Where can I get a complete Sequoia 15.4 installer?

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Ian R. Brown Author

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Where can I get a complete Sequoia 15.4 installer?

Software Update only provides a small installer to update to 15.4 and the AppStore still has only the 15.3.2.

Where can I download the full Sequoia 15.4 installer?

Mac mini, macOS 15.3

Posted on Apr 1, 2025 11:59 AM

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Answer 1

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dialabrain

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Apr 1, 2025 12:09 PM in response to Ian R. Brown

You can see if running…

softwareupdate --fetch-full-installer --full-installer-version 15.4

in the Terminal works.

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Owl-53

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Apr 1, 2025 12:57 PM in response to Ian R. Brown

The update, not the full version, of 15.4 was about 6.17 GB on 1 M4 and 1 M3 that I updated

You may consider the suggestion from @dailabrain for the Full Version

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Owl-53

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Apr 1, 2025 1:37 PM in response to Ian R. Brown

From M2 machine and just finished the last machine for an update

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Ian R. Brown Author

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Apr 2, 2025 12:43 AM in response to dialabrain

It said "Scanning" but after a minute nothing had happened.

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Ian R. Brown Author

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Apr 2, 2025 12:47 AM in response to Owl-53

I know the size of the update.

I want the full installer as I need to add Sequoia to several machines and archive the installer for future use without the need for several time-consuming downloads of a 12GB file.

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Owl-53

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Apr 2, 2025 12:57 AM in response to Ian R. Brown

What are your results ?

Does it find 15.4 ?

softwareupdate --list-full-installers

Finding available software

Software Update found the following full installers:

* Title: macOS Sequoia, Version: 15.4, Size: 15243957KiB, Build: 24E248

* Title: macOS Sequoia, Version: 15.3.2, Size: 14890483KiB, Build: 24D8

* Title: macOS Sequoia, Version: 15.3.1, Size: 14891477KiB, Build: 24D70

* Title: macOS Sequoia, Version: 15.3, Size: 14889290KiB, Build: 24D60

* Title: macOS Sequoia, Version: 15.2, Size: 14921025KiB, Build: 24C101

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Ian R. Brown Author

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Apr 2, 2025 2:22 AM in response to Owl-53

Nothing.

After a minute I gave up. Should I have waited longer?

How long?

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dialabrain

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Apr 2, 2025 2:23 AM in response to Ian R. Brown

FWIW, you have to be on a Mac that can install Sequoia.

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Owl-53

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Apr 2, 2025 2:30 AM in response to Ian R. Brown

In my case it found 15.4 and others within about 3 to 3.5 seconds

Just re=tested before this reply

Running over a Fibre Optic connection with 500 / 500 speeds

Perhaps if you what to Test this again

The Old Safe Boot thing and run the command again ?

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Ian R. Brown Author

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Apr 2, 2025 2:41 AM in response to Owl-53

This is what I have got after 15 minutes. I have not told it to install anything?

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dialabrain

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Apr 2, 2025 2:43 AM in response to Ian R. Brown

Installing in this case means downloading. The installer will be in the Applications folder.

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Ian R. Brown Author

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Apr 2, 2025 2:49 AM in response to dialabrain

Thanks. It's not in the Applications folder yet. I assume it will only appear when it is completely downloaded?

I see that PRP used a different command to reveal the installers.

As you can guess my knowledge of Terminal is little better than zero.

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Owl-53

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Apr 2, 2025 2:51 AM in response to Ian R. Brown

74.0% of 100% should good

Just another 26 % to go 👍

As previously mentioned the Full Version should appear in Applications folder

" Install Sequoia app " and yes it will not automatically launch

Happy updating the Fleet of machines

An aside, sometimes I do exactly has you are doing for Multi M Class computers, but not this time

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dialabrain

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Apr 2, 2025 2:52 AM in response to Ian R. Brown

Ian R. Brown wrote:

Thanks. It's not in the Applications folder yet. I assume it will only appear when it is completely downloaded?

Correct.

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Owl-53

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Apr 2, 2025 3:02 AM in response to Ian R. Brown

Ian R. Brown wrote:

Thanks. It's not in the Applications folder yet. I assume it will only appear when it is completely downloaded?

I see that PRP used a different command to reveal the installers.

As you can guess my knowledge of Terminal is little better than zero.

Yes, different in that it only looks for ( Lists ) the available full versions

softwareupdate --list-full-installers

Had I been on the M2 machine it may have listed Ventura, Sonoma and Sequoia

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