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The biggest issue I have with Mac upgrades is that for me, it doesn't cache the upgrade. My internet is weak, not as great in speed and bandwidth as US so it d

The biggest issue I have with Mac upgrades is that for me, it doesn't cache the upgrade. My internet is weak, not as great in speed and bandwidth as US so it downloads 4gb and then fails. Then it starts from 0 sgain. I expected Apple of all companies to cache downloads. Frankly, it caches only the first 500MB. I do not know why. Any workarounds?

tcoff91 7y ago
I think you might be able to use the Apple developer downloads site to get the whole installer
sgt 7y ago
Frankly nowadays (on most systems) you need a decent connection. I would perhaps connect from another connection (if you have the opportunity) for the download itself.
- jaynetics 7y ago
  If 25M people are eligible for this upgrade and it fails in the middle for only 1%, that is 1 Petabyte transferred in vain. Not to mention man hours wasted. Just to save a few lines of code.
  - sgt 7y ago
    You're missing the point. It's about the way you treat people and also shaming a particular individual on a corporate blog.
- thewhitetulip 7y ago
  I don't have broadband connection. I use mobile data.
cerberusss 7y ago
If you have another (24/7 powered-on) Mac in the household, it can act as a cache: https://hashtagwifi.com/blog/apple-content-caching-and-you-setup-and-advanced-options https://hashtagwifi.com/blog/apple-content-caching-and-you-s...
jasonrm 7y ago
You might want to give "macOS Patcher" a try. http://dosdude1.com/software.html http://dosdude1.com/software.html It's main purpose is to allow for running macOS on unsupported Macs, but it also can download the original unmodified version. I've only used the unpatched Mojave version myself and I have no idea how well it supports slow/unstable connections.
- simongr3dal 7y ago
  I've had good experiences using this to download the installer and install macOS on external storage.
satysin 7y ago
I use the installer download script from https://github.com/munki/macadmin-scripts https://github.com/munki/macadmin-scripts Has always worked fine.
- thewhitetulip 7y ago
  Thank you

tcoff91 7y ago

I think you might be able to use the Apple developer downloads site to get the whole installer

sgt 7y ago

Frankly nowadays (on most systems) you need a decent connection. I would perhaps connect from another connection (if you have the opportunity) for the download itself.

jaynetics 7y ago
If 25M people are eligible for this upgrade and it fails in the middle for only 1%, that is 1 Petabyte transferred in vain. Not to mention man hours wasted. Just to save a few lines of code.
- sgt 7y ago
  You're missing the point. It's about the way you treat people and also shaming a particular individual on a corporate blog.
thewhitetulip 7y ago
I don't have broadband connection. I use mobile data.

cerberusss 7y ago

If you have another (24/7 powered-on) Mac in the household, it can act as a cache: https://hashtagwifi.com/blog/apple-content-caching-and-you-setup-and-advanced-options https://hashtagwifi.com/blog/apple-content-caching-and-you-s...

jasonrm 7y ago

You might want to give "macOS Patcher" a try. http://dosdude1.com/software.html http://dosdude1.com/software.html It's main purpose is to allow for running macOS on unsupported Macs, but it also can download the original unmodified version. I've only used the unpatched Mojave version myself and I have no idea how well it supports slow/unstable connections.

simongr3dal 7y ago
I've had good experiences using this to download the installer and install macOS on external storage.

satysin 7y ago

I use the installer download script from https://github.com/munki/macadmin-scripts https://github.com/munki/macadmin-scripts Has always worked fine.

thewhitetulip 7y ago
Thank you