Help find High Sierra Download?

[Jedi5]

I have an older iMac that I'm trying to do a clean install on.
I don't have my CD anymore.

It's a late 2009 10.13.6

I've tried to look for a download but what I get are password protected firles
or some fusion drive I can't install.

I've spent the last 1/2 hour trying to find a working file and have come up empty.

Anyone share a link please

thanks

 

[BigBlur]

I have an older iMac that I'm trying to do a clean install on.
I don't have my CD anymore.

It's a late 2009 10.13.6

I've tried to look for a download but what I get are password protected firles
or some fusion drive I can't install.

I've spent the last 1/2 hour trying to find a working file and have come up empty.

Anyone share a link please

thanks

Not sure how you're coming up empty. It's literally the first result from Googling "download High Sierra".

How to download and install macOS - Apple Support

Download and install current or previous versions of the Mac operating system on compatible Mac computers.

support.apple.com

 

[Jedi5]

yeah i saw that link

i think that's the link that gave me the beta fusion file

 

[DeltaMac]

Not sure what you mean by "beta fusion file"
Here's the link from that article, which takes you directly to the App Store page for High Sierra.

Create a bootable installer for macOS - Apple Support

You can use a USB flash drive or other secondary volume as a startup disk from which to install the Mac operating system. These steps are primarily for system administrators and other experienced users who are familiar with entering commands in Terminal.

support.apple.com

Just click on the blue "Get" button, near the top right corner of the page. It's a normal download that will give you the High Sierra installer, and will put it in your Applications folder. The app's name will be Install macOS High Sierra, and is about 5.23 GB. Quit that installer if it starts automatically -- Don't run it from there. Make a bootable USB installer from that app. There's complete instructions for doing that in your Terminal, steps are in that same support article.

Create a bootable installer for macOS - Apple Support

You can use a USB flash drive or other secondary volume as a startup disk from which to install the Mac operating system. These steps are primarily for system administrators and other experienced users who are familiar with entering commands in Terminal.

support.apple.com

All you need is an 8GB flash drive (if you can still find one), or an easier-to-find 16GB. You can also make a small partition on an external USB drive (a 6GB partition is great!), and follow the steps to make the bootable High Sierra installer.

 

[Jedi5]

Not sure what you mean by "beta fusion file"

When I tried to install the file, I got an error message saying I couldn't install the file and took me to this:

beta.apple.com/sp/betaprogram/apfsfuion

I don't know what I did or didn't do correctly the first time.
I went to d/l from the file that BigBlur shared and now
I think it's downloading.

I swear I tried that first link and it didn't work.
Well, I think it's working now

Thanks for the help!

 

[Fastsavage]

Try DosDudes patch

Here is the link

macOS High Sierra Patcher

 

[DeltaMac]

Try DosDudes patch

Here is the link

macOS High Sierra Patcher

just to clarify about that "Patcher" app.... It is primarily made to patch the macOS installer so it can be installed on a non-supported Mac.
But, if you launch the app, then go to the Tools menu, there is a link to download the High Sierra installer. It gets it directly from Apple's servers, so quite safe to use. And, you are not required to use the app to patch the installer, so you get the installer, use it to make a bootable USB installer, and all will be good...

 

[Fastsavage]

just to clarify about that "Patcher" app.... It is primarily made to patch the macOS installer so it can be installed on a non-supported Mac.
But, if you launch the app, then go to the Tools menu, there is a link to download the High Sierra installer. It gets it directly from Apple's servers, so quite safe to use. And, you are not required to use the app to patch the installer, so you get the installer, use it to make a bootable USB installer, and all will be good...

You are right. I should have explained.

 

[ixxx69]

But, if you launch the app, then go to the Tools menu, there is a link to download the High Sierra installer. It gets it directly from Apple's servers, so quite safe to use.

Thank you! This worked perfectly.

I am curious where the patcher is getting the download from (is there a way to find that out?). I tried downloading High Sierra off the App Store and unlike previous versions, it downloads a small installer into the Applications folder and a separate folder in root that contains the actual files (pkg format). Not sure if the patcher is accessing this and then converting it into a single "app", or if it's getting it from a different source.

I've been using the terminal "softwareupdate" command for a while now, which still works with more recent versions, but currently only goes back as far as Mojave 10.14.6.