apple won't put links for old versions of OS X except Mavericks. well, then I'll maybe install Yosemite, it's maybe compatible and it will run faster, I wish that apple provided a download link for Mavericks, it's skeuomorphism was beautiful back then :(

Apr 13, 2023 11:20 AM in response to oli201

I don't know why they don't let you download it. However, Apple's general philosophy is you should be running the newest software you can (and ideally whatever the current version is). I will invite you to do the legwork if you wish but it is possible that anything that can run Mavericks can also run Yosemite, and since that is newer there is a perceived notion that Mavericks has no purpose.


Since Apple does not provide a download link, I do not think they would be happy if we posted one.

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Why we can download MacOS X 10.7, 10.8, but not 10.9?

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