Unable to download macOS Sequoia on my MacBook Pro M2

Currrently have a MacBook Pro M2 2022 running Sonoma 14.2.1, every time i try to upgrade to Sequioa it will not download. Just sits there for hours saying downloading, but not downloading. Any ideas? Plenty of hdd capacity, high speed internet connection. Just doesnt download. Same issue with trying to donwload Sonoma 14.7.7. Just wont download!


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Original Title: Unable to Download Sequoia

MacBook Pro 13″, macOS 14.2

Posted on Aug 17, 2025 01:33 AM

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Aug 17, 2025 01:50 AM in response to IanM25

IanM25 wrote:

Currrently have a MacBook Pro M2 2022 running Sonoma 14.2.1, every time i try to upgrade to Sequioa it will not download. Just sits there for hours saying downloading, but not downloading. Any ideas? Plenty of hdd capacity, high speed internet connection. Just doesnt download. Same issue with trying to donwload Sonoma 14.7.7. Just wont download!

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Original Title: Unable to Download Sequoia

Sonoma 14.2.1 ( 23C71 ) released Dec 19, 2023 ?


There are factors:


Software on the computer interfering with the download process including AntiVirus Software


Notation: Disabling the AV Software may not solve the issue.


Removal of the AV Software may increase the chances of the download to perform as expected.


Running behind a VPN which may increase Packet losses or corruption of the download 


Turn off any Third Party Two Way Firewall and try again 


Best Results are via Ethernet Cable to Router


Restart in Safe Mode. This will perform a Disk Repair, clear cache files and only load Apple Software, extensions and fonts. The boot up will be slow and can take some time - Normal 


Try Again using the Software Update Applet in System Setting 


Worst case - Restart in Recovery Mode and choose Reinstall macOS. 


This in theory will pull the latest version of macOS this computer qualifies to run 

Unable to download macOS Sequoia on my MacBook Pro M2

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