8/10 (114 votes) - Download macOS El Capitan Mac Free. The twelfth version of Mac OS X appeared in 2015. MacOS El Capitan is the successor to Yosemite with improvements to its functions and graphical performance. MacOS is the current name of the former OS X, previously known as Mac OS X. If you had downloaded El Capitan as a first-time 'buyer' then you can re-download it from your Purchases page in the App Store. If it came with your computer when it was new, then you can reinstall it using Network Restore. If you have an earlier version of OS X installed on the computer then you can download it as an upgrade.
Most of the time, you can re-download the current version of macOS via the Mac App Store, and older ones via these links:
However, I’ve run into a situation several times where the Software Update mechanism simply refuses to initiate a download:
Thankfully, macOS installers can be downloaded via Terminal in macOS Catalina. This command will download the most recent version of macOS, depositing it in your Applications folder:
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softwareupdate --fetch-full-installer
The
softwareupdate
command has some neat tricks up its sleeve, as pointed out by Armin Briegel:Download Mac Os 10.11 Installer Installer
The
--fetch-full-installer
flag has a sub-flag: --full-installer-version
which allows you to download a specific version. During my testing in the Catalina beta version I was able to download 10.15, 10.14.6, 10.14.5, and 10.13.6. I was not able to test if 10.13.6 would download the hardware specific build of 10.13.6 for the 2018 MacBook Pro, since I do not have that hardware.
So, to pull 10.13.6 down, you’d use:
softwareupdate --fetch-full-installer --full-installer-version 10.13.6
I wish Apple would just have a support document up with direct downloads for all of this stuff, but this tool is not a bad alternative.
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Update: Don’t miss this documentation from JAMF for more on the subject.