[OS X TeX] OS 10.6.8 and app store

[Herbert Schulz]

> On Dec 15, 2014, at 7:30 PM, Themis Matsoukas <tmatsoukas at icloud.com> wrote:
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> Didn't realize you beat me to the same suggestion...
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> Themis
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> Sent from my iPad
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> On Dec 15, 2014, at 5:17 PM, John Coxon <john at johncoxon.co.uk> wrote:
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>> It's free, so my recommendation would be to have a Mac using friend follow the instructions at http://www.macworld.com/article/2367748/how-to-make-a-bootable-os-x-10-10-yosemite-install-drive.html and then mail you the resulting USB drive. I'm not sure what's causing your problem but this might be the least anxiety-inducing way to fix it, even if it doesn't really get to the root of the problem.
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>> Cheers,
>> 
>> John
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>> —
>> Sent from Mailbox
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>> On Mon, Dec 15, 2014 at 7:38 PM, Arthur Snoke <snoke at vt.edu> wrote:
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>> This is in the spirit of a thread about a month ago about using TeX on different OS. 
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>> I have two macs running OS 10.6.8. I decided to upgrade my IMac to Yosemite. This has to be done through the app store. I find that I cannot get any response when I hit "Get" or, on the Updates page, Free Upgrade. Both Macs have the same resjponse, not just for Yosemite but for using "Get" on any app. Last Spring I succeeded in updating a program I had bought in 2012 through app store. 
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>> Is it just my machines, or has app store been changed so it no longer supports 10.6.8? If you have that OS, let me know if app store still works for you. An easy test is to try to download a game like Solitaire. When I tried that, "Get" changed to "Install", but clicking that had no effect. 
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>> I call Apple support and confirmed that my two machines are physically capable of being upgraded. Maybe app store changed when they put out Yosemite. 
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>> I would appreciate any suggestions or feedback. 

Howdy,

Don't know if this can be done but how about updating to 10.7 or 10.8 via the App Store (is that even still available?) and then to 10.10.1 (or wait for 10.10.2)?

Good Luck,

Herb Schulz
(herbs at wideopenwest dot com)