Isn't today the offical release date?

[SRLMJ23]

My internet is 40mb down and it took 24min, so check your speeds and maybe reconnect w a cable instead. I would use the official one since it just released so you knwo you go tthe right final one. Apple server side seems to be fast enough that it would not be the source of your slowness.


sierra has been live before you posted by about 10 minutes

What I meant was that Sierra was live but only through a link, there was no banner or anything up for Sierra yet. So I figured once they put Safari 10 up live, they would follow up with an official banner and what not for Sierra.

Just as I finished typing this, macOS Sierra just finished downloading! Time to install.

 

[danb1979]

Sorry, I've found it in the App Store; will download it and take it from there

 

[xgman]

So what's the suggestion/what do I need to do? Cheers

If you have the GM, check later for any software updates like normal. Or you can compare version numbers and go get a new copy at the link above.

 

[m4v3r1ck]

Got it! It's 12.0.49 so that makes it 16A323!

IIRC that was the build for the last GM build with installer version 12.0.49 created on 09/16

Downloading ATM to check the installer version...

Cheers

 

[mskx4]

5 hours...

 

[danb1979]

1hr 34 mins here and I'm on 200mbps via Virgin Media (UK); didn't think it'd be that slow to download!!!

 

[andyt3]

My download has finished already, and it is now going through the install process!

Currently on a black screen with the Apple logo and a progress bar. Says "About 29 minutes remaining"

 

[Amethyst]

I'm in usb installer create process!!

nMP 3.7 Quad!!

 

[nylon]

Install complete. Final Build is 16A323.

 

[phillytim]

My download has finished already, and it is now going through the install process!

Please let us know the version number; want to see if it's a different build number than the last GM (16A323).

 

[SRLMJ23]

Just to help, here is the Terminal Command to have Terminal make a bootable USB drive with Sierra on it. Just remember if you name your USB drive something different than "Untitled," you have to change the name in the Terminal Command.

sudo /Applications/Install\ macOS\ Sierra.app/Contents/Resources/createinstallmedia --volume /Volumes/Untitled --applicationpath /Applications/Install\ macOS\ Sierra.app --nointeraction

 

[m4v3r1ck]

Please let us know the version number; want to see if it's a different build number than the last GM (16A323).

THIS!!!

Cheers

 

[Earl Urley]

Reinstalling from a newly-made USB installer, will see what build it is.. probably 16A323 which means I wrote redundant garbage and reduced my SSD's life by a bit for no good reason, but what the hell..

 

[\-V-/]

Please let us know the version number; want to see if it's a different build number than the last GM (16A323).

It's 16A323 ... same as the GM ... just like always.

 

[fischersd]

It's 16A323 ... same as the GM ... just like always.

Yep, it is....but, given that there were 4 GM's, no-one would have bet on it.

 

[mikecwest]

It IS 5pm GMT...

You are kind of correct.... The guy who gave the 3 am time is Wrong. California is GMT -7 or -8 (-7 right now) depending on the time of year. You add 7 to get to GMT. If you subtract it, that would mean that the people in Greenwich would get it before us in California. This means that for now 9am is 4pm in greenwich. After DST ends in a few weeks, it will go back to -8, and will got back to GMT-8. (Some might get GMT-8 and GMT+8. confused.)

 

[\-V-/]

Yep, it is....but, given that there were 4 GM's, no-one would have bet on it.

I would have bet on the final GM being the same build number as the release ... just like always.

 

[Dex762]

Mine got 13 min to go downloading it 4.77GB

 

[buckyballs]

You are kind of correct.... The guy who gave the 3 am time is Wrong. California is GMT -7 or -8 (-7 right now) depending on the time of year. You add 7 to get to GMT. If you subtract it, that would mean that the people in Greenwich would get it before us in California. This means that for now 9am is 4pm in greenwich. After DST ends in a few weeks, it will go back to -8, and will got back to GMT-8. (Some might get GMT-8 and GMT+8. confused.)

Nearly. 9am PDT (Pacific Daylight Saving time, ie current CA timezone), is 5pm GMT and 6pm BST (current timezone in London).

Confusingly the time in Greenwich (i.e. London time) is not GMT at the moment, it's BST (since we put our clocks forward). It'll be GMT once we put the clocks back

 

[Dex762]

Wot that fast finish downloading, now installing

 

[mikecwest]

Nearly. 9am PDT (Pacific Daylight Saving time, ie current CA timezone), is 5pm GMT and 6pm BST (current timezone in London).

Confusingly the time in Greenwich (i.e. London time) is not GMT at the moment, it's BST (since we put our clocks forward). It'll be GMT once we put the clocks back

Does London do that silly "daylight savings time?" I thought that was just the silly Americans. (I am an American, that does not like it. I think we should just pick a time and stick with it, but here in California we set it up in the spring, and back in the fall.
I did not realize that London wasn't on GMT.

 

[RumorzGuy]

Looks like it's about time to retire the iMac 9,1. Can't get Sierra on her

Really? Why is that? my early 2009 iMac is also 9,1, and Sierra has installed just fine on it.

 

[Dex762]

Oh good lord 34 min install

 

[mikecwest]

Really? Why is that? my early 2009 iMac is also 9,1, and Sierra has installed just fine on it.

There is this:

http://dosdude1.com/sierrapatch.html

I have not tried it, but it is supposed to allow install on unsupported machine.

 

[RumorzGuy]

There is this:

http://dosdude1.com/sierrapatch.html

I have not tried it, but it is supposed to allow install on unsupported machine.

It does indeed work on unsupported machines, Mike -- such as mine -- and on the machine of many others who have used it here. I was just curious regarding why andyt3 said he couldn't install Sierra on his iMac.