Michael Peterson1 wrote:
OK I understand I want the installer not the update. But I see no place to ask to download installer versus update. Thus update automatically starts. Can you please be more specific. Thanks for the help.
Michael
The Install {release}.app stuff is the installer is everything you need to create a bootable installer. The sequences differ by release, and the most recent sequence works with OS X 10.9 Mavericks, OS X 10.10 Yosemite and OS X 10.11 El Capitan, with or without OS X Server Server.app installed.
As for obtaining the installer.... > Mac App Store. Depending on the particular version of the OS X operating system you're looking for, either look under purchases (for releases you've already acquired) or look for the New and Notable for the current operating system if you've not already acquired that.
In short, find the installer for operating system that you're looking for, then download it.
If you're looking for a previous version of the operating system and you don't already have it in your purchases, you'll have to acquire a redemption code, if those are still available.
If you don't get a "download" button offered for an operating system you've already purchased, then there is very likely a copy of the installer somewhere on your disk — usually in the Applications directory, but folks can and do move the installer around — and you'll either need to use that, or (since it's probably stale, and could well have one of the older Apple certificates embedded) delete that copy and download a fresh copy of the installer from Apple for that release.