From scratch OS installation on old iMac

Years ago, due to a Mavericks OS bug, I had to reinstall the OS on my late 2009 iMac. From what I recall, I had to go back to the original OS (Snow Leopard, I think) and update the OS from there. I'm on High Sierra OS now and wondering if I should keep all these old OS installers around in case something like that happens again. Or would I be able to download High Sierra (or some other version of the OS) for free and install it directly?

iMac, OS X 10.11

Posted on Jan 25, 2023 06:20 PM

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Posted on Jan 25, 2023 06:26 PM

Hello!


In the event you would need to reinstall macOS, you can reinstall macOS High Sierra directly; you don't need to start back at Mac OS X Snow Leopard.

For this reason, I'd only recommend keeping one High Sierra installer in the form of a bootable installer: Create a bootable installer for macOS - Apple Support.


Jack

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