

To download the full installer of MacOS Catalina 10.15.3, then the syntax would be as follows: Softwareupdate -fetch-full-installer -full-installer-version 10.14.6 Downloading Full MacOS Catalina 10.15.3 Installer Application Softwareupdate -fetch-full-installer -full-installer-version 11.6.1 Downloading Full MacOS Mojave 10.14.6 Installer Applicationįor another example, to download the full installer of MacOS Mojave 10.14.6 (the last version of Mojave, absent any later security updates) then the syntax would be as follows:

Want to download macOS Big Sur 11.6.1 as a complete installer application? Here would be the syntax for that: Downloading Full macOS Big Sur 11.6,1 Installer Application

Note that if you’re running an M1 Mac and issuing this command, the available software installers reported will not include versions that do not support M1 hardware. Software Update found the following full installers: Listing Available macOS Installersįrom Terminal, issuing the following command will list out available macOS Installers for the Mac: The downloaded installer application of MacOS will appear in the /Applications directory of MacOS, just as if you had downloaded the installer from the Mac App Store or Software Update control panel. Softwareupdate -fetch-full-installer -full-installer-version 10.15 Remember to replace **.**.* with the version you want to download, for example to download the full macOS Catalina installer the syntax would be:

Softwareupdate -fetch-full-installer -full-installer-version **.**.*
