I erased my hard drive on my Mid 2010 (iMac11,3). Is there a link to download the macOS High Sierra 10.13.6 ? Not an upgrade, but rather the entire OS. Thanks
iMac 27″, macOS 10.12
Check here under #4.
Check here under #4.
Hi keg55, have you tried to download it? Download is not available for macOS High Sierra from App Store
Hi, I've tryed many times unsuccesfully. I've no Install macOS High Sierra.app in my mac... Can you give me a link to download your copy of Install macOS High Sierra.app please? It could be easy for me. Thanks in advance
Mike you are trying to download High Sierra to your MacBook Pro, did this MacBook Pro come preinstalled with Mojave or Catalina. The reason I ask is that any mac that came preinstalled with a newer OS than High Sierra will not be allowed to download High Sierra or any older OS. Apple does not take into consideration that you want to download the installer and then install it on another older compatible mac.
If that is not the case then I probably do the same a you.
I am doing this on a mac with macOS Mojave 10.14.6 installed.
(My mac is/ was capable of running High Sierra)
Open Safari and click on this link,
How to upgrade to macOS High Sierra - Apple Support
Go to Section 4 and click on Get macOS High Sierra
this will redirect you to the App Store High Sierra page
It should say 'Get' or 'Download'
When I click on Download the Software Updates window opens
and after a couple of minutes I see this,
Then I click on Download and see this,
"Downloading new updates..." is a bit misleading it is in fact downloading Install macOS High Sierra.app
to the Applications folder.
From your earlier screenshot of the Software Update panel you have checked the box Automatically keep my mac up to date.
I am not entirely sure it will make a difference but uncheck that box.
Restart your mac and try downloading High Sierra again.
mike! wrote:
Unfortunately, is not the same for me. I've Catalina on my MacBook Pro that I use for dowloading
You need to open this page in Safari. The download link will not work from Firefox.
I believe you need to be on a version of OS that is equal to or less than the OS you're trying to download which is why it worked for me and not you.
If you have another Mac that has High Sierra or less, you could try that one. Or you could reboot your iMac into Internet Recovery using Shift+Option+Command+R and install the OS that was shipped with your iMac to an external USB drive. Then boot to the external and download High Sierra.
When you go to the App Store High Sierra download page, it should say Get or Download.
If the App Store says ‘Open’ then it is detecting a previous download of the install app
go to the Applications folder locate Install macOS High Sierra.app.
Move it to the Trash, empty the Trash.
Restart, click on the link again, the App Store should say ‘Get' or 'Download'.
keg55 wrote:
I believe, as I mentioned previously, you're trying to downgrade your current OS instead of upgrading it.
Actually the user is trying to download the High Sierra installer which should work.
And FWIW…
"I believe you need to be on a version of OS that is equal to or less than the OS you're trying to download which is why it worked for me and not you."
Is incorrect. I can download it from Catalina.
Thank you all for your information.
I was able to download the macOS High Sierra 10.13.6 full installer version thanks to a mid 2012 macbook pro with macOS El Capitan installed.
All other attempts with the latest mac book pro and already installed versions of the operating system (Catalina or Mojave) have been unsuccessful.
Then I created an installer via usb stick, and tried to install the operating system on my iMac Mid 2010 (iMac11,3). Unfortunately, none of the various attempts were successful. At each attempt, this message appeared: cannot complete the installation due to a problem. Please restart and try again.
This is probably due to a problem on the internal hard drive, the original 1TB HDD. So I installed High Sierra 10.13.6 on an external hard drive (USB) to test my guess (HDD corrupt)... and I was able to reboot my iMac mid 2010 (with very long USB loading times).
I think it is therefore necessary to replace the internal HDD with a 128 or 256 GB SSD. Do you have any suggestions on which SSD to buy for my iMac mid 2010 and if I need to buy also an adapter for the new SSD as well?
Yes, I'm downloading it now. My current OS is High Sierra.
After it finished downloading
And the installer is still in my /Applications folder.
Unfortunately, is not the same for me. I've Catalina on my MacBook Pro that I use for dowloading
Ufortunately is the same with Safari. I think that It is not a problem of browser couse both of them open App Sore. Is App Store that tell me that the Sierra OSX is not available for me.
I believe, as I mentioned previously, you're trying to downgrade your current OS instead of upgrading it.
Are you logged in with your apple id on this Mac?
Hi,
Go for any really, and buy a power slitter to avoid mac moaning that you don't have a temperature sensor. You don't need one with SSD as they do not get hot. Watch some videos on yt.
macOS High Sierra 10.13.6 full installer
