Ask HN: How can I download the Big Sur disk image?

1 pointsssutch35y ago3 comments

I live somewhere with a very unreliable internet connection. I can not get the entire update for Big Sur downloaded before it fails. If I could use a resumable download manager which I often do, I could get it finished.

Is there a way to get a direct link to the image/file so I can download it myself, outside the update manager? I am a mac developer as well but there are no links in the developer download section like there used to be ages ago.

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rderewianko5y ago

First time Caller, long time listener First off you could try and get it from the software update catalogue https://github.com/munki/macadmin-scripts/blob/main/installi...

(which then recompiles all the files into a installer)

There are urls for the catalogue files in there. Some people have had success with just using the InstallAssistant.pkg

mtmail5y ago

Could somebody else download it, create an install drive and ship it to you? Or reupload the *.app file so you can resume the download? https://www.macworld.com/article/3566910/how-to-create-a-boo...

wmf5y ago

There are torrents.

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