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Re: Re-downloading Lion

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On 08-13-2012 02:22, David Empson wrote:
> Wes Groleau <Groleau+news@FreeShell.org> wrote:
>
>> I held Option and clicked Purchased in the app store, intending to get
>> the latest version of Lion.  Don't know whether this is a genuine error
>> or a case of "You can't have that; it's deprecated"
>
> I was able to download Lion (again) several days after the release of
> Mountain Lion, and Apple is still making App Store redemption codes for
> Lion and Lion Server available to developers via the Mac developer
> portal, therefore the App Store must still be able to deliver Lion.
>
>> When I click download on Lion, I get "error -13.  Please try again
>> later."  Several tries over about an hour; same thing every time.
>
> Probably a short term issue, or possibly a problem on the specific
> distributed server that App Store is using from your location.

Update: No complaints on a machine that had Lion already installed by 
the previous owner.  But still getting the same error on the two 
machines where I installed it.

>> Also, installing other things from the store is REALLY slow, on two
>> different Macs.
>
> That also sounds like a location-specific problem.

Or @#%^#$^& ComCast throttling my download.


-- 
Wes Groleau

   “Grant me the serenity to accept those I cannot change;
    the courage to change the one I can;
    and the wisdom to know it's me.”
                                — unknown

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Re-downloading Lion Wes Groleau <Groleau+news@FreeShell.org> - 2012-08-13 01:52 -0400
  Re: Re-downloading Lion dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) - 2012-08-13 18:22 +1200
    Re: Re-downloading Lion Wes Groleau <Groleau+news@FreeShell.org> - 2012-08-13 04:31 -0400
  Re: Re-downloading Lion Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2012-08-13 05:54 -0700
    Re: Re-downloading Lion dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) - 2012-08-14 02:30 +1200
      Re: Re-downloading Lion Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2012-08-13 12:27 -0700
      Re: Re-downloading Lion Wes Groleau <Groleau+news@FreeShell.org> - 2012-08-13 20:13 -0400

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