One advantage of using this script is you have the option to pick slightly older installers, if you want to test those instead:
Method 2Īnother way to fetch the macOS installer is to use the installinstallmacos.py script: When you fetch the full installer “installing” just means downloading. Once the download is complete, it will stop with the “installing” percentage:ĭon’t be alarmed by the term Installing. There’s a way built into macOS to get the installer using the softwareupdate -fetch-full-installer command in Applications > Utilities > Terminal.
It’s not that difficult to install a macOS guest VM on a macOS host using VMware Fusion and personal (non-enterprise) licenses for VMware Fusion are now cost-free.