![]() So, this is actually my 79yo father's laptop, and now he's going to be forced to replace a perfectly working device - shameless. You will be asked to confirm that you're ready for the disk to be deleted: Yet 'y', then Enter, and the process will begin. For macOS Sierra, this is /Applications/Install\ macOS\ High\ Sierra.app. It began, and then quit, citing it couldn't download required files. To provide the application with a path to the installer package. Matter of fact, in internet recovery, using CMD-OPT-R, it gives me only the option of Installing Lion, which I chose, just to see, and it wouldn't install that either. ![]() macOS is lightyears beyond Windows, and Apple's hardware is amazing, but the fact I can't get High Sierra installed onto an eligible machine is no coincidence in my opinion. As a computer repair shop owner, I'm really frustrated with this type of stuff. If I'm installing from a USB drive, the machine shouldn't even need to contact recovery servers. I've tried internet recovery, and two different High Sierra install USB drives. I have tried changing the date, updating/syncing the date with Apple. There is NOTHING WRONG with this MacBook. You can download the DMG for Sierra and install it first and download High Sierra and create a flash drive for it.Ĭlick to expand.Well, I give up. You may need to create a new High Sierra bootable installer. You can download and create a flash drive installer for High Sierra by either using a Sierra or Mojave Mac. Make sure that you connect first to internet either by wi-fi or ethernet cable then use the High Sierra flash drive. All of these I tried on MacBook Pro 2015.Īnother thing, checking for security updates for High Sierra through the App Store no longer works but I was still able to download security updates for Yosemite, El Capitan, and Sierra, which is odd since they are all older than High Sierra.Īll of what I mentioned above, I have performed in 2023 and it is really weird. It still works when trying to download and install Yosemite, El Capitan, Sierra, Mojave, Catalina, Big Sur, and Monterey. Installing High Sierra using internet recovery no longer works.
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