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Are older OSX 10.7 and older available to buy?

Is one able to get older OSX versions other than Catalina?

MacBook Pro 13″, OS X 10.11

Posted on Jul 4, 2020 12:05 AM

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Posted on Jul 4, 2020 1:18 AM

Mac OSX 10.7 Lion is available to buy from Apples Online Store as is Mac OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion.

These are $20, you will be given a download code via e-mail, and redeem the purchase through the App Store.


MacOS X Yosemite (10.10), Mac OS X El Capitan (10.11) and macOS Sierra (10.12) are available free

and download as Install ******* .dmg to your download folder. You then process the downloaded .dmg in

two stages (only achievable on macs that can run the downloaded OS you chose) to get the installer app

necessary to install the OS you chose.


macOS High Sierra, macOS Mojave and macOS Catalina are available for free, these download the

Install macOS ******.app directly to your Applications folder.


All the installers below are available for download.


Open the Safari app, Firefox does not work and click on each of these links

and go to Section 4 in each case.


How to upgrade to macOS Catalina – Apple Support

How to upgrade to macOS Mojave - Apple Support

How to upgrade to macOS High Sierra - Apple Support

How to upgrade to macOS Sierra - Apple Support

How to upgrade to OS X El Capitan – Apple Support

How to upgrade to OS X Yosemite – Apple Support


Mac OS X Mavericks (10.9) and Mac OS X Snow Leopard (10.6) and earlier mac OS's

are not available for download from Apple.


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Jul 4, 2020 1:18 AM in response to vtoyscape

Mac OSX 10.7 Lion is available to buy from Apples Online Store as is Mac OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion.

These are $20, you will be given a download code via e-mail, and redeem the purchase through the App Store.


MacOS X Yosemite (10.10), Mac OS X El Capitan (10.11) and macOS Sierra (10.12) are available free

and download as Install ******* .dmg to your download folder. You then process the downloaded .dmg in

two stages (only achievable on macs that can run the downloaded OS you chose) to get the installer app

necessary to install the OS you chose.


macOS High Sierra, macOS Mojave and macOS Catalina are available for free, these download the

Install macOS ******.app directly to your Applications folder.


All the installers below are available for download.


Open the Safari app, Firefox does not work and click on each of these links

and go to Section 4 in each case.


How to upgrade to macOS Catalina – Apple Support

How to upgrade to macOS Mojave - Apple Support

How to upgrade to macOS High Sierra - Apple Support

How to upgrade to macOS Sierra - Apple Support

How to upgrade to OS X El Capitan – Apple Support

How to upgrade to OS X Yosemite – Apple Support


Mac OS X Mavericks (10.9) and Mac OS X Snow Leopard (10.6) and earlier mac OS's

are not available for download from Apple.


Are older OSX 10.7 and older available to buy?

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