Where to get Yosemite 10.10 .dmg file ...

OS X Yosemite 10.10.5 Combo Update is an "UPDATE". I'm missing something. This link downloads a 2Gig update file and does not solve the question of getting a 10.10.dmg file.

Still searching. I cannot find Yosemite in the AppStore either. I never should have gotten suckered into updating to Capitan. 😟

After I installed Captain E!, my machine boots randomly creating a very unreliable work experience. I really want to go back to Yosemite as it was very stable. This OS does not give new feature and also not stable for someone to work.

If you haven't downloaded it before, it is not available. If you have check the App Store Purchases tab.

After the download has finished, and the installer launches, do not allow it to go ahead and install. Quit at the first screen and save a copy of the installer app to a safe location outside of your applications folder. After you have stashed a copy, go ahead and run the installer that is in your Applications folder. (You may have noticed that for reasons that are hard to fathom, the installer app gets deleted at the end of the installation process.)

If you download the Yosemite installer from the App Store you can use DiskMaker X to make a bootable installer disk which can either be a USB memory stick or a volume on a hard disk.

You can also make a disk image which would be usable to restore a fresh never booted copy of Yosemite, this would typically be used with DeployStudio or maybe JAMF Casper Suite. This can be done using AutoDMG. However such a disk image can also be used with VMware Fusion and Parallels to create a Mac virtual machine.

DiskMaker X, AutoDMG and DeployStudio are free.

Hello,

after OS X 11 El Capitan has been released i cant' find anymore the OS X 10 yosemite.
I would like to install OS X 10 on a secondary HD to test how it works with my mac pro quad (early 2009). and to have an additional OS so i can chose if to work wit 10.7 or 10.10. Does anyone Knows where i can find it? on App store i can only find the new version. thank you.

I have not previously downloaded Yosemite, and as you said cannot find it on the App Store. Please could you tell me is there some other way I can download it from Apple as I mistrust 3rd party sources?

Stefan Peterson wrote:

Will this work with Unibeast?

Unibeast implies you intend to try running it on a 'Hackintosh' this is in breach of Apple's EULA and as such illegal.

It should be noted also that the 10.10.5 Combo update is precisely that an update, it is not a full-blown installer. The full-blown installer can only be downloaded from the Apple Mac App Store using the App Store icon running on a real Mac.

BACKGROUND: I periodically reformat and partition the hard drive on my iMac ... followed by reinstalling OS X and software.

I do not know why you do that. Seems like a left over Windows thing. From my experience and readings of these forums, there is no need to periodically reload Mac OS X.

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Yosemite as a full install is no longer available. Unless you have downloaded it previously, you can't get it.

@ compros:

You will need to use recovery and erase your entire hard drive in order to go backwards. You can do it as you have previously downloaded it, but it is rather involved and you will need at least one current backup before erasing your drive. You might want to consider troubleshooting your El Capitan install instead.

Thanks. I run a production studio, I hold off on updates until the next gen is rock solid. We're upgrading to Logic X which requires 10.9 but Yosemite is preferred.

Therefore this situation is completely ridiculous and must be rectified by Apple. I only have a small window between jobs to get this upgrade done and tested. Not to mention the learning curve.

Unacceptable!

I've sent in my feedback.

Well, since Apple went to the digital download only method and they remove the 'old' OS the same day they introduce a new OS, it is prudent to download the current OS and save the installer in a safe place for future use. No need to install it until you are ready to do so. So, I'd suggest you download El Capitan - just in case.

Yes, that would be nice but the user is also responsible to check on things; I got the message when they removed Mavericks as soon as Yosemite was introduced more than a year ago. So I downloaded it right away. Another way to work it is to either use an external hard drive or a partition and install/use the newer OS on it to "test drive" it. That way you don't mess up your production system.

babowa wrote:

Yes, that would be nice but the user is also responsible to check on things; I got the message when they removed Mavericks as soon as Yosemite was introduced more than a year ago.

Glad you have so much time to verify such things. The App store system was new to me at the time. The only information there was, was marketing for new features and a button marked "upgrade".

babowa wrote: use an external hard drive or a partition and install/use the newer OS on it to "test drive" it. That way you don't mess up your production system.

I keep a full backup of everything using Carbon Copy Cloner which does incremental backups ( thankfully) and archiving of older deleted files.