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I spent 10+ hours downloading it yesterday for my Macbook. I'm not trying to go through all that again for my iMac, I just want to spend 2 minutes copying the upgrade file to my iMac and start installing. Where would I find this file/s?
Finder > Applications and there will be a file OS X Yosemite Installer, when finished it will be 5.16 GB in size.
If you haven't installed yet: Open up the Applications folder. You'll see the Icon with the X and text that says "install OS X Yosemite.App".
Just drag and drop that Icon into the USB sick or portable media you want to save a copy to, (represents the whole downloaded .dmg file), and it will save a installable copy to the media you chose. It will also leave a installable copy in the Applications folder.
That was pointed out in the second post of this thread, please read the entire thread before reviving it with duplicate information.
In my opinion, it is very bad idea to DELETE installation file without the MY PERMISSION/CONFIRMATION because in my country 5 GB is a big capacity for a download and we have monthly internet quota. Now i must PAY FOR extra download to my ISP, just because of APPLE's MISTAKE 😟
It is not Apple's mistake, this has been the procedure since the release of Lion, Mac OS X 10.7.
The user has been advised many times on here that the wise thing to do is, go to System Preferences > App Store and make sure Install App updates and Install OS X updates are NOT checked. That way the installer will not initiate until you tell it to do so.
After the Install OS X finishes downloading, go to your Finder > Applications folder and make a copy of Install Mac OS X in a safe place, such as your Documents folder. That way you will be able to keep a copy after the installer completes and self-erases.
Next time you download it, don't let it run immediately: quit the installer, and copy it to a safe location outside of your Applications folder.
Applications > Install OS X Yosemite.app
…to answer the original Question, "Where does Yosemite Download to?". Based on my experience with Mavericks 10.9.5.
MOJAVEMAX1 posted the correct answer; I just want to make it more obvious.
Where Does Yosemite Download To?
