updating MacOS without Apple ID

[bill99]

Hello forum

I intend to update my future Mac (its MacOS) without AppleID. Is it possible? How?



Thank you!

Bill



PS
I heard that for that purpose an installer can be downloaded from https://support.apple.com/downloads/macos
to the application folder.
But am unable to find such an installer. It seems to me that under that URL only MacOS are downlaodable...

 

[MandiMac]

No, it's not possible. Why? Because macOS updates are distributed via the Mac App Store, for which (you guessed it) an Apple ID is needed.

 

[Fishrrman]

It IS "possible".
But it depends on which version of the OS you want.
But that depends on WHERE you get your copy of the OS -from-.
(I will say no more)

 

[chrfr]

Hello forum

I intend to update my future Mac (its MacOS) without AppleID. Is it possible? How?



Thank you!

Bill



PS
I heard that for that purpose an installer can be downloaded from https://support.apple.com/downloads/macos
to the application folder.
But am unable to find such an installer. It seems to me that under that URL only MacOS are downlaodable...

It's possible. I do wonder, though, why you're concerned about the Apple ID.
You can run a script like installinstallmacos.py from here https://github.com/munki/macadmin-scripts to get the installer from Apple software update servers.

 

[bill99]

Thank you very much for the help!!

Bill