Yosemite download is insanely slow (nothing wrong with my network)

Saw the post about VPN success so went straight for that and... BAM! Download is flying now. Under and hour to go (fingers crossed). Using TunnelBear if that means anything to anyone.

This worked for me thanks.

Have 100mbit and speed tests showed that I could get full speed, but yosemite download was running at 200kbit / sec. After doing this it is right away up to at least 1 mb / s.

This is strange.

Weird, I read most of the comments and it seems like alot of people that have this problem is with Telus. This is also my case and I'm not sure if it has anything to do with it.

Found this on the Telus site:

http://forum.telus.com/t5/Internet-TV-Home-Phone/slow-and-unreliable-downloads-f rom-Apple-Content-Distribution/m-p/47777

Mine is also slow, but I have a different issue- At certain points it would go back to Zeo KB downloaded. The latest was after I got up to 1GB, it went back to zero KB. How can that be? I have done nothing but watch the progress bar.

For people living on the West coast (ex. Vancouver), switch your DNS server to the UK openDNS server. (84.45.85.23)

I am not sure why the UK server works, but it does. I am also not sure if this is safe, so change the address back to your previous address when you are done.

It took me about 1.5 hrs to download the OS.

(I am also using Telus, I hate it, but the plan is cheap.)

paused download, connected to company VPN, resume download. went from 5 days to 12 minutes.

The combination of changing the DNS and running the command "sudo killall -HUP mDNSResponder" eventually worked for me. It did not work initially but I later realized that adding the DNS addresses and clicking ok was not enough; I also need to "Apply" the change in the Network preference.

How can Apple do something about it when the problem is your ISP? Over here in Blighty where we still ride around on horses and chivalry is all the rage my ISP has my router blocked on big downloads and i use a VPN to get past the problem. I think if you are really stuck you can arrange to go to the genius bar and have one them smiley people help you.

Thanks stazzz - this worked for me!

Set DNS to 84.45.85.23, hit 'Apply' in network settings and the estimated time has gone from 10 hours down to 45 minutes.

Changing the DNS server made zero difference for me. 😠 Super annoying thing for me... I get to about a gig downloaded and it resets to zero. I have no idea how that is even happening.

mmm..well try a VPN. if you don't have one Skype me and i will give you the VPN i am running(Skype name is my first and last name as per this post with an _ between them). I will give you a temp log on to my VPN server you can see if that helps.

Awesome suggestion. That fixed the problem for my download!

The same story with me. After 4 days of off and on effort, I'm at 3.11 GB with 2 days plus hours showing for completion. Back to the Pause mode and do something else.

It took 60 hours for Yosemite to download. It is installed and working fine. Went to connect my iPhone 6 to iTunes to update to OS X 8.1 and when it started, it said 24 hours remaining and I knew several of my friends updated in 15 minutes. I disconnected and called my internet provider and they came out and my computer is working fine. He told me it is happening everywhere and it is not their service, it is Apple. So just minimize your screen, have your screen saver running, go to Energy saver and move to never for both, and just let it download. You can continue to work on your computer and send and receive mail while this is going on. I don't have the fastest internet; but it is broadband. If I could have connected to a big company in our area, it would have only taken a couple of hours, so I was told. I was able to install OS X 8.1 on my phone in ten minutes, not connected to iTunes. Now having other problems. Having to update several of my applications. My printer can't be updated because they don't have one yet for Yosemite. They will notify me when they do. Good luck to all with slow download, I know how you feel.