Where can I get the High Sierra installer, or other previous OSs? I have an older flashed Mac with a problem boot drive and I need to do an install on a new drive. The recovery partition isn't working. I have El Capitan and Mountain Lion installers on my system, no Sierra or High Sierra.
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High Sierra installer?
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I used Google to search for "high Sierra installer". This was the second search result: https://support.apple.com/HT208969. Step #4 has the direct App Store link.
Thanks. They're impossible to find searching the app store so I thought I must be missing something. One would think they'd have an OS category. My bad for being too quick to post.
Just in case you would like the Sierra installer also (see Step 4 for the Sierra link):
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT208202
Thanks. if I can't get the High Sierra update to work on my '09 Mac Pro (4,1 flashed to 5,1) I will try Sierra. Are these links to the full installation packages or to web based installers?
The links open the App Store to the full installer download.
You probably want to get HighSierra Patcher via http://dosdude1.com/highsierra/ Although there is likely nothing to patch in your case the app comes in handy creating a bootable USB installer.
Thanks. That app might be very helpful. For some strange reason, installing from recovery partition onto a new ssd does not result in bootable system Maybe usb installer will work. If not, maybe it's the ssd.
Yes, this site is really useful. I found at least one thing I was doing wrong in failing to disable SIP with terminal command "csrutil disable". Will I need to re-enable it after installation or will it be enabled on startup? When I downloaded the tool it was placed into trash as malware by McAffee, which I'm going to disregard. Off now to Microcenter to pick up a flash drive. I can never find one when I need it.
I tried that myself, but the installer is only 10.13.2, not the latest 10.13.6. Frustrating> I need the current to update the Boot Rom on my Mac Pro prior to installing Mojave.
It turns out that nomenclature is misleading. If you right click on the 10.13.02 file and select "Show Package Contents", in the Shared Support folder is a file called InstallInfo.plist. Open that file in TextEdit and it should say 10.13.6 near the bottom. If it does, then you have the latest installer. It took me all day Sunday to figure that out!