Worst decision I've made this year.......

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Put your glasses on . .. 😇

You just posted the link . . . It's in your post #49

1. Check your applications folder . . .if there is a " Install Mac OS " file there .. remove it to somewhere = perhaps to a new folder you can name as " OLD Mojave Installer ".

2. Click on this direct link to the Apple servers
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/macos-mojave/id1398502828?mt=12

I just checked this and it is still an active working link .. it will open the App Store - you will see the "GET" button in the top right corner of the webpage.

PS : after the download the installer will pop up and ask you if you want to install Mojave . . don't do that yet . . . SAVE a COPY of the Mojave installer to a folder somewhere ( not in Applications folder ! ) you name as "Mojave 10.14.6 build 18G103 ".

Now you can run the Mojave installer from your Applications folder.

Hi, MIKX ..

Thanks for the reply, but I've followed your instructions exactly. I click your link and the Mojave page in the App Store opens. There is no "Get" button ... only an option to "Download." (see screenshot).

The rest is as I wrote in my original post.

This OSX Daily article explains what's happening and a work-around, which is basically to use dosdude's Patcher Tool application to download a full Mojave installer.

Would rather go your route, but just don't see how to get there.

 

[MIKX]

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The dosdude1 link works too. download the Mojave patcher, start it, go to the 'TOOL'S menu . . . hit " download" - select a download destination.

Finish

 

[tugger]

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The dosdude1 link works too. download the Mojave patcher, start it, go to the 'TOOL'S menu . . . hit " download" - select a download destination.

Finish

Yeah, just did that and got the full installer. I've used dosdude's patcher installers before on unsupported machines and have had zero problems. He's a trustworthy guy with lots of very satisfied followers.

Apparently, using your link results in the delivery of the stub-installer on some machines. No one seems to know which ones or why. I'm on a late 2013 MacBook Pro running High Sierra 10.13.6. Go figure.

 

[MIKX]

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I'm glad you could finally download.

I have found ( since Yosemite 10.10.5 ) that full, clean installs of the final release are best.

Save the download before starting the upgrade ( for future installs )

I recommend running the 10.14.6 build 18G103 without any 3rd. party Apps for a day or so on a separate ssd / HDD to test Wake from Sleep etc.

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This is how I save Mac OS installers to an external spinner HDD.

( Just in case . . I downloaded 18G103 ( 5th. in the list )

 

[newellj]

According to this article published today at Medium, the certificates for Apple installers expired around 1:29 pm ET today. If it's right, anything downloaded before Apple reportedly fixed the certificate problem around 4pm will need to be downloaded again. Link: https://medium.com/@hammen/the-apple-packagepocalypse-2019-edition-6e2d4bc0aa90

 

[The Man]

My installers (downloaded earlier) do open up. How can I tell if my installers are good? How can I check the certificates?

 

[aliensporebomb]

Wow. Update: I find that my iMac (5k 4 ghz i7 with 1.2 TB fusion drive and 32 gigs of ram) is pretty much unusable. It's so slow it just bogs down and if I do manage to get things running I see the beachball, horrible audio glitching or responsiveness so slow my wife's 9 year old i7 imac is faster than this thing
and that computer has just a HDD.

I tried installing the latest update and her system installed it in 17 minutes and mine took close to half an hour. Afterwards, booting those systems mine just sat rolling around on the floor while hers was at the desktop much faster and more responsive and plain usable.

Once I launch the system it just sits for many minutes and many things just refuse to run. I've tried disk first aid, zapping the pram, resetting the smc, running malwarebytes to see if there's any malware on this and the performance is awful.

What I found interesting is that if I run my boot camp partition my system runs at normal speed like it used to. So, anyone have any ideas besides junking the fusion drive and having a SSD installed? Even booting off a USB 3.0 SSD isn't much faster although the system is most usable with that on the MacOS side.

 

[BigBoy2018]

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NO, I always wait untill the LAST release. I NEVER use Combos or Supplementals . . . they are all included i n the last OFFICIAL release . .in this build build 18G103 Mojave 10.14.6

Read my post #42 again.

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I recommend the following.

FIRST !
Remove any / all Mac OS installers from your Applications folder = move it to another external hard drive . . anywhere. EXCEPT your Applications folder. Title the folder "Mojave OLD installer "

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Second
Download Mojave 10.14.6 FULL installer ( it will take a while to download )
This link will connect direct to the Apple servers

‎macOS Mojave

‎MacOS Mojave delivers new features inspired by its most powerful users, but designed for everyone. Stay focused on your work using Dark Mode. Organize your desktop using Stacks. Experience four new built-in apps. And discover new apps in the reimagined Mac App Store.
 Dark Mode • Experience a...

apps.apple.com

After it is downloaded the Mojave installer will pop up asking you to install.
Don't agree YET.

Make a new folder somewhere on ( preferably on a different hard drive ) your Mac titled "Mojave 10.14.6 FULL 18G103 installer" . . . . copy the installer to this folder

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Third
Now you can install Mojave 10.14.6 build 18G103.

Install it to a different drive formatted to APFS.

The download is 6.05 Gb and is Build no. 18G103 = latest 10.14.6 full installer.
Don't install any 3rd. party apps yet.

Run the newly installed Mojave 10.14.6 build 18G103 to test for stability.

Check "wake from sleep". and whatever was bothering you before. All prior problems should be gone.

If you don't understand this post and post #42 .. . give up.

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If you get Carbon Copy Cloner you can CLONE this fresh, clean install to an HFS+ formatted SSD

I did this and everything works perfectly, no issues at all.

For what it's worth, that link no longer works. When you try to download Mojave it says 'the file is damaged' and won't let you download it.

If you set your system clock back, like to 2018, rather than say it's damaged, you simply get a message that it's 'not available'.

In other words, the days of obtaining a copy of the final release of Mojave from Apple are over.
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According to this article published today at Medium, the certificates for Apple installers expired around 1:29 pm ET today. If it's right, anything downloaded before Apple reportedly fixed the certificate problem around 4pm will need to be downloaded again. Link: https://medium.com/@hammen/the-apple-packagepocalypse-2019-edition-6e2d4bc0aa90

The old installers you have will work, as long as you temporarily set the system clock back, to 2018, or 2017 or whatever.

So it's a pretty simple fix.

 

[CoastalOR]

For what it's worth, that link no longer works. When you try to download Mojave it says 'the file is damaged' and won't let you download it.

The link works now to download a full Mojave installer app that has a new certificate.

 

[BigBoy2018]

The link works now to download a full Mojave installer app that has a new certificate.

I just tried it this morning, and got the errors I described. So you just tried it and it worked for you?

 

[CoastalOR]

I just tried it this morning, and got the errors I described. So you just tried it and it worked for you?

Yes it did. I used the link in the article to Mojave in the App Store.

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/macos-mojave/id1398502828?ls=1&mt=12

I jus now did it again to see if there had been a change from earlier, it still worked fine.

Clicked Download

Mojave installer automatically launched after the download

The full installer is in the Applications folder

 

[Super Spartan]

For what it's worth, that link no longer works. When you try to download Mojave it says 'the file is damaged' and won't let you download it.

If you set your system clock back, like to 2018, rather than say it's damaged, you simply get a message that it's 'not available'.

In other words, the days of obtaining a copy of the final release of Mojave from Apple are over.
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The old installers you have will work, as long as you temporarily set the system clock back, to 2018, or 2017 or whatever.

So it's a pretty simple fix.

Glad I downloaded it 2 days ago!! Catalina 10.15.1 was giving me problems signing into Apple TV and adding my credit card to Apple Pay always says try again later so I downgraded to Mojave and everything works and my MBP feels snappier.

 

[BigBoy2018]

Yes it did. I used the link in the article to Mojave in the App Store.

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/macos-mojave/id1398502828?ls=1&mt=12

I jus now did it again to see if there had been a change from earlier, it still worked fine.
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Clicked Download
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Mojave installer automatically launched after the download
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The full installer is in the Applications folder
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Odd. I’ve tried it twice today on different computers. No luck on either. Will try again tonight.

Btw, the one you just downloaded, when you ‘get info’ on it, is it still 14.6.06?

 

[CoastalOR]

Odd. I’ve tried it twice today on different computers. No luck on either. Will try again tonight.
Btw, the one you just downloaded, when you ‘get info’ on it, is it still 14.6.06?

Yes, It is still 14.6.06.



I was also able to make a bootable USB installer from the Install macOS Mojave.app in the Applications folder.

 

[BigBoy2018]

Yes, It is still 14.6.06.

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I was also able to make a bootable USB installer from the Install macOS Mojave.app in the Applications folder.

Yea, I’ve had that version of the installer since late september. I just wondered if they had made a new full installer that included the recent security update but I guess not.

 

[CoastalOR]

Yea, I’ve had that version of the installer since late september. I just wondered if they had made a new full installer that included the recent security update but I guess not.

The installer I downloaded today installs Build 18G103. Not Build 18G1012 after Security Update 2019-001.

 

[BigBoy2018]

The installer I downloaded today installs Build 18G103. Not Build 18G1012 after Security Update 2019-001.

Yep, the only reason I was interested was to possibly get the 1012 full installer

 

[BigBoy2018]

The installer I downloaded today installs Build 18G103. Not Build 18G1012 after Security Update 2019-001.

Just tried it again. See attached pic. I get the message, as before, that 'the application is damaged and can't be used'.

As an aside, the DosDude patch DID work just fine to download it. I'm just confused why I'm getting cock-blocked by the App Store and others (like you) are not.

 

[newellj]

For what it's worth, that link no longer works. When you try to download Mojave it says 'the file is damaged' and won't let you download it.

If you set your system clock back, like to 2018, rather than say it's damaged, you simply get a message that it's 'not available'.

In other words, the days of obtaining a copy of the final release of Mojave from Apple are over.
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The old installers you have will work, as long as you temporarily set the system clock back, to 2018, or 2017 or whatever.

So it's a pretty simple fix.

You can download a copy with the new certificate.
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I just tried it this morning, and got the errors I described. So you just tried it and it worked for you?

Yes, I did that with the new file and gave it a test drive - it works.

 

[BigBoy2018]

You can download a copy with the new certificate.

True, but eventually that certificate will expire too. So I just always use the sure-fire method: Turn back the clock a year or two just when I need to do the install.

Its a simple process using the terminal from the OS install screen when you boot from an install USB disk.

 

[newellj]

But the certificate on Mojave ought to be good until 2029, no? Not sure what I'll be using for a computer then, but I'm pretty sure Mojave won't run on it.

 

[BigBoy2018]

But the certificate on Mojave ought to be good until 2029, no? Not sure what I'll be using for a computer then, but I'm pretty sure Mojave won't run on it.

I guess you heard that somewhere? I just assumed that since the first certificate expired so soon that we couldnt count on the new one lasting all that long

 

[newellj]

I guess you heard that somewhere? I just assumed that since the first certificate expired so soon that we couldnt count on the new one lasting all that long

I read it in one of the articles that identified the certificate problem - but I totally get your point, and it's very reasonable. I don't know what the actual facts are.

 

[BigBoy2018]

I read it in one of the articles that identified the certificate problem - but I totally get your point, and it's very reasonable. I don't know what the actual facts are.

Yea, at least we have the date-change trick that will work no matter what, regardless of some flakey certificate

 

[jbruck]

Wow. Update: I find that my iMac (5k 4 ghz i7 with 1.2 TB fusion drive and 32 gigs of ram) is pretty much unusable. It's so slow it just bogs down and if I do manage to get things running I see the beachball, horrible audio glitching or responsiveness so slow my wife's 9 year old i7 imac is faster than this thing
and that computer has just a HDD.

I tried installing the latest update and her system installed it in 17 minutes and mine took close to half an hour. Afterwards, booting those systems mine just sat rolling around on the floor while hers was at the desktop much faster and more responsive and plain usable.

Once I launch the system it just sits for many minutes and many things just refuse to run. I've tried disk first aid, zapping the pram, resetting the smc, running malwarebytes to see if there's any malware on this and the performance is awful.

What I found interesting is that if I run my boot camp partition my system runs at normal speed like it used to. So, anyone have any ideas besides junking the fusion drive and having a SSD installed? Even booting off a USB 3.0 SSD isn't much faster although the system is most usable with that on the MacOS side.

The same thing happened to me about a month ago (2018 27" iMac), and I was able to fix it. In recovery mode, run Disk Utility. I found several dozen disk errors that it could not fix. I wiped the SSD and restored from Time Machine backup.

Total drag and takes time, but once it was back up, it worked almost perfectly. No more beach balls or total freezes.