downloading Aperture

<p>Greetings-<br>

<br />After 20+ years as a PC person I am finally going Mac after my Windows 8 machine crashed...again. Only 14 months old too. Lost files, software etc.<br>

<br />So I'm currently using a Macbook pro ca 2009 or so (OSX 10.6.8). I'm trying to download Aperture for purchase and it says "This link needs to be opened with the iPhoto App. <br>

So then iphoto opens and it asks "Do you want to subscribe to this feed?"<br>

Then it says something about item or feed unavailable.<br>

<br />Anyone ever see this before?<br>

Thanks-<br>

Jim</p>

<p>If yoiu have the microsoft security running yoiu shoud be well protectred.<br>

if someone in your familsy visitsa chancy sithes like my brother-in-lar danger is possible or likely<br>

the data on the drive may still be recoverable.<br>

if you are sure there ius no virus.<br>

attach the crashed drive to another system and copy the data files to another drive.<br>

it is quite often the ability to BOOT from the drive that is the problem not a drive that has failed mecanically.<br>

restore the operating system. and copy back the recovered data temporarily stored on other media.<br>

the programs cannot be resited, this all went away at the end of the DOS era.<br>

now programs are installed in several places as well as a registry entry and cannon simply be copied.</p>

<p>windows explorer is very hard for me to see.<br>

a good filme manager like ztree. can let you copy files IN PATH<br>

to other drives of sd cards. ( not cd/dvd)<br>

so when you have a working win 8 installed.<br>

you can restore data files</p>

<p>Ok so 'download for purchase' doesn't sound right to me - somehow you've got a weird link that is not what you think it is - you need to use the Mac App Store program on your computer - it's normally on the dock unless you have removed it. You then simply search for Aperture and click the BUY button beside it and it will download itself automatically.</p>

<p>Edit: I think your OS might be too old - you probably don't have access to the App Store, you are 3 major versions behind. If your computer is suitable I would look at upgrading to OSX 10.9, that may be the only way to get into the App Store. 10.9 is free but you need to check compatibility.<br>

Edit 2: Looks like Aperture needs OSX 10.9 as a minimum, sorry to give you bad news.</p>

<p>Apple, Aperture, App Store, and the functionality of downloading Aperture will like it better if you "upgrade" to Mavericks(10.9) which is free. <br>

Double check that it'll work with your Mac:<br>

Apple menu, About this Mac, More Info, System Report, Model Identifier= some number like "5.2"; This is the actual, exact model of Mac that you have. </p>

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<p>Here is the Apple support article listing which machines are compatible:</p>

<p>http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5842?viewlocale=en_US&locale=en_US</p>

<p>I would like to thank you all for your help. As it turns out, I needed to upgrade my OS</p>