macOS Sierra is inarguably the biggest ever update. Fabulous features like Universal Clipboard, PiP mode, Siri, Apple Pay on the web, Auto-Unlock have immensely enhanced the profile of the latest macOS version.
Thoroughly impressed with macOS Sierra, most of my friends rushed to install it on their Mac. Unfortunately, some folks couldn't download the macOS as it got stuck on the waiting error. Having encountered the download stuck on the waiting issue a few times before, I was able to troubleshoot it without any difficulty.
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Jan 24, 2018. Feb 24, 2020. Download macOS Sierra 10.12.5 DMG Installer Without App Store 0 0 TechGlobeX Edit This Post Apple has officially released macOS 10.12.5 Sierra (Build 16F73) update for Mac devices with iCloud 6.2.1 and iTunes 12.6.1 software updates as well.
Have you also run into the same issue? Give these simple tricks a try to resolve it.
How to Fix macOS Download Stuck on Waiting Issue
Solution #1
Solution #1
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Step #1. First off, you have to get rid of the partly downloaded macOS Sierra file from the applications folder.
Step #2. Make sure to remove the icon from Launchpad as well.
Step #3. Now, restart your Mac. (Apple menu → Restart)
Step #4. Now, try to download the latest macOS version again.
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Solution #2
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Just in case, the first trick has not been able to fix the problem, try out this trick.
Step #1. First up, you need to close the 'App Store' app.
Step #2. Next, open Terminal.
Step #3. Enter the following commanddefaults write com.apple.appstore ShowDebugMenu -bool true
Step #4. Open 'App Store' app again. Next, open 'Debug' in the menu item. Then, click on 'Show Download Folder.'
Step #5. Open folder 'com.apple.appstore' and delete all the files and folders in the 'com.apple.appstore' folder.
Step #6. Now, you have to close the 'App Store' app again and restart the Mac.
Step #7. Launch the 'App Store' app and start the download process all over again.
It should be all right now.
At times, while downloading the macOS, you may receive 'An error has occurred' and the download will stop. In this case, the first solution mentioned above will work.
If Mac App Store shows 'macOS Sierra is up to date' and the button to download the update is missing–even though you are yet to download and install the public version of the newest version of macOS, you may likely have one of the betas or GM builds on your Mac. Hence, make sure to remove them before trying to download Sierra.
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Apple macOS high Sierra was the 13 instalment of the Mac operating system. Like its predecessors, it brings so many new features including a brand new file system. Other major features upgrades include new photos app with better editing tools, faster and better safari with almost 80% fast javascript rendering than chrome (at the time of its launch). Apart from these feature updates macOS high sierra also includes many bug fixes and security enhancements.
Now in 2018 as macOS Mojave is released I would highly recommend you to install macOS Mojave on your mac because it contains many bug fixes, new features and also apfs file system is more stable as compared to macOS high sierra. But if your mac is not supported by macOS mojave then you can download macOS high sierra from these download links.
This article contains links which can be installed on a real mac as well as can be used to build a Hackintosh.
Download from the apple app store.
macOS high sierra can still be downloaded from the official app store, whenever Apple releases a new version of macOS they make the older version of macOS hidden but still they can be accessed and installed on a mac.
To download macOS high sierra from apple app store go to this link, it will automatically open the app store if you are opening the link on a mac.
Download using the macOS High sierra patcher tool.
Many have reported that the file downloaded from the official Apple app store is of only 20MB but the actual size of the setup of macOS High Sierra 10.13.6 is 4.9GB. The issue is not fixed till now and is still present. Those who have faced this issue you can use this method to download the full setup of macOS High Sierra from apple servers.
The patch tool is developed by Collin to install macOS high sierra on unsupported Macs. The primary job of the tool is to patch the installer so it can be installed on unsupported Macs but through this tool, you can also download the installer.
To download the full macOS high sierra installer simply download the tool from the developer's Google drive then run the tool.
Now, from the toolbar click on 'Tools' and then click the download option, then wait for the download to complete and the installer will appear in the Apps folder.
Download using torrent (Official .app).
If you prefer using torrents or have limited bandwidth per day then you can also download the installer using torrent. This is the official App present in the app store and not modified for Hackintosh, So you can use it to upgrade your mac.
Download from Apple's server.
The download links present in this section are from Apple's server directly. You can download every version of macOS from the apple server directly. However you will not get a single .app format from it, they are in dmg format and are multiple files and cannot be used directly to upgrade your system to macOS high sierra. But you can use these images to make a bootable USB from these images use can restore the images from disk utility into a USB drive and try to boot with it. A more detailed guide can be found in insanlymac.com but it is Hackintosh focused but it will also work on a real mac.
The direct download links for macOS high sierra 10.13.6 from Apple's servers are:-
Download macOS high sierra dmg for Hackintosh.
This dmg image is converted from the macOS high sierra 10.13.6 app. It is only for building Hackintosh. The dmg already includes clover bootloader, so you can restore the image and install the OS on your pc. Here in HackintoshPro, we have a much detailed guide on how to install macOS high sierra on pc.
Verdict
While macOS Mojave is released macOS high sierra still can be download and installed from the app store. If you are looking for installing or upgrading to high sierra on a mac I highly recommend you to download the app from the Apple app store because it is the easiest method, but if in some case you are not able to download the app from app store then try downloading the dmg files from the Apple's servers directly and create a bootable USB from it and then install it on your mac.
