- #DOWNLOAD STANDALONE INSTALLER CHROME FOR MAC OS HOW TO#
- #DOWNLOAD STANDALONE INSTALLER CHROME FOR MAC OS INSTALL#
- #DOWNLOAD STANDALONE INSTALLER CHROME FOR MAC OS SOFTWARE#
Thanks to the advice from ‘Crazy Forthreed’ above.Ĭreate a macOS High Sierra (10.13) bootable installer USB stick (including starting from the 19MB installer stub). I created a more explanatory guide for making a High Sierra USB installer for newbies who receive the 19MB stub installer. When trying to create a bootable USB with terminal from the incomplete installer or from the installer downloaded using the High Sierra patcher application suggested in the above article. ‘Install macOS High Sierra.app does not appear to be a valid OS installer application.’
This fix also applies if you’re getting the error message:
#DOWNLOAD STANDALONE INSTALLER CHROME FOR MAC OS INSTALL#
I clicked on ‘Update’ to download and install this update (Restart was required), the update restarted my mac and completed.Īfter that, opened up the App Store again and went to the High Sierra download page, clicked ‘Download’ and bingo! the full ‘High Sierra’ installer downloaded successfully.
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There was a Software Update for me under ‘Updates’ in the App Store that relates to the App Store’s ability to download future updates. The installer size and completeness inconsistency appears random, and has no relation to disk space, beta enrollment, software catalog, and other theories seem to be incorrect as well.ĭo you know of another method to download the complete macOS High Sierra installer application rathe than the tiny incomplete installer that arrives for some users on the Mac App Store? Let us know in the comments!įor those of you who are getting an incomplete ~20MB installer stub when downloading High Sierra from the App Store, here’s what worked for me: Interestingly, once a user ends up with the 19 MB version of the incomplete installer, that seems to be the only thing that will download for that user regardless of how many times the incomplete installer app is deleted and re downloaded. It is unclear why some users will get a 19MB version of “Install macOS High Sierra.app” when downloaded from the App Store, while others users will get the complete 5.2GB version of “Install macOS High Sierra.app” when downloading from the App Store. This is not yet known, but it happens with the final version of macOS High Sierra installer as well as with some of the beta versions. Why do some users get a small incomplete version of macOS High Sierra installer from the App Store? You can confirm that you have the complete Install macOS High Sierra.app application by getting info on the file, the complete installer should be around 5.2 GB rather than the tiny 19 MB incomplete installer that requires additional downloads. The source of this patcher application is a MacRumors Forums * The “macOS High Sierra Patcher” application is intended for those with unsupported Macs and Hackintosh users, but any Mac user can use the app to be able to download the complete installer file from Apple servers. Locate the “Install macOS High Sierra.app” file you downloaded, it will be the complete installer application with the full Contents/Resources/ toolkit available.The patcher app will notify you when the download is complete, when it is done downloading quit out of the patcher app.Confirm that you want to download the complete macOS High Sierra install application, and then point it to a location to save on the local hard drive.Launch “MacOS High Sierra Patcher” and ignore everything about patching, instead pull down the “Tools” menu and choose “Download MacOS High Sierra”.Go to here and download the High Sierra patcher application*.Warning: this method relies on a third party tool from an unverified third party source, if you are not comfortable with using unvetted and unverified software, and if you do not understand the risks associated with using potentially dubious software, do not follow this process.
#DOWNLOAD STANDALONE INSTALLER CHROME FOR MAC OS HOW TO#
How to Download the Full “Install macOS High Sierra.app” Application
This tutorial will show you a workaround trick that allows Mac users to download the full macOS High Sierra “Install macOS High Sierra.app” file at 5.2 GB with the complete installer tool set and all dmg files and associated Install macOS High Sierra.app/Contents/Resources/ tools, rather than the tiny incomplete truncated installer at 19 MB.
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