Downloading MacOS 10.14 Mojave -- links do not appear to work / download can not be found-- at least not on my computer

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Downloading MacOS 10.14 Mojave -- links do not appear to work / download can not be found-- at least not on my computer

I have tried multiple links and suggestions and am not able to find macos Mojave in the app store or else where. Specifically, none of the following work:

The link from the page at: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT210190 has the following on it:

If you still need macOS Mojave, use this App Store link: Get macOS Mojave.

And the link behind the blue highlighted text is: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/macos-mojave/id1398502828?ls=1&mt=12 -- this does not work (and I've tried on 2 different computers)

Also this link: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/macos-mojave/id1398502828?ls=1&mt=12 does nothing on my computer. Does this work for anyone else here? I am running the latest Mojave myself and want to install it on an external drive which will then become an internal drive on a 2012 MacBook Pro.

Thank you,

Robert

MacBook Pro 13", OS X 10.11

Posted on Dec 29, 2019 8:34 PM

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OttoRapp Author

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Dec 31, 2019 1:32 AM in response to OttoRapp

Thank you all for your help--because it worked for all of you--I thought further...

I find out what the problem was--it was my Cricket Wireless Service ISP--somehow they apparently were blocking the links from going through (I could have downloaded Catalina which shows up in a serach in the app store). Because I live in an area in rural New York where we receive a cell signal but no land services (such as DSL or cable) I have been pleased with using the internet through my phones hotspot--for the amount that I use it, it has proven to be very economical. I only occasionally need to download a large file (like Mojave) and often can arrange to do it elsewhere (like at some friends' work locations).

I figured this out by going to the local library and to MacDonald's, using their wifi, and successfully seeing these links connect through. I sat in MacDonald's about a half hour while the download completed and my problem was solved. "I'm lovin' it!"

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Tesserax

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Dec 29, 2019 9:05 PM in response to OttoRapp

If you still need macOS Mojave, use this App Store link: Get macOS Mojave.

And the link behind the blue highlighted text is: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/macos-mojave/id1398502828?ls=1&mt=12 -- this does not work (and I've tried on 2 different computers)

FWIW. I just tried these links on my 2017 MacBook, running macOS Catalina, and both worked for me.

What exact error messages are you getting when you try these links?

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HWTech

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Dec 30, 2019 5:43 PM in response to Eremeya

Eremeya wrote:

Try this link instead: https://apps.apple.com/cn/app/macos-mojave/id1398502828?ls=1&mt=12

this link is for the China store but it will open in the App Store app and download fine.

The only concern I would have is whether this version has been modified for Chinese use where certain features may be slightly different or even removed to appease the Chinese government.

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OttoRapp Author

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Dec 30, 2019 9:07 AM in response to Tesserax

When I click all 3 links they just open a tab in Safari and it appears to load a page and then nothing happens--just a blank safari page. In Chrome I get a message that says "page cannot be accessed"

Do you actually see the Mojave download page in the App Store? This is the best I get when I search the App Store for it:

Just 4 items--none of them are Mojave...

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Eremeya

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Jan 1, 2020 1:46 AM in response to HWTech

I don't really have a concern about Mac OS being modified in that way (the only modifications I know about is the OS displaying specific emojis based on where the device is or where it was originaly sold).

After looking around some more it would seem that the links will or will not open based on IP address. I am currently in China so the link I gave above works just fine but if I try any other link they won't open until I use a vpn at which point the link related to the App Store in the country where the vpn server is hosted will open and the China link won't open.

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