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The biggest issue I have with Mac upgrades is that for me, it doesn't cache the upgrade.

My internet is weak, not as great in speed and bandwidth as US so it downloads 4gb and then fails. Then it starts from 0 sgain.

I expected Apple of all companies to cache downloads.

Frankly, it caches only the first 500MB. I do not know why.

Any workarounds?

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I use the installer download script from https://github.com/munki/macadmin-scripts

Has always worked fine.

Thank you

You might want to give "macOS Patcher" a try. http://dosdude1.com/software.html

It's main purpose is to allow for running macOS on unsupported Macs, but it also can download the original unmodified version. I've only used the unpatched Mojave version myself and I have no idea how well it supports slow/unstable connections.

I've had good experiences using this to download the installer and install macOS on external storage.

I think you might be able to use the Apple developer downloads site to get the whole installer

If you have another (24/7 powered-on) Mac in the household, it can act as a cache: https://hashtagwifi.com/blog/apple-content-caching-and-you-s...

Frankly nowadays (on most systems) you need a decent connection. I would perhaps connect from another connection (if you have the opportunity) for the download itself.

If 25M people are eligible for this upgrade and it fails in the middle for only 1%, that is 1 Petabyte transferred in vain. Not to mention man hours wasted. Just to save a few lines of code.

You're missing the point. It's about the way you treat people and also shaming a particular individual on a corporate blog.

I don't have broadband connection. I use mobile data.

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