Another way to download sierra for free

It is the successor to OS X Yosemite and focuses mainly on performance, stability, and security. Following the Northern California landmark-based naming scheme introduced with OS X Mavericks, El Capitan was named after a rock formation in Yosemite National Park, signifying its goal to be a refined version of Yosemite. Mac OS X Yosemite version OS X Mavericks version OSX Mavericks is an impressive operating system which has come up with lots of new features and updates.

With OSX Mavericks you can now take the whole world on your desktop. You can easily look up for different directions and then finally send them to iPhone for recognition of your voice.

You can get local points of interests like photos, restaurants with phone numbers etc. You can send iMessages. Update to Download El Capitan here. If you have a newer Mac, there is no physical option to install Mac OS versions older than your current Mac model.

But as it often happens, workarounds are possible. There is still a chance to download the installation file if you have an access to a Mac or virtual machine running that operating system. For example, to get an installer for Lion, you may ask a friend who has Lion-operated Mac or, once again, set up a virtual machine running Lion. Then you will need to prepare an external drive to download the installation file using OS X Utilities.

Below is the detailed instruction how to do it. Now the OS should start downloading automatically onto the external drive. After the download is complete, your Mac will prompt you to do a restart, but at this point, you should completely shut it down. Locate InstallESD. The same steps are valid for Mountain Lion and Mavericks.

If your Mac runs macOS Sierra Instruction to downgrade from macOS Sierra. Instruction to downgrade from macOS High Sierra. Instruction to downgrade from macOS Mojave. Instruction to downgrade from macOS Catalina. Before you do it, the best advice is to back your Mac up so your most important files stay intact. In addition to that, it makes sense to clean up your Mac from old system junk files and application leftovers.

The easiest way to do it is to run CleanMyMac X on your machine download it for free here. They should have image installations going back to OS Leopard and earlier. You can also ask their assistance to create a bootable USB drive with the installation file. So here you are. I believe you need to be on a version of OS that is equal to or less than the OS you're trying to download which is why it worked for me and not you.

If you have another Mac that has High Sierra or less, you could try that one. Then boot to the external and download High Sierra. Aug 18, AM in response to dialabrain In response to dialabrain. Ufortunately is the same with Safari. I think that It is not a problem of browser couse both of them open App Sore. Aug 18, PM in response to mike! I believe, as I mentioned previously, you're trying to downgrade your current OS instead of upgrading it.

Aug 18, PM. Aug 18, PM in response to keg55 In response to keg Hi, I've tryed many times unsuccesfully. It could be easy for me. Thanks in advance. Aug 19, AM. Aug 19, AM in response to mike! Apple does not take into consideration that you want to download the installer and then install it on another older compatible mac. From your earlier screenshot of the Software Update panel you have checked the box Automatically keep my mac up to date.

Aug 20, AM in response to dialabrain In response to dialabrain. I was able to download the macOS High Sierra All other attempts with the latest mac book pro and already installed versions of the operating system Catalina or Mojave have been unsuccessful. Then I created an installer via usb stick, and tried to install the operating system on my iMac Mid iMac11,3. Unfortunately, none of the various attempts were successful.

At each attempt, this message appeared: cannot complete the installation due to a problem. Please restart and try again. So I installed High Sierra Aug 20, AM.