Hi, When I was downloading the Catalina os upgrading file, I lost the internet connection and download has been terminated in half way. Now the issue is, I want to find the particular file and wanna delete it. Because, it has consumed my hard drive space around 5 GB. Hence, Kindly assist.......
Mojave and before— partial downloads can be found:
From Finder>Go >Go To Folder copy and paste:
/Library/Updates
in /Library/Updates folder, the download usually begins with a 3 digit number you can move it to the Trash/Empty the Trash and try again.
please note; in macOS Catalina you no longer have r/w access to the Macintosh HD volume
About the read-only system volume in macOS Catalina
Hi, Sadly there is no files as Install Mac OS Catalina and all downloads only pointed to download folder.
Catalina Upgrade file capacity was 8 GB, but it got cancelled nearly around 5 GB. It took my hard drive space. but , Since I couldn't find that file and delete it. Any other possibilities to find that partially downloaded file?
Hi, Thanks for the reply. I am unable to delete the file. (Please refer the below screen shot.)
Look in your Downloads folder or in Applications folder.
If you're not too low on disk space, try downloading it again and see what it says. If the file is on your Mac then in the AppStore it should say "Open" instead of "Download".
Unfortunately, it's not available in download folder or application either. As its a OS upgrade file its hidden somewhere....
It would be saved as "Install Mac OS Catalina". You can do a search for it. Do you have your Downloads pointed to a different folder, like Desktop or somewhere else?
Will See... Anyhow thanks for your kind time. I appreciate....
You're welcome, let us know.
Nice, I'd forgotten about that folder!
Removing the partially downloaded update file
