Whenever I download MacOS Sierra I keep seeing the progress bar jumping so I thought, oh, wow , so fast… until the thing shows ‘about -399 seconds remaining’ and then they show an error message… HELP!
Earlier Mac models
Is about this macOS 10.12 Sierra, or macOS 10.13 High Sierra?
How are you attempting to download it (App Store, browser -- link? )?
What is the exact model of your Mac and macOS? You can get this information by clicking the Apple menu & selecting "About This Mac".
Have you tried downloading it while booted into Safe Mode?
shaneeeitaliano wrote:
Trying Option-Command-R now [...] High Sierra [...] recovery team can’t be contacted
Use Fix #3 to bypass that old <sigh> error:
Basically copy paste & edit this to the Terminal when you are in Internet Recovery mode (I have not tried but maybe you can paste it when you are logged in normally. After successful install reset PRAM to return to the default):
nvram IASUCatalogURL="http://swscan.apple.com/content/catalogs/others/index-10.13-10.12-10.11-10.10-10.9-mountainlion-lion-snowleopard-leopard.merged-1.sucatalog"
MacOS Sierra 10.12, thanks.
I am trying to download by downloading on web browser. Long story cut short, here’s what I did:
shaneeeitaliano wrote:
How to find out if my one is hdd?
System Settings > General > About > System Report... > Hardware > Storage > Volume Name > Physical Drive > Medium Type: Rotational [HDD] or SSD:
That is from Sequoia. You should also see that info via Option-click Apple menu > System Information > Hardware > ...
Trying Option-Command-R now…they’re now showing me High Sierra… Can I jump straight to High Sierra Straight??? Wow bro could’ve not wasted 1 day of his life finding out how to get to Sierra to get to High Sierra. Wait a minute… recovery team can’t be contacted oh **** nawr
shaneeeitaliano wrote:
I found at my MacBook Pro was a late 2011 MacBook Pro now I am on high Sierra and is trying to upgrade to Catalina so ye thank
Notice that if that Mac has HDD it will be quite slow because Mojave and later need APFS which is quite slow with a HDD boot disk. So for Catalina you might want to use an internal/external SSD.
Or use High Sierra with that old HDD which can still use MacOS Extended. But then you have quite limited web browser support.
I wrote: Basically copy paste & edit this to the Terminal when you are in Internet Recovery mode (I have not tried but maybe you can paste it when you are logged in normally.
I tried to paste that nvram command to the Terminal when booted normally but it produced an error, so that nvram command must be copied from the Installer Log and edited when booted in Recovery mode.
shaneeeitaliano wrote:
I found at my MacBook Pro was a late 2011 MacBook Pro now I am on high Sierra and is trying to upgrade to Catalina so ye thank
A 2011 Mac tops out at macOS 10.13 High Sierra. macOS 10.15 Catalina is only available for 2012 models.
Matti Haveri wrote:
shaneeeitaliano wrote:
Trying Option-Command-R now [...] High Sierra [...] recovery team can’t be contacted
Use Fix #3 to bypass that old <sigh> error:
https://mrmacintosh.com/how-to-fix-the-recovery-server-could-not-be-contacted-error-high-sierra-recovery-is-still-online-but-broken/
Thanks for the assist!
Gonna try first aid now and see if it works.
They only updated the boot support partitions for the volume as required.
My Mac is a 2012 MacBook Pro, previously running Lion, currently has no OSes installed. I am currently trying safe mode but the screen shows a ❌ sign. What do I do?
It seems safe mode doesn’t work.
Thanks lemme try
IT WORKED BUT NOW ITS INSTALLING HOPE NOTHING HAPPENS IN THE PROCESS 🤞🤞 thanks btw
Tried to download macOS Sierra 3 times but the thing doesn’t work