How then do you plan on 1) erasing and formatting your internal drive, 2) installing OS 10.12.4, and 3) "migrating"/copying needed stuff from your backup? It would be best if you let us know step by step how you plan on accomplishing this.Īdditionally, as I mentioned previously, you also need to insure that whatever third party software you are using, that each of those is compatible with Sierra. Click on that, and then you can proceed with the download.Īlso, once you download OS 10.12.4, don't continue with the installation. On the next screen, on the right, you'll see "macOS Sierra". There will be no versions of Sierra shown within your Purchased items. So, you can only download the latest version of Sierra, OS 10.12.4, from the App Store. Myself, I have downloaded Sierra 3 times from the App Store, V10.12.1, V10.12.2, and V10.12.4, and not any of those appear within my "Purchased" items. That will not happen until after Apple releases the next version of the Mac OS, probably in the fall. Maybe someone can explain why.Īs I mentioned above, you will not see any "purchases" of OS 10.12.x in your Purchased items (I had misstated that above). Interestingly, for El Capitan, the button I would click to download it says "Install", but for the other 4, it says "Download". One other anomaly: I listed above the 5 Mac OS versions I still have within my "Purchases" list. I did not bother to check which version, but from all indications, it was V10.10.0, ie, the initial version. But, it was still available for download with my "Purchased" list. But so what! The thing is, that download did not start up the installation of Yosemite, which was fine by me.Īs expected, the resulting file, entitled "Install OS X Yosemite", wound up in my Applications folder. It took about 25 minutes, and when it completed, I got another message about the "oldness" of Yosemite. When I first selected Yosemite to download from my "Purchased" list, I did initially get a warning, regrading the fact that I had a newer version (Sierra) of the OS my machine (my Mac Mini, in this case).
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