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High Sierra

KC13

Well-known member
Hello, trying to find a working download link for High Sierra. Have tried a few different ones that don't work. Any help is appreciated!!
 

3lectr1cPPC

Well-known member
What is the purpose you need it for? Creating an install USB or using the disc image on a VM? Which type of installer image you want to use depends on that.

Here's a general purpose ISO that I found, haven't tested it though: https://archive.org/details/mac-os-high-sierra-10.13.5
Apple also offers a direct download on their website still, but it requires a compatible Mac to download. If you've downloaded it in the past, it should still be available in your purchases.
 

splorp

Active member
Here’s the link to the High Sierra 10.13.2 download from the Apple Support pages.


The 10.13.6 download is available in the App Store.

 

Cory5412

Daring Pioneer of the Future
Staff member
Another option, for a fresh install on Apple hardware, if you have a Mac that runs High Sierra and needs it installed, is to boot into Mac Recovery mode. If the firmware updates were all done, most 2011+ Macs will be able to fetch High Sierra off Apple's servers, even with a totally blank disk.

Some info here: https://support.apple.com/guide/mac...d-mac-mchl338cf9a8/13.0/mac/13.0#mchl69906860 - this is for Ventura but the key combos are the same on all Macs that support this.
 

KC13

Well-known member
What is the purpose you need it for? Creating an install USB or using the disc image on a VM? Which type of installer image you want to use depends on that.

Here's a general purpose ISO that I found, haven't tested it though: https://archive.org/details/mac-os-high-sierra-10.13.5
Apple also offers a direct download on their website still, but it requires a compatible Mac to download. If you've downloaded it in the past, it should still be available in your purchases.
A friend has an Apple MacBook 2nd generation: Polycarbonate Unibody MC207LL/A A1342 (EMC 2350*) MacBook6,1 with High Sierra installed. She forgot the password. I have tried to reset it using her Apple ID but keep getting a server error from Apple. I have also tried everything people have posted in various places all to no avail. As a last resort I was going to try booting from a High Sierra DVD and try to reset it that way. I don't have another Mac, so I tried downloading ISO versions on my PC laptop, burning a DVD then trying to boot on the Mac. None have worked so I'm afraid she has a new doorstop.....
 

3lectr1cPPC

Well-known member
You'll want to make a USB stick, not a DVD. Not sure the installer even fits on a 4.7GB one. Definitely not a doorstop though, at worst a re-install will fix it. You shouldn't need a bootable install for that though, the recovery partition should be able to do a re-install and password reset.
 

KC13

Well-known member
Thank you. I'll Check this out. Frustrating as I don't have a Mac that can do anything "modern", lol.
 
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