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Bootable USB drive for MacOS High Sierra for old MacBook Pro

So if I have MacOS Yosimite, and I'm trying to create a bootable USB drive with MacOS High Sierra for a computer component upgrade, the MacOS High Sierra installer I download will not work unless I upgrade to MacOS Sierra first?

MacBook Pro 13″, OS X 10.10

Posted on Sep 12, 2020 10:12 AM

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Posted on Sep 12, 2020 12:47 PM

You must be getting a 10.13 update not the whole installer.


Don't use FireFox for this link…


https://itunes.apple.com/app/macos-high-sierra/id1246284741?mt=12


If you get a corrupted message...

Naw, not damaged, it's just that you have an old copy already in Applications, there are 2 cures...


Disconnect from the Internet & set the Date back to 2014, then you can run the Install MacsOS High Sierra App in Applications, so expired Certificates are not expired.


Or... trash the Install MacsOS High Sierra.app in Applications then a new copy more recent version can be downloaded.

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Sep 12, 2020 12:47 PM in response to Flyfishlab

You must be getting a 10.13 update not the whole installer.


Don't use FireFox for this link…


https://itunes.apple.com/app/macos-high-sierra/id1246284741?mt=12


If you get a corrupted message...

Naw, not damaged, it's just that you have an old copy already in Applications, there are 2 cures...


Disconnect from the Internet & set the Date back to 2014, then you can run the Install MacsOS High Sierra App in Applications, so expired Certificates are not expired.


Or... trash the Install MacsOS High Sierra.app in Applications then a new copy more recent version can be downloaded.

Bootable USB drive for MacOS High Sierra for old MacBook Pro

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