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So, thanks to this awesome site, I got my computer up and going with OS X 10.8.4. I was playing around with it and happened upon the update part of the app store. It had a set of update for my version and an upgrade to a higher one. I first tried the updates. It tried to install but it eventually died saying that none of the updates could be installed because some unexpected error. It then hung on restart. I restarted the thing but now my version information is showing 10.8.5 and Safari seems to behave a little different. Why won't normal updates install? If they do install but give a bad error, why do the updates still show in the app store? Next, I tried the upgrade to 10.9.x (Mavericks, I believe). I downloaded the file and now have "Install OS X Mavericks.app" in my applications and I tried to install it. It does it's thing and restarts … back to the old one (I dunno, some kitty cat name). The version string is still 10.8.5. I was wondering if updates and upgrades don't work on Hackintosh? Will I have to lose all my data to upgrade to 10.9.x? If so, can I use the app I have already downloaded to upgrade or do I need to find a different source for Mavericks? I tried searching for a guide online but they are all dealing with a fresh install. I can do that, but I thought I'd ask here first.