MacOS Mojave Patcher 1.1.2. MacOS Mojave Patcher is an application that lets you install and run macOS 10.14 on unsupported hardware. It was developed by Dosdude, who also developed similar. If you update to 10.14.4 or later, and HAVE NOT updated your installer volume with version 1.3.0 or later of Mojave Patcher, you WILL NOT be able to.
We talk about a lot of new version of macOS, like Big Sur or Catalina, which is now packed with many amazing features. However, they need to more advanced hardware to run the OS smoothly. If you are using an old model of Mac computer, High Sierra is still the best choice if it was not eligible for upgrading to Catalina or Big Sur.
Currently, Apple only offers High Serria Installer app from Mac App Store. This means you can only create a bootable macOS USB on Mac. It could be a problem if you are trying to build a hackintosh on Windows PC. You need macOS High Serria this way. Don't worry, we will give you the result in this article.
Hardware Requirement of macOS High Serria
Before downloading macOS High Serria DMG file, it is crucial to know what kind of hardware specification it requires. It is useless and waste of time if the model was not matched. Please check out the list of Mac models that can run macOS High Serria without any problem.
- MacBook Pro in mid 2010 or later.
- MacBook in late 2009 or later.
- MacBook Air in late 2010 or later.
- Mac mini in mid 2010 or later.
- iMac in late 2009 or later
However, if you want to run macOS High Serria from PC, the CPU should Intel Core i5 and above; RAM should be more than 4GB and free disk space should be 50GB.
Direct Download Link of macOS High Serria DMG File
Below is a set of verified download links for High Serria (macOS 10.13). Click the link one by one and find the best site where gives you the fatest download speed. In addition, some of the download sites requires account login. So you may need to register a new account before download starts.
macOS High Sierra 10.13.6 DMG Download: https://www.mediafire.com/folder/5dvx88
macOS High Sierra 10.13.1 DMG Download: https://sundryfiles.com/8zr
macOS High Sierra 10.13.6 DMG Download (Torrent): https://mactorrents.io/macos-high-sierra-10-13-6-build-17g65/
macOS High Sierra 10.13 DMG Download (for Hackintosh): https://mega.nz/file/lnRQGaCA
macOS High Sierra 10.13.6 ISO Download: https://sundryfiles.com/9tz
After the installation .dmg file is downloaded, you need to burn the dmg file to USB in order to make it bootable. For Windows users, please check out this detailed guide for making bootable macOS USB from DMG. For Mac user, please visit this page instead.
More reading: DMG Download link for macOS Big Sur, Catalina and Mojave.
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Download macOS High Serria Installer App from Mac App Store
You can get High Sierra dmg from the Apple Store, but you will have to recreate the dmg files as all the files will be in the scattered form and if you are lucky enough then you can get the complete version of High Sierra from the Apple store or else you will get only 19 MB files, means they are scattered and to recreate the same, you will have to perform few tasks. So, let's begin the journey.
p.s High Serria Install app won't appear in result page when you are trying to search 'High Serria' in Mac App Store.
Step 1: Open a web browser on your Mac and click this link.
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Step 2: A message pops up and asks you to open the link in Mac App Store. Please grant the permission.
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Step 3: Now, you will get to the details page of High Serria app and click the Get button to start downloading the installer app (5.2GB).
Step 4: Once the progress id completed, an app called Install macOS High Serria appears in Application folder.
Step 5: Now, follow steps in Part 6 of this guide to make a bootable macOS High Serria USB by using Terminal app.
Download macOS High Sierra Using Dosdude Patcher
As stated earlier, Apple does not offer the full version of High Sierra and it provides only 19MB update file and it is beneficial for you when you have High Sierra. So, to get the same, you will have to go with Mac OS High Sierra Patcher. This tool will fulfil your desire and you can easily access the OS on your Mac machine via this application. Now, follow the steps listed below to create a bootable High Sierra USB drive.
Step 1: Visit the site listed below to download macOS High Sierra Patcher: http://dosdude1.com/highsierra/
Step 2: After installing the patcher on your machine, launch it. On the home page, you will get few tabs at the top interface, click on 'Tools', and then select 'Download macOS High Sierra' from the list.
Step 3: Thereafter, a pop-up window will open and it will ask for the confirmation of the action as the file size is 5GB and to download the same, you must have a strong internet connection. Just click on the 'Yes' button.
Step 4: Now, select the location where you want to download the High Sierra app. Soon, the download will start and once it is completed, you will get the confirmation message.
Step 5: After the completion of the download process, a pop-up window will open asking you to create a patch of the file, click on the 'Not now' button. That's it; you are all done and now, you can locate your downloaded file and can install macOS High Serria on your mac.
The macOS High Sierra Patcher, is designed for all the mac users. The file accessed by this tool is directly from Apple server, so you will get a valid macOS installer for sure. Moreover, the tool is completely free and no ads or adware within the app. Boeing 737 cbt.
Summary
We have list a couple of ways to help you download macOS High Sierra DMG file as well as how to create a bootable USB from it. All of them are still working till the time we are writing this post. And we recommend downloading dmg file as it works on Windows PC and Mac. The rest of methods can be only done on a Mac computer.
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I also have a YouTube video going over the whole process.
Requirements:
- Early-2008 or newer Mac Pro, iMac, or MacBook Pro(MacPro 3,1 and 4,1, iMac 8,1 and 9,1, MacBook Pro 4,1, 5,1 5,2, 5,3,5,4, and 5,5)
- Late-2008 or newer MacBook Air or Aluminum Unibody MacBook (MacBookAir 2,1, MacBook 5,1)
- Early-2009 or newer Mac Mini or white MacBook (Macmini 3,1, MacBook 5,2)
- Early-2008 or newer Xserve (Xserve 2,1, Xserve 3,1)
Machines that ARE NOT supported:
- 2006-2007 Mac Pros, iMacs, MacBookPros, and Mac Minis (MacPro 1,1 and 2,1, iMac 4,1, 5,1, 5,2, 6,1 and7,1, MacBook Pro 1,1, 2,1, and 3,1, Macmini 1,1 and 2,1)
-- The 2007 iMac 7,1 is compatible if the CPU is upgraded to a Penryn-based Core 2 Duo, such as a T9300.
- 2006-2008 MacBooks (MacBook 1,1, 2,1 3,1 and 4,1)
- 2008 MacBook Air (MacBookAir 1,1)
-- Note: Make sure SIP is disabled on the system you intend to installHigh Sierra on. If it's not or you're unsure, just boot into your Recoverypartition of your currently installed copy of OS X, open Terminal, andrun 'csrutil disable'.
Things you'll need:
- A copy of the macOS High Sierra InstallerApp. This can be obtained from the Mac App Store using a machinethatsupports High Sierra, or by using the built-in downloading feature of the tool. In the Menu Bar, simply select 'Tools > Download macOS High Sierra..'
- A USB drive that's at least 8 GB in size
- A copy of the tool - Download here (Current version: 2.7.0, SHA1: 73f180d30200ef5f6d900440fe57b9c7d22bd6bf)
-- View changelog and download older versions here
Known issues:
- Trackpad (MacBook5,2 affected only). The trackpad in the MacBook5,2isn't fully supported in High Sierra. While it works and is fully usable,High Sierra detects it as just a standard mouse, preventing you fromchanging some trackpad-oriented settings.
How to use:
1. Insert your desired USB drive, open Disk Utility, and format it as OS X Extended (Journaled).
2. Open the 'macOS High Sierra Patcher' tool, and browse for your copy of the macOS High Sierra Installer App.
*Ensure that the tool successfully verifies the app.
3. Next, select your USB drive in the Target Volume list, and click 'Start Operation.'
4. When the operation completes, boot your target unsupported Mac offthe USB drive you just created by holding down the Option key while turning on the machine, and selecting the drive.
Note: Only perform steps 5 and 6 if you intend to do a clean install.Otherwise, you can simply skip these steps and install to your volumecontaing a previous version of OS X, and it'll do an in-place upgrade.
5. When the installer boots, open Disk Utility from the Utilities menu, or by double-clicking it in the Utilities window on the bottom left corner of the screen.
6. Select the disk or partition you want to install on, and erase it,ensuring to use either Mac OS Extended (Journaled), or APFS as the filesystem type.If formatting an entire drive, ensure GUID is selected.
-- Please note that if you use APFS, you will not have a bootable Recovery partition.
-- It is recommended that you only use APFS if the target drive is an SSD.
-- If you decide to use APFS, a custom booting method will be installed by the post-install tool, as the firmware of these unsupported machines does not natively support booting from APFS volumes. It is not quite as clean as native booting, but will not cause any issues while running High Sierra. A demo of the modified booting process can be viewed here.
7. Install macOS normally onto the desired volume.
8. When the install completes, reboot back onto the installer drive.This time, open the 'macOS Post Install' application.
9. In the application, select the Mac model you are using. The optimalpatches will be selected for you based on the model you select. You canalso select other patches of your choosing.
-- The 'i' button next to each patch will show more details about the respective patch.
10. Select the volume you have just installed macOS High Sierra on, andclick 'Patch.' When it finishes patching, click 'Reboot'. It may sitthere for a few moments rebuilding caches before rebooting.
-- If for somereason the system fails to work correctly after rebooting, boot backinto your installer drive, run the post install patch again, and select'Force Cache Rebuild' before rebooting. This isn't necessary under mostcircumstances.
11. When it reboots, it should now boot into a fully working copy ofmacOS High Sierra.
Additional Info:
- If selected in the macOS Post Install tool, your High Sierra install will have a program named 'Patch Updater' located in your /Applications/Utilities folder. This program will alert you when new updates to patches are available for your machine, and will prompt you to install them. If you do not have Patch Updater installed, but would like it, you can download and run the script found here to do so.
Updates
System updates, such as 10.13.1, should install normally if 'Software Update Patch' was selected in the macOS Post Install tool, or installed using the Patch Updater program. If for some reason updates aren't showing up, or you did not apply the patch, you can install it manually using the script found here.
-- If the machine does not start up properly after applying a system update, you will need to boot off your patched installer volume, and re-run the post-install patch on your High Sierra volume. Ensure you select 'Force Cache Rebuild' before rebooting.
FAQ:
Q: The tool created the USB drive successfully, but when booting, the progress bar hangs a bit more than half way.
A: Check your copy of the Install macOS High Sierra App. If you're using thelatest version of the tool, you must be using the latest version of theInstall macOS High Sierra App. Version 1.1 ofthe patch tool and older support older versions of the installer app.
Q: The patch tool gives me errors, such as 'Error copying files..'.
A: Check to make sure your USB drive is writeable. Try re-formatting it, or just try a different USB drive.
Q: The patch tool gives me a 'Mounting Failed' error
A: Check to make sure your Install macOS High Sierra App is the correct one.It should be around 5GB in size. If you used the 'Skip App Verification' option, you have most likely selected an invalid app thatdoesn't contain the necessary files.
Q: I cannot open my copy of Install macOS High Sierra with the patch tool.
A: If you downloaded the copy linked above, it is distributed inside aDMG file. You must open this file (mount it) to access the InstallmacOS High Sierra App you need to select.
Q: I don't see my hard drive partition in the installer screen or in the post-install tool.
A: Make sure FileVault is disabled, or use the instructions found here to unlock it manually using Terminal.
Q: I get a 'NO' symbol when starting up after successfully installing High Sierra.
A: Make sure you have run the post-install patch on the correct volume, as detailed above in steps 8-10.
Q: I get a 'NO' symbol when starting up from the patched USB drive
A: Check the supported/not supported list at the top of this page. Ensure your machine is in the supported list.
Q: My iSight camera doesn't work after installing High Sierra
A: Make sure you properly remove (using the program's uninstaller, not by simply dragging the application to the Trash) all virtual machine software installed on your machine, such as VirtualBox, VMWare, etc.
Q: I get 'NSURL' errors when trying to update my machine or use the App Store
A: This is usually the result of having an invalid CatalogURL set. To revert to stock, simply run 'sudo softwareupdate --clear-catalog' in Terminal, and then run the software update patch script located above.
Q: Safari, App Store, and/or Mail stopped working after installing a system update
A: Download and run the Onyx application, select 'Maintenence' at the top, then click the Run button.
Q: I get a 'No packages were eligible for install' error when attepting to install High Sierra
A: This is due to your system's date and time being set incorrectly. To fix it, you can either boot into your current OS X install and set the date, or you can use Terminal after booting from your patched USB installer drive to set the date. Instructions to set the date using Terminal can be found here.