![]() ![]() It takes a long time (I think over an hour) to prepare the install media, but it reports it as bad media. I found I had to mount the ISO as a drive, then drag the Mojave file and drop it on the window for creating a VM. I didn't expect more, since it's just an upgrade file.ģ) I used the Mojave install ISO I downloaded. I think the EFI messages are about booting from a disk, then from the network, but it's hard to tell.Ģ) I tried using my Mojave upgrade DMG from the App Store, but I can't get past the Restore utility. Then it goes back to the smaller black window and continually repeats. I get the Apple logo and progress bar and when it tries to reboot, I get a smaller black window that resizes to a larger black window, and then I get EFI info that flashes by too fast to read. I've used VMWare before, so I checked on the latest version and got VMWare Fusion Player 12.2.4 and installed that on the Mac Mini.įrom there, I've tried a few ways to create a Mojave VM:ġ) I tried creating a VM from the Restore Partition from my Mac Mini. ![]() The relevant point is that VirtualBox did find that install ISO okay. (I figure I'll keep the VM in a sandbox, so I can do that for at least a test setup.) The Mojave install ISO file worked in VirtualBox, but the VM is absurdly slow. One had directions to create one in VirtualBox, so I followed that and tried making a VM from the Mojave install image I got from there. (That's my guess.) Then I looked online and found a few articles about creating VMs in different software. I used the App store to get the Mojave upgrade DMG file and tried to create a new VM from that, but since it's only an upgrade file, it doesn't work. If you have a way to do that, a sure-fire way, feel free to bypass everything I've tried and tell me how to do it! My goal is to create a Mojave VM so I can play some 32 bit games that won't work from Catalina and up. So, you know, if any of you have found a way to get older operating systems in the App Store, be sure to comment and tell me how! And no, “maybe you should have thought of that before upgrading to Mojave” isn’t helpful, friends.I have a Mac Mini from late 2014 running Big Sur and VMWare Fusion Player 12.2.4. I haven’t found a way to access Sierra or earlier, even when I’ve gone through Apple’s support pages clicking direct download links. One thing to note, though: If your troublesome computer won’t run High Sierra and you need an even older version of macOS, you may be out of luck. You don’t need to open it for troubleshooting on your old Mac, so you can just click “Quit.”Īfter everything is finished, you can follow the instructions in this Apple support article to create a bootable installer for your older Mac. You’ll get a warning after it’s done downloading that High Sierra is too old to be opened by Mojave, but that’s okay. Your Mac will ask you to confirm what you’re doing, and you’ll click “Download.” When you click that link, you should end up at the App Store page for High Sierra.Ĭlick “Get” as shown on that page, and System Preferences will open and check for the update. To begin with, go to this Apple support article and click “Go to the Mac App Store.” Fortunately, there is a way to get around this and download High Sierra, at least. ![]() As a consultant who…you know… needs copies of these installers for work, this is a wee bit frustrating. The App Store’s “Purchased” page doesn’t show the operating system installers as downloadable options anymore, and searching for “High Sierra” (or “Sierra” or “El Capitan”) in the App Store doesn’t turn up any relevant results. Unfortunately, though, this is no longer possible in macOS Mojave. This was helpful if, for example, you had an older Mac that you wanted to troubleshoot or reinstall the operating system on you could then use that downloaded macOS file to create a bootable installer. For a long time now, if you needed an older macOS installer (such as Sierra or El Capitan), you could visit the App Store, go to your “Purchased” page, and re-download anything you’d used in the past.
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