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So, you’ve decided to download an older version of Mac OS X. There are many reasons that could point you to this radical decision. To begin with, some of your apps may not be working properly (or simply crash) on newer operating systems. Also, you may have noticed your Mac’s performance went down right after the last update. Finally, if you want to run a parallel copy of Mac OS X on a virtual machine, you too will need a working installation file of an older Mac OS X. Further down we’ll explain where to get one and what problems you may face down the road.
A list of all Mac OS X versions
We’ll be repeatedly referring to these Apple OS versions below, so it’s good to know the basic macOS timeline.
Cheetah 10.0 | Puma 10.1 | Jaguar 10.2 |
Panther 10.3 | Tiger 10.4 | Leopard 10.5 |
Snow Leopard 10.6 | Lion 10.7 | Mountain Lion 10.8 |
Mavericks 10.9 | Yosemite 10.10 | El Capitan 10.11 |
Sierra 10.12 | High Sierra 10.13 | Mojave 10.14 |
Catalina 10.15 |
STEP 1. Prepare your Mac for installation
Given your Mac isn’t new and is filled with data, you will probably need enough free space on your Mac. This includes not just space for the OS itself but also space for other applications and your user data. One more argument is that the free space on your disk translates into virtual memory so your apps have “fuel” to operate on. The chart below tells you how much free space is needed.
Note, that it is recommended that you install OS on a clean drive. Next, you will need enough disk space available, for example, to create Recovery Partition. Here are some ideas to free up space on your drive:
- Uninstall large unused apps
- Empty Trash Bin and Downloads
- Locate the biggest files on your computer:
Go to Finder > All My Files > Arrange by size
Then you can move your space hoggers onto an external drive or a cloud storage.
If you aren’t comfortable with cleaning the Mac manually, there are some nice automatic “room cleaners”. Our favorite is CleanMyMac as it’s most simple to use of all. It deletes system junk, old broken apps, and the rest of hidden junk on your drive.
Then you can move your space hoggers onto an external drive or a cloud storage.
If you aren’t comfortable with cleaning the Mac manually, there are some nice automatic “room cleaners”. Our favorite is CleanMyMac as it’s most simple to use of all. It deletes system junk, old broken apps, and the rest of hidden junk on your drive.
Download CleanMyMac for OS 10.4 - 10.8 (free version)
Download CleanMyMac for OS 10.9 (free version)
Mac Os Torrent Software
Download CleanMyMac for OS 10.10 - 10.14 (free version)
STEP 2. Get a copy of Mac OS X download
Normally, it is assumed that updating OS is a one-way road. That’s why going back to a past Apple OS version is problematic. The main challenge is to download the OS installation file itself, because your Mac may already be running a newer version. If you succeed in downloading the OS installation, your next step is to create a bootable USB or DVD and then reinstall the OS on your computer.
How to download older Mac OS X versions via the App Store
If you once had purchased an old version of Mac OS X from the App Store, open it and go to the Purchased tab. There you’ll find all the installers you can download. However, it doesn’t always work that way. The purchased section lists only those operating systems that you had downloaded in the past. But here is the path to check it:
- Click the App Store icon.
- Click Purchases in the top menu.
- Scroll down to find the preferred OS X version.
- Click Download.
This method allows you to download Mavericks and Yosemite by logging with your Apple ID — only if you previously downloaded them from the Mac App Store.
Without App Store: Download Mac OS version as Apple Developer
If you are signed with an Apple Developer account, you can get access to products that are no longer listed on the App Store. If you desperately need a lower OS X version build, consider creating a new Developer account among other options. The membership cost is $99/year and provides a bunch of perks unavailable to ordinary users.
Nevertheless, keep in mind that if you visit developer.apple.com/downloads, you can only find 10.3-10.6 OS X operating systems there. Newer versions are not available because starting Mac OS X Snow Leopard 10.7, the App Store has become the only source of updating Apple OS versions.
Purchase an older version of Mac operating system
You can purchase a boxed or email version of past Mac OS X directly from Apple. Both will cost you around $20. For the reason of being rather antiquated, Snow Leopard and earlier Apple versions can only be installed from DVD.
Buy a boxed edition of Snow Leopard 10.6
Get an email copy of Lion 10.7
Get an email copy of Mountain Lion 10.8
Get an email copy of Lion 10.7
Get an email copy of Mountain Lion 10.8
The email edition comes with a special download code you can use for the Mac App Store. Note, that to install the Lion or Mountain Lion, your Mac needs to be running Snow Leopard so you can install the newer OS on top of it.
How to get macOS El Capitan download
If you are wondering if you can run El Capitan on an older Mac, rejoice as it’s possible too. But before your Mac can run El Capitan it has to be updated to OS X 10.6.8. So, here are main steps you should take:
1. Install Snow Leopard from install DVD.
2. Update to 10.6.8 using Software Update.
3. Download El Capitan here.
2. Update to 10.6.8 using Software Update.
3. Download El Capitan here.
“I can’t download an old version of Mac OS X”
If you have a newer Mac, there is no physical option to install Mac OS versions older than your current Mac model. For instance, if your MacBook was released in 2014, don’t expect it to run any OS released prior of that time, because older Apple OS versions simply do not include hardware drivers for your Mac.
But as it often happens, workarounds are possible. There is still a chance to download the installation file if you have an access to a Mac (or virtual machine) running that operating system. For example, to get an installer for Lion, you may ask a friend who has Lion-operated Mac or, once again, set up a virtual machine running Lion. Then you will need to prepare an external drive to download the installation file using OS X Utilities.
After you’ve completed the download, the installer should launch automatically, but you can click Cancel and copy the file you need. Below is the detailed instruction how to do it.
STEP 3. Install older OS X onto an external drive
The following method allows you to download Mac OS X Lion, Mountain Lion, and Mavericks.
- Start your Mac holding down Command + R.
- Prepare a clean external drive (at least 10 GB of storage).
- Within OS X Utilities, choose Reinstall OS X.
- Select external drive as a source.
- Enter your Apple ID.
Now the OS should start downloading automatically onto the external drive. After the download is complete, your Mac will prompt you to do a restart, but at this point, you should completely shut it down. Now that the installation file is “captured” onto your external drive, you can reinstall the OS, this time running the file on your Mac.
- Boot your Mac from your standard drive.
- Connect the external drive.
- Go to external drive > OS X Install Data.
Locate InstallESD.dmg disk image file — this is the file you need to reinstall Lion OS X. The same steps are valid for Mountain Lion and Mavericks.
How to downgrade a Mac running later macOS versions
If your Mac runs macOS Sierra 10.12 or macOS High Sierra 10.13, it is possible to revert it to the previous system if you are not satisfied with the experience. You can do it either with Time Machine or by creating a bootable USB or external drive.
Instruction to downgrade from macOS Sierra
Instruction to downgrade from macOS Sierra
Instruction to downgrade from macOS High Sierra
Instruction to downgrade from macOS Mojave
Instruction to downgrade from macOS Catalina
Before you do it, the best advice is to back your Mac up so your most important files stay intact. In addition to that, it makes sense to clean up your Mac from old system junk files and application leftovers. The easiest way to do it is to run CleanMyMac X on your machine (download it for free here).
Visit your local Apple Store to download older OS X version
If none of the options to get older OS X worked, pay a visit to nearest local Apple Store. They should have image installations going back to OS Leopard and earlier. You can also ask their assistance to create a bootable USB drive with the installation file. So here you are. We hope this article has helped you to download an old version of Mac OS X. Below are a few more links you may find interesting.
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Downloads
Public Key for PGP Signing
Starting from v3.3.4 all source tarballs and binaries are signed.
The key currently used is:
Fingerprint:
You can also download it from here
4096R/5B7CC9A2
Fingerprint:
D8F3DA77AAC6741053599C136E4A2D025B7CC9A2
You can also download it from here
Previously the following key was used to sign the v3.3.4 source tarballs and v3.3.4 Windows installer only:
Fingerprint:
4096R/520EC6F6
Fingerprint:
F4A5FD201B117B1C2AB590E2A1ACCAE4520EC6F6
Windows 7 / 8 / 10
Current stable version: qBittorrent v4.3.0.1
Download link: 32-bit & 64-bit installers / PGP signature (FossHub)
Mirror link: 32-bit installer / PGP signature (SourceForge)
Mirror link: 64-bit installer / PGP signature (SourceForge)
Mirror link: 32-bit installer / PGP signature (SourceForge)
Mirror link: 64-bit installer / PGP signature (SourceForge)
Checksum | SHA2-256 |
32-bit installer | ae0c531cc8f868a7c11abd5e25c19a4f3e7562255ae0bbf79d72d6029e8bf3db |
64-bit installer | bb28f60f33d0ed0acb4c7f665077f8531e40649d2d0cf3c3d1043627cf99c480 |
Library | Version |
libtorrent-rasterbar | 1.2.10+gitc2f001a63b |
Qt | 5.15.1 |
Boost | 1.74.0 |
High Sierra / Mojave / Catalina
Current stable version: qBittorrent v4.3.0
May work on older macOS versions. If not, recompile with older Qt version.
May work on older macOS versions. If not, recompile with older Qt version.
Download link: DMG / PGP signature (FossHub)
Mirror link: DMG / PGP signature (SourceForge)
Mirror link: DMG / PGP signature (SourceForge)
Checksum | SHA2-256 |
DMG | 61f70ff9cff748a3f6c02a88d4680fcaceff5d5d1d4e0e2e89380c7f60d8f227 |
Library | Version |
libtorrent-rasterbar | 1.2.10+git3d48e7d056 |
Qt | 5.15.1 |
Boost | 1.73.0 |
Source Tarball
Current version: qBittorrent v4.3.0.1
Download link: TAR.GZ / PGP signature (SourceForge)
Download link: TAR.XZ / PGP signature (SourceForge)
Download link: TAR.XZ / PGP signature (SourceForge)
Compile instructions over here.
Checksum | SHA2-256 |
TAR.GZ | fd9a2fbaa1491149a95cd79366e6728fb3fabafb768e51d1748730f2023cafe4 |
TAR.XZ | 30a4bf23e92accf93bb840c96518358a4da836427713f0cc13db4a3f9a612220 |
Dependency | Recommended version |
libtorrent-rasterbar | 1.2 branch latest release |
Qt | Latest stable release |
Boost | Latest stable release |
OpenSSL | 1.1 branch latest release |
zlib | Latest stable release |
Python (optional, runtime only) | Versions later than 3.3.0 |
Other Binary Packages
Select operating system:
Ubuntu packages
qBittorrent is now available in official Ubuntu repositories since v9.04 'Jaunty'.
More up-to-date packages are published on our stable and unstable PPAs.
The stable PPA supports Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (only the libtorrent-rasterbar package), 18.04 LTS, 18.10, 19.10 and 20.04 LTS.
The unstable PPA supports Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, 18.04 LTS, 19.04, 19.10 and 20.04 LTS.
The stable PPA supports Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (only the libtorrent-rasterbar package), 18.04 LTS, 18.10, 19.10 and 20.04 LTS.
The unstable PPA supports Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, 18.04 LTS, 19.04, 19.10 and 20.04 LTS.
Quick instructions
To use these PPAs please use the following command and make sure your version is supported:
# qBittorrent Stable
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:qbittorrent-team/qbittorrent-stable
# or qBittorrent Unstable
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:qbittorrent-team/qbittorrent-unstable
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:qbittorrent-team/qbittorrent-stable
# or qBittorrent Unstable
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:qbittorrent-team/qbittorrent-unstable
Then install qBittorrent by doing this:
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install qbittorrent
Debian packages
qBittorrent and libtorrent-rasterbar are now officially included in Debian. Packages are maintained by Cristian Greco. See this page for more information.
Mandriva Linux packages
qBittorrent is currently officially included in Mandriva Cooker. You can find more information here.
Mageia packages
qBittorrent is currently packaged in the Mageia official repositories. It is packaged by Ahmad Samir. To install it, make sure the online repositories are configured correctly then install it either:
- As root from terminal: 'urpmi qbittorrent' OR
- Using rpmdrake (aka 'Install & remove software')
Gentoo ebuilds
qBittorrent is officially available in portage. You can install it easily on your system using emerge command. These ebuilds are maintained by Mikle Kolyada. See this page for more information.OpenSuse packages
qBittorrent has been in the OpenSuse official repository since v11.3.
One-click install here.
One-click install here.
Fedora packages
qBittorrent is officially packaged on Fedora. RPM packages are maintained by Leigh Scott.
See this page for more information.
Slackware scripts
qBittorrent is available for Slackware through slackbuilds.org. The slackbuild script is maintained by David Woodfall. See this page for more information.
Eric Hameleers is also maintaining binary packages for slackware. Those are available there.
ArchLinux packages
qBittorrent is officially packaged on ArchLinux. To install, simply type the following commands: Package information here.For development, you can get PKGBUILD from Arch User Repository (AUR) and build it yourself:
AUR (non-official) information here.
Alt Linux packages
qBittorrent is officially packaged on Alt Linux. These packages are maintained by Alexey Morsov. Packages are available here. To install, simply type the following commands: sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install qbittorrent
AgiliaLinux packages
qBittorrent is officially packaged on AgiliaLinux. Packages are available here. To install, simply type the following command:blackPanther OS packages
qBittorrent is officially shipped on blackPanther OS CD as the default Bittorrent client. RPM packages are available here.
These packages are maintained by Charles Barcza.
FreeBSD packages
Torrent Client Mac Mojave
qBittorrent is officially packaged for FreeBSD.
More information about the port can he found here.
To install qBittorrent, you should issue the following commands:
More information about the port can he found here.
To install qBittorrent, you should issue the following commands:
export PACKAGESITE='ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-8.0-release/Latest/'
pkg_add -r qbittorrent
pkg_add -r qbittorrent
Haiku port
Torrent Installer For Mac
qBittorrent is available in HaikuDepot.
You can download it from here.
Pardus packages
qBittorrent is officially available on Pardus via the contrib repository. These packages are maintained by H. İbrahim Güngör. Packages are available here.To install, simply type the following command:
#Ensure the contrib repo is present on your system:
sudo pisi ar contrib http://packages.pardus.org.tr/contrib-2009/pisi-index.xml.bz2
#Enable the contrib repo if present but disabled:
sudo pisi er contrib
#Install qBittorrent:
sudo pisi it qbittorrent
sudo pisi ar contrib http://packages.pardus.org.tr/contrib-2009/pisi-index.xml.bz2
#Enable the contrib repo if present but disabled:
sudo pisi er contrib
#Install qBittorrent:
sudo pisi it qbittorrent
qBittorrent is available on eComStation (OS/2) via this download page.
This package is maintained by Silvan Scherrer.