Sorry Alan, you are correct. In your case the “fine print” applies. I was in between support emails and obviously didn’t fully read your first post. I went by the Subject: High Sierra Endless Loop Download as I’ve had a few clients & I think one WAMUG member with the problem and the restart with Option-Command-R into Recovery and install worked.
I apologize again. Cheers, Ronni Ronni Brown’s iPad Pro 12.9-inch 256GB > On 27 Apr 2018, at 2:04 pm, Alan Smith <[email protected]> wrote: > > Thanks for responding Ronni. > > The fine print of the Apple support article worries me. It says - - - > ** If you haven't already updated to macOS Sierra 10.12.4 or later, > Option-Command-R installs the macOS that came with your Mac, or the version > closest to it that is still available. > I have Mavericks 10.9.5 installed. I therefore expect that High Sierra will > NOT be installed. Late last year the standard Command-R macOS Recovery > utility reinstalled Mavericks 10.9.5. > > Will you please check if Apple’s “big print” or “fine print” applies? > > Cheers > Alan > >> On 27 Apr 2018, at 1:25 pm, Ronda Brown <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Hi Alan, >> >> Click Restart , hold down Option-Command-R to boot into macOS Recovery, and >> reinstall the operating system. This way you will update to the lasted >> version of High Sierra that is compatible with your Mac. >> >> (Did you know that different versions of Command-R cause different versions >> of macOS to be installed by macOS Recovery? >> Check out this Apple support article for the details.) >> >> Cheers, >> Ronni >> >> Ronni Brown’s iPad Pro 12.9-inch 256GB >> >> >>> On 27 Apr 2018, at 9:11 am, Alan Smith <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> I want to eke a few more years usage from my obsolete 21.5 inch late 2009 >>> iMac fitted with obsolete OSX 10.9.5 Mavericks by installing macOS 10.13.4 >>> High Sierra. >>> >>> However the High Sierra download phase has so far consumed 46 GB for the >>> 4.8 GB OS file. This is from three download attempts from the App Store. I >>> click the “Cancel” download button to escape the endless loop. I only >>> checked iiNet data usage after I cancelled the second attempt! >>> >>> Any suggestions for explaining the cause of the download loop - and for >>> installing High Sierra? >>> >>> I have ascertained that when the OS file download progress indicator >>> reaches around 97% it appears to freeze. Activity Monitor of process >>> “osinstallerplaind” actually shows a steady download to about 4.8 GB on the >>> Network tab, pauses for say 10 seconds, then resumes counting ever higher. >>> >>> The in-progress download file in >>> /Library/macOSInstallData/InstallESDmg.pkg.partial show the file appears to >>> be endlessly rebuilt. File size reaches roughly around 4.8 GB then starts >>> again - the next Finder refresh showed say 250MB. >>> >>> Something in the overall process is not taking the final step of stopping >>> the download and going to the installation phase. >>> >>> iMac has 12MB RAM and a 1TB drive with 850 GB free space. This old Mac is >>> WiFi only due to a faulty ethernet port. iMac is using the 2.4GHz band via >>> a Netgear R6400v2 router. Time to download large files is about the same >>> as for other Macs connected via ethernet. I’m on an NBN FTTP 50 Mbps >>> download speed plan. >>> >>> Cheers >>> Alan >>> >>> late 2009 21.5 inch iMac, OSX 10.9.5 >>> late 2012 27 inch iMac FD, macOS 10.13.4 >>> 2017 Mac mini SSD, macOS 10.13.4 >>> >>> >>> >>> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- >>> Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> >>> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> >>> Settings & Unsubscribe - >>> <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug> >> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- >> Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> >> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> >> Settings & Unsubscribe - >> <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug> > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Settings & Unsubscribe - > <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug>
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