MacOS-ISOs/README.md

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macOS ISO Download Links

When I wanted to create a macOS VM, using this wonderful guide from i12bretro, I found it difficult to find the download links for the macOS ISOs. So I decided to create all of them myself, using MIST - macOS Installer Super Tool, and sharing them here, so that others won't have to go through the same struggle.

Version MD5 Hash Download Link
Mac OS X Lion 10.7.5_11G63 595f220e6a9aaeb7bc4ed99df0d6064f Download
OS X Mountain Lion 10.8.5_12F45 730f39d2fe77e12ae194643e3dc20bf0 Download
OS X Yosemite 10.10.5_14F27 816d4ba073f299040b861b14aab5b3d3 Download
OS X El Capitan 10.11.6_15G31 b5de0157ced2bd51e72fb6f899768c96 Download
macOS Sierra 10.12.6_16G29 cae4996857a25f495ded1863472841c7 Download
macOS High Sierra 10.13.6_17G66 7e7af6a6ef939b95fa42cc0f53927a11 Download
macOS Mojave 10.14.6_18G103 bb9c095384fdc4075ae5b9df145785b2 Download
macOS Catalina 10.15.7_19H15 150ce45acc391ee24e42e0495dc9afe2 Download
macOS Big Sur 11.7.10_20G1427 0e160ae4939df6da42f53657a2a30cf7 Download
macOS Monterey 12.7.6_21H1320 ab2c616bdce3b3c856fa88cfcddbf047 Download
macOS Ventura 13.6.9_22G830 d363dc0c886206ddc0d0325ee0cf4b69 Download
macOS Sonoma 14.6.1_23G93 62a6a1db4aec3717385ef04b477ab00c Download

But you can of course also just browse the folder itself and download the ISOs from there.

FAQ

Why not upload them using Github LFS?

With GitHub LFS, a "data pack" costs approximately €5 per month for 50GB of storage. The Storage-VPS I'm using also costs around 5€ per month, but with 800GB of SSD storage. So I decided to host the files myself.

Who needs these ISOs?

To create the ISOs, you need an existing macOS installation, which can be hard if you want to create a macOS VM. So these ISOs are for people who want to create a macOS VM, but don't have a macOS installation. (Like me)

I want an ISO that is not listed here, what can I do?

You can either create the ISO yourself, or open an issue and I will try to create the ISO for you as soon as possible.

How can I trust these ISOs?

You really can't. Other than me telling you that I created them using MIST and have not modified them in any way, there isn't a lot I can do to prove the integrity of these ISOs. But you can always create the ISOs yourself using MIST and compare the MD5 hashes. I mainly created this repo for myself anyways, so that I don't have to go trough the same struggle again.

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