How do I update to Catalina now that Big Sur is out?

[beachwood]

I'm trying to update from Mojave to Catalina but I can only find a combo installer which requires me to have already installed 10.15.
Where can I find the right installer?

 

[Feartech]

I'm trying to update from Mojave to Catalina but I can only find a combo installer which requires me to have already installed 10.15.
Where can I find the right installer?

How to download and install macOS - Apple Support (CA)

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

support.apple.com

 

[beachwood]

How to download and install macOS - Apple Support (CA)

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

support.apple.com

No good this installer will not work on Mojave, it requires Catalina 10.15 or greater

 

[trs96]

Where can I find the right installer?

Search this site: "gibMacOS"

 

[beachwood]

Not having any trouble downloading from Apple. My Hack currently has the latest version of Mojave installed. I downloaded the latest combo update to Catalina but it will not update from the latest Mojave. It requires an older version of Catalina already be installed. I can find no link to the installer necessary to do the initial update to Catalina.

 

[trs96]

I can find no link to the installer necessary to do the initial update to Catalina.

gibMacOS Tutorial ~ How to Download macOS Directly from Apple

When your Mac is ineligible to download Catalina or Newer macOS versions If your Intel Mac is from approximately 2011/12 or older (see post #2) you won't be able to download Catalina from the Mac App Store. Follow the instructions in these videos to enable the download of Catalina or newer...

www.tonymacx86.com

These complete installers are all you need to do an in place upgrade to Catalina. Follow the video guide. The combo updates were never designed to update you to a newer macOS version than what you already have.

• macOS Catalina 10.15.7 (19H2)
• macOS Catalina 10.15.6 (19G73)
• macOS Catalina 10.15.5 (19F2200)
• macOS Catalina 10.15.4 (19E266)
• macOS Catalina 10.15.3 (19D2064)

 

[Jamesbond007]

Not having any trouble downloading from Apple. My Hack currently has the latest version of Mojave installed. I downloaded the latest combo update to Catalina but it will not update from the latest Mojave. It requires an older version of Catalina already be installed. I can find no link to the installer necessary to do the initial update to Catalina.

Of course not. The Catalina Combo Update is meant to be used on an older version of Catalina to update to a later version, and not to install Catalina from scratch.

The links listed by Feartech are the OS installers, which allow you to directly upgrade (from Mojave to Catalina for example), or to make a bootable USB stick to use for install on another Mac or hackintosh.

 

[trs96]

The links listed by Feartech are the OS installers

When I click on those links (Catalina or others) from my US location, here's what it says:

 

[Jamesbond007]

When I click on those links (Catalina or others) from my US location, here's what it says:

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A glitch or a potential problem? Those are the links that Apple supplies. If we can't download them from those links we need to let Apple know about it.

 

[trs96]

A glitch or a potential problem? Those are the links that Apple supplies. If we can't download them from those links we need to let Apple know about it.

It looks like they will still work for those on Mojave or newer that have the updated version of the MAS. For those on the older macOS versions gibMacOS is the best option to download the installers.