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Mac os high sierra installation. How to download the final version of macOS High Sierra. What's new in High Sierra version

This article will help you install the macOS High Sierra 10.13.x operating system on your Mac using the utility macOS High Sierra Patcher.
And first of all, the article will be useful to owners of outdated Mac models, but quite functional today.

Also, owners of Mac models officially supported by the macOS High Sierra operating system may be faced with the fact that installing the system imposes a new file system APFS, which may be undesirable for the user for various reasons.
For example, some owners of Mac Pro 5.1 models or Mac Pro 4.1 models installing macOS High Sierra 10.13.6 (the latest build) can install the operating system on the Mac OS Extended (journaled) partition and simply not apply Patch.

The article has been translated and adapted into Russian, for those users who find it difficult to read from English.
You can find the original article by following the link (will open in a new tab).

So let's get started...

Early 2008 or newer Mac Pro, Xserve, iMac, and MacBook Pro:

MacPro3,1
MacPro4,1
Xserve 2.1
Xserve 3.1
iMac8,1
iMac9.1
MacBookPro4,1
MacBookPro5,1
MacBookPro5,2
MacBookPro5,3
MacBookPro5,4
MacBookPro5.5

Late 2008 or newer MacBook Air or Aluminum Unibody MacBook:

MacBook Air 2.1
MacBook 5.1

Early 2009 or newer Mac Mini or white MacBook:

Macmini 3.1
MacBook 5.2

Release 2006-2007 all Mac Pro, iMacs, MacBook Pro and Mac Mini models:

MacPro1,1
MacPro2,1
iMac4,1
iMac5.1
iMac5,2
iMac6.1
iMac7.1*
MacBookPro1,1
MacBookPro2,1
MacBookPro3,1
Macmini1,1
Macmini2,1

* iMac 7.1 from 2007 is compatible if the CPU is upgraded to T9300 Core 2 Duo (Penryn).

MacBook models 2006-2008:

MacBook1,1
MacBook2,1
MacBook3,1
MacBook4,1

MacBook Air 2008 model:

MacBook Air 1.1

Built-in iSight Cameras: Built-in iSight cameras currently do not work correctly on some machines. It will probably work, but before installing, be aware that your iSight camera may not work.

Trackpad (MacBook 5.2 only). The trackpad on MacBook5,2 is not fully supported in High Sierra. While it works and is fully usable, High Sierra detects it like a regular mouse, preventing you from changing some trackpad-centric settings.

Mac computers that use the Broadcom BCM4321 (BCM94321) WiFi module will not have functional WiFi when running High Sierra, and support for these modules has been discontinued starting with macOS Sierra. This usually applies to MacPro3.1, MacBook5.2, MacBookPro4.1, iMac8.1, Macmini3.1 and MacBookAir2.1 computers. Please note that not all of these machines will have an unsupported card, this is simply a list of machines that are known to ship with this card in some configurations.
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You can find out if you have an unsupported card by opening System Profiler (click Apple > About This Mac > System Report), and click on Wi-Fi under Network. Pay attention to the value specified for the Card Type field.

Below are the IDs Wi-Fi modules that don't work in High Sierra:

(0x14E4, 0x8C)
(0x14E4, 0x9D)
(0x14E4, 0x87)
(0x14E4, 0x88)
(0x14E4, 0x8B)
(0x14E4, 0x89)
(0x14E4, 0x90)

* Any ID not listed above, such as (0x14E4, 0x8D), is a supported card and will work fine in High Sierra.

Note: Make sure that SIP is disabled on your system on which you intend to install High Sierra. If this is not the case or you are unsure, simply boot into the recovery partition of your installed copy of OS X, open a terminal and run the command "csrutil disable".

What you will need:

1. A copy of the Mac OS High Sierra installer.
You can download it from the Mac App Store using a computer that supports High Sierra, or using the built-in download feature directly from the macOS High Sierra Patcher utility. Launch macOS High Sierra Patcher and from the menu bar simply select "Tools > Download macOS High Sierra..." as shown in the image below:

2. USB drive of at least 16 GB in size

3. macOS High Sierra Patcher utility
Download the latest version: Link

* You can view the list of changes (in English) and download previous versions of the utility.

High Sierra installation process:

1. Insert your USB drive (remember, at least 16 GB), open Disk Utility and format it as OS X Extended (Journaled).

2. Open the previously downloaded “macOS High Sierra Patcher” utility and find your copy of the macOS High Sierra Installer installation program; as a rule, the macOS installer is usually downloaded to the Applications folder.
Do as in the picture below:

A window should appear indicating that the utility has successfully checked mac app OS High Sierra Installer. Click the "OK" button

3. Then select the USB drive from the drop-down list on the right and click the wide "Start Operation" button.
See the picture below:

4. When the installation flash drive is ready, you need to boot from it. To do this, turn your Mac off and on again, hold down the Option (ALT) key and choose to boot from the flash drive.
See the picture below:

Note: Follow steps 5 and 6 if you want to do a clean install. If you already have experience installing macOS, you can simply skip these steps and install the High Sierra operating system on your volume. previous version OS X and then perform an in-place upgrade.

5. Once the installer has downloaded, open Disk Utility from the utility menu or double-click it in the utility window in the lower left corner of the screen.
See the picture below:

6. Select the drive or partition on which you want to install macOS High Sierra and click Erase, then select the Mac OS Extended (Journaled) or APFS file system. When formatting an entire disk, make sure that the disk partition is set to GUID.

Use APFS for 2009 and later models, it will work the same as on macOS High Sierra.
It is recommended to use APFS only if you are installing High Sierra on an SSD drive.

If you have a Mac that didn't natively support High Sierra (and therefore can't boot from an APFS volume natively), note the following:

If you are using APFS, you will not have a bootable recovery partition (Recovery HD).
If you choose to use APFS, the bootloader will be installed by the utility later because the firmware of these unsupported machines does not support booting from APFS volumes. This is not a completely native boot method, but will not cause any problems while running High Sierra. You can watch a demo of the download process.

* It should be noted that if for some reason you are installing the operating system on an officially supported Mac model, then at this stage the installation is complete and you do not need to complete steps 8-11. Just restart your Mac.

8. Once the installation is complete, reboot again while holding down the Option (ALT) key and select boot from the flash drive again. Once downloaded, open the "mac OS Post Install" application.
See the picture below:

9. A window will open in which you need to select the model of your Mac in the “Choose your Mac Model” section at the top of the drop-down list. After selecting your Mac model, the optimal checkboxes (checkboxes) will be marked automatically for your model. You can also check other boxes of your choice, but this is generally not required.

10. At the bottom in the Select Volume section, in the drop-down list, select the volume on which you just installed Mac OS High Sierra and click "Patch". When the utility installs all the selected patches, click "Restart". Your Mac may take a few minutes to rebuild its cache before rebooting.

*If for some reason the system does not work correctly after rebooting, boot back to installation disk, run "mac OS Post Install" again and select "Force Cache Rebuild" before rebooting. In most cases this is not necessary.

11. After restarting, your Mac should boot into a fully functional macOS High Sierra operating system.

Additional Information:

At Mac installation OS Post Install tool, in High Sierra the "Patch Updater" program is installed, located in the /Applications/Utilities folder. This program will alert you when new patch updates are available for your machine and prompt you to install them. If you do not have Patch Updater installed, but want to install it, you can download and install this program, click on the link and after downloading, unpack the archive.

Reinstalling patches:

During the macOS High Sierra update, some of our fixes may be overwritten. Using the Patch Update Tool, you can reinstall these patches with one click. To do this, open the Patch Updater application and select "View Installed Updates", or use the "View > Show Installed Updates" menu in the menu bar.

To re-install one of the patches, simply right-click on it in the list and select "Re-install...". You can also click the "Re-install All" button to immediately reinstall all installed patches.

Updates:

System updates, such as 10.13.1, should be installed normally if the "Software Update Patch" was checked in the Mac OS Post Install tool or you installed it later using the InstallPatchUpdater program. If for some reason the updates do not appear or do not install correctly, you will need to reinstall the update patch software using the Patch Updater application.

Many Apple computer users who try to download the latest version of macOS High Sierra find that they have downloaded a 19MB "Install macOS High Sierra.app" file rather than the full 5GB.

This outcome forces you to use the Internet when installing the system. In addition, you will not be able to use the OS installer on another computer. We'll take a look at the download process full version macOS High Sierra weighing 5 GB.

How to download the final version of macOS High Sierra

Note: This method is more suitable for advanced users as the utility used is downloaded from an unverified source. You perform all actions at your own peril and risk.

This application is suitable not only for Mac users, but also for Hackintosh lovers. The source of the patcher is not Apple, but the MacRumors portal.

Why do some users receive an incomplete version of the macOS High Sierra installer?

On this moment It is not known for certain why some users see an installation file of 19 MB in size, while others receive a full-fledged OS with 5 GB. There is no direct dependence on how many times and at what time the update was downloaded.

Which, according to Cupertino, thanks to new technologies makes Mac computers more reliable, functional and faster. A little later, the first beta version of macOS High Sierra was released, and today we will tell you how to create a bootable USB drive yourself to install this operating system on your Mac.

To do a so-called "clean" installation, you first need to create boot disk, which can be used as a USB disk. This will allow you to install macOS High Sierra on multiple computers. In addition, you must have access to the image of the new desktop operating system. If you don't have a paid developer account, you can wait until the public beta version of macOS High Sierra becomes available or download its image from third-party resources.

Read the instructions to the very end before you begin the process of creating a USB drive with macOS High Sierra and its subsequent installation.

Requirements:

1. Computer * running OS X 10.7 Lion or higher.
2. macOS High Sierra installer downloaded to your computer.
3. USB disk with a capacity of at least 8 GB.

* Your computer must be compatible with macOS High Sierra - Mac compatibility list.

How to Create a Bootable USB Drive with macOS High Sierra

1. Download the macOS High Sierra installer. By default, the distribution is named Install macOS 10.13 Beta. You can rename it, but to avoid confusion, we recommend leaving this name. Make sure the Install macOS 10.13 Beta file is in your Applications folder (this is where all programs from the Mac App Store are downloaded). If it is located elsewhere on your computer, move it to this folder.

2. Connect the USB drive to your Mac computer. If it's not already formatted, run Disk Utility ( “Programs” → “Utilities” → “Disk Utility”) and format it by selecting "GUID Partition Scheme" and "Mac OS Extended (Journaled)". This process will erase all data from the USB drive.

3. You can choose any convenient name as the name of the USB disk, for example, “USB”. First make sure that there are no other drives with the same name connected to your computer.

4. Launch "Terminal" ( “Programs” → “Utilities” → “Terminal”) and enter the following command * :

sudo /Applications/Install\ macOS\ 10.13\ Beta.app/Contents/Resources/createinstallmedia --volume /Volumes/USB --applicationpath /Applications/Install\ macOS\ 10.13\ Beta.app --nointeraction

Once done, press Enter to move Install macOS 10.13 Beta to the USB drive and make it bootable.

* If you renamed the macOS High Sierra installer distribution or USB drive, edit the command to include your names. If the macOS High Sierra installer was not in your Applications folder, edit the command to its current location.

5. Enter your password (it does not appear on the screen) and press Enter.

This will begin the process of creating a bootable USB drive with macOS High Sierra. During the entire process, the USB drive will not be visible on the desktop. The process of creating a bootable USB disk will be accompanied in the Terminal window by the following text:

Erasing Disk: 0%... 10%... 20%... 30%...100%...
Copying installer files to disk…
Copy complete.
Making disk bootable...
Copying boot files...
Copy complete.
Done.

Once the files have been copied, your USB drive will appear on your desktop again and Terminal will tell you that the process is complete.

6. That's all! The bootable USB drive with macOS High Sierra has been created, you can close Terminal.

How to Install macOS High Sierra on Mac from a Bootable USB Drive

1. Connect your macOS High Sierra USB drive to your Mac.

2. Press and hold the Alt (Option, ⌥) key on your keyboard and restart your Mac. If your Mac was turned off, simply turn it on.

3. In the window that appears, select the bootable USB drive with macOS High Sierra as the boot drive. After this, the macOS High Sierra installation window will appear on the screen.

4. Click “Install” and wait for macOS High Sierra to install.

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Normally when you install a new version of macOS, you just install it over the previous version. It’s quick, easy and means we can be back up and running in no time, with all your apps and data ready to use. Your data remains but your software and file junk remains as well.

That's why, sometimes, it makes more sense to run a clean install. Whether it’s because your Mac has accumulated so many junk files that it’s performance is badly affected or because you’re passing your Mac onto someone else and want to make sure all your data is removed. Or maybe you just want that fresh out of the box Mac experience again. Whatever your reasons, here is how to clean install macOS High Sierra.

How to prepare your Mac for the clean install

To complete the clean install procedure described below, you"ll need:

macOS High Sierra Installer, available from the Mac App Store.
a 16GB or larger USB flash drive
Notice: USB drive is needed for a clean install on your Mac’s startup drive. If you plan to clean install macOS on a non-startup drive, you don"t need it.
go for a system cleanup and backup your data - this will allow you to easily return your Mac to the condition it was in before you installed macOS.
and an hour or two to spare.

Choose the right way to clean install macOS High Sierra

Before you proceed, you need to make a choice how to run a clean install. If you only have one drive and it’s not partitioned and this is where you have all your files and your OS, your choice is to . This way entails one important fact: all your files and data will be deleted during the process.

If you have another drive or volume other than your startup drive, use the second way which is . It’s a more lenient and less intrusive way because your Mac doesn’t get wiped clean, only your system.

If you don’t know which one you have, go with the first option, startup drive.

How to clean install macOS on a startup drive

Once you have everything that"s needed, let"s begin. Don’t worry, this step-by-step guide will walk you through all you need to do.

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The process of performing a clean install involves wiping your Mac’s main drive clean so it’s essential that you back it up immediately before you start. You might not want to backup the files you don’t need and system junk, so make sure to clean that up beforehand. An easy way to go about this is to get a Mac cleaning app like . It will save to hours of manual file cleanup and polish your system before the backup.

Start with a system cleanup

Delete everything you don't need - large and old files and archives, useless apps, cache data and other junk, duplicate files - all these files silently eat up the disk space, duplicate images are especially hard to find out.

You can always use CleanMyMac to system junk, large and old files, and remove unwanted apps. You could do it manually, but CleanMyMac only all it takes is a few clicks.

Then you can use to easily find duplicate files and folders on your hard drive, so you can delete them and save precious storage space.

Backup your data

Now, for the backup itself use. It's more powerful than Apple's own Time Machine. It’s also a good idea to create a bootable clone, so if anything goes wrong you can go back to where you started easily. Also, a cloned drive makes copying files back to your newly-updated system very easy. And move your images and documents into the cloud or to an external drive, just to be on the safe side.

As well as backing up your Mac, you should also take screenshots of settings in any apps you’ve customized so that you can set them up again quickly later. And make sure you have a record of license codes for apps and passwords for websites.

Create a bootable macOS installer

Install macOS on your startup disk drive

Make sure you backup your Mac to keep your important files, before taking the next step, that erase your Mac’s Startup drive.

To erase your Mac's main drive:

Go to System Preferences
Click Startup disk and choose the installer you just created.
Restart your Mac and hold down Command-R to boot into recovery mode.
Take your bootable USB and connect it to your Mac.

When the macOS Utilities screen appears, follow these steps:

Select Reinstall a new copy of macOS.
Click Continue, then click Continue again when the next window appears.
Agree to the terms and conditions, then select your Mac’s internal drive.
Click Install.
Wait for macOS High Sierra to install and your Mac to restart.

When your Mac has restarted, you’ll need to follow the process of setting it up as if it was a brand new Mac. So, you’ll need to connect to your wifi router and type in the password. Then you’ll need to type in the details for your iCloud account. Then you’ll have to set up a new admin user account.

Once you've done that, you can start installing apps. . You'll need your username and password.

It’s a good idea to only download those apps you need to use straight away. Other apps can be downloaded as and when you need them. That way you avoid cluttering up your brand new macOS.

If you use a cloud service like Dropbox, now is the time to re-connect. And you can copy any documents, photos or other files you need from the backup you made at the start.

Clean Install macOS High Sierra on a non-startup drive

You don’t need a backup for this option, it’s safer and faster than the previous way but only available to you if you have an extra drive or your drive is broken down into volumes.

Here’s how to install your new macOS on the non-startup disk.

Step 1. Erase your non-startup drive

Before you install the new OS on it, you need to erase all data on the drive you’ve chosen for it. To do it, use Disk Utility. Choose the volume you’d like to clean up and click Erase.

If you still need some info from that drive, you can use an app like to sync it with another drive and keep the files.

Quite often, Mac users are faced with the following problem - how to return the computer to factory settings, resetting all user information, and reinstall the operating system completely. Instructions for this process presented below.

The Mac, like most other Apple devices, is intended for personal use. This means that usually computer owners fine-tune the system for themselves and another user will not be entirely comfortable working with it. If there is a need to completely get rid of existing data and settings, then you need to follow the simple steps described below.

Clean installation of macOS: preliminary steps

IMPORTANT: Before clean install(reinstallation, flashing, factory reset) Mac, be sure to check:

Is your Mac tied to your Apple ID and not some other one?
Do you remember the credentials (username and password) of your Apple ID. You can check, for example, by logging in (from your computer).

The fact is that if the Find Mac function was activated on the Mac (located along the path: System Settings→ iCloud → Find Mac), then after reinstalling the system (resetting to factory settings), the system will ask you to enter the Apple ID to which the device is linked.

How to find out (see) which iPhone, iPad, Mac are linked to Apple ID.
How to restore (reset) forgotten password to Apple ID for iCloud, iTunes and App Store.
What will be deleted if you sign out of iCloud on iPhone, iPad and Mac?

How to reset Macbook, iMac, Mac mini, Mac Pro to factory settings (how to reinstall macOS)

1. Make sure you have an Internet connection (for later installation of macOS), as well as an electrical connection in the case of a MacBook.

Attention! Further actions will lead to complete removal ALL data on Mac – save the necessary information on external media in advance;

2. Restart your computer (or turn it on if it was turned off) using the  menu → Reboot;

3. During the reboot process, press and hold the key combination that suits you best:

⌘Cmd + R– installing the version of macOS that was running on the computer before problems arose. Those. your Mac will install exactly the same version as before.

⌥Option (Alt) + ⌘Cmd + R– Update to the latest version of macOS that your Mac is compatible with. For example, if the Mac was running High Sierra, and the breakdown occurred after the final build of macOS Mojave was released, the system will download Mojave from the Internet and install it.

⇧Shift + ⌥Option (Alt) + ⌘Cmd + R– installation of the version of macOS that was originally installed on the computer (or the closest available version to it).

Note: requires macOS Sierra 10.12.4 or higher a new version OS.

4 . Then the window “ macOS Utilities"(on versions lower than macOS High Sierra may be called " Utilities macOS"). Here you need to select " Disk Utility" and click " Continue";

Checking and fixing boot disk errors (recommended)

1 . In Disk Utility, select your drive from the menu on the left (usually a Macintosh HD, it's at the very top).

2 . Click on First Aid.

3 . Click Launch. The application will check the boot disk for “health status”, i.e. functionality and correct existing errors. This process may take some time.

4 . Once the scan is complete, click Finish.

Erasing the boot disk

1. In the Disk Utility application, select a verified startup disk, go to the “Erase” section (at the top of the screen);

2. On the menu "Format" select APFS (for computers running macOS Sierra or later old version OS select Mac OS Extended) and press " Erase";

3. Once the disk formatting process is complete, click " Complete" to exit Disk Utility.

Reinstalling the macOS operating system (factory reset)

Reinstall macOS using the appropriate item (screenshot below) and follow the instructions. Latest version macOS will be downloaded from the Internet and the macOS reinstallation process will begin. During this time, the computer may restart.

Note: If you're installing from scratch, you'll have to configure your Mac and program settings all over again.