V5 uses Mist for downloads, so Monterey minimum OS.ĭosdude's patchers require you obtain your installer separately, except for Catalina, which it can download itself once downloaded, it offers to either Install to this machine, make a bootable installer, or save an ISO image. I'm in the process of testing these - reports as they happen Mist from ninxsoft which can download & build official installers.ĭosdude1 Patchers - a suite of apps ostensibly for installing macOS on unsupported hardware, but each of which includes direct download of the relevant OS, & separate download of the firmware update necessary for APFS. They are of no use if you only have an early Mac to work from. All of these only work for High Sierra & newer. There are several ways to deal with this - all freeware, but with different approaches. The App Store will not let you download an OS that is either too old or too new for the Mac you are downloading to - which is an annoying hurdle. As all Macs since approximately 2011 can use Internet Recovery to at least get a workable OS on the Mac, this might often be the best initial approach, from which you can investigate further once you have a basic working Mac.Ī lot of the info below depends on the age of the Mac you're trying to get an OS onto, whether it currently has a working OS, and the age of any other Mac you can use to attempt this.Īccessing an OS your current Mac cannot itself run…. One thing that still applies throughout: you really need a Mac to get macOS easily.
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Apple Knowledge Base - How to download macOS So, before working right down this answer, check here as a first step. In the past couple of years - since this answer was first devised - Apple now have an official list of available installers making them much easier to find than before. Every year/release this answer on installing previous versions of macOS will need updating.
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