Ventura 13.1 Download Location

[BGPL]

In the past, the "Install MacOS XXXXXXXX" dmg file has gone in /Applications, but I just downloaded Ventura 13.1, and it appears to have hidden it. I downloaded via the software update preference pane. I know it's still there because I know how much disk space I had before I downloaded. It doesn't show up in storage management either.

 

[chrfr]

In the past, the "Install MacOS XXXXXXXX" dmg file has gone in /Applications, but I just downloaded Ventura 13.1, and it appears to have hidden it. I downloaded via the software update preference pane. I know it's still there because I know how much disk space I had before I downloaded. It doesn't show up in storage management either.

Software update does not always download a full installer anymore. It definitely doesn't if you're coming from 13.0 or 13.0.1, and most likely won't in the later versions of Monterey either.

 

[Kimcha]

You have to open the App Store page for Ventura and then click the "Get" button. It will open system preferences and download the full version that ends up in /Applications.

‎macOS Ventura

‎macOS Ventura makes the things you do most on Mac even better, with big updates to the apps you use everyday including Mail, Messages, and Safari. You can use your iPhone as a webcam for your Mac with Continuity Camera. There's also an entirely new way to automatically organize your windows...

apps.apple.com

 

[joevt]

I use OCLP to get macOS installers, then I use createinstallmedia to copy it to a partition. Then I can use that partition to install or update macOS.
https://support.apple.com/en-ca/HT201372
I have multiple Macs, and some of them don't support the latest macOS so I use OCLP. But the downloaded installers also work for supported Macs (OCLP doesn't modify the installers). This way, I only need to download the installers once.

 

[bogdanw]

In the past, the "Install MacOS XXXXXXXX" dmg file has gone in /Applications, but I just downloaded Ventura 13.1, and it appears to have hidden it. I downloaded via the software update preference pane. I know it's still there because I know how much disk space I had before I downloaded. It doesn't show up in storage management either.

Since Big Sur, InstallAssistant.pkg is downloaded somewhere in /private/var/folders, then unpacked as Install macOS Ventura.app in /Applications/
I have found Monterey in /var/folders/zz/zyxvpxvq6csfxvn_n00000s0000068/C/softwareupdated/com.apple.SoftwareUpdate/swcdn.apple.com/content/downloads/
You can try to search from Terminal with:

sudo find /var/folders/ -name InstallAssistant.pkg