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'macOS 10.13 High Sierra is now available for update on Mac computers and can anyone of you tell me some tips that can help me smoothly update my MacBook Pro into latest macOS High Sierra without losing any data or meet any problems? Thank you.'
If you are trying to find a simple way to update Mac OS to the latest 10.13 or 10.13.4 High Sierra or you are looking for effective solutions to fix macOS High Sierra update stuck or failure error, you are at the right place. Follow the two next parts to free download macOS 10.13/10.13.4 to install and fix the macOS High Sierra update error right now.
Part 1. Upgrade to macOS 10.13/10.13.4 High Sierra without losing data
Here Part 1, we'll show you how to upgrade to macOS 10.13/10.13.4 High Sierra without losing any data on MacBook Pro/MacBook Air/iMac etc.
Step 1. Back up Mac computer data before macOS 10.13/10.13.4 update
- MacOS High Sierra Patcher application is intended for those with unsupported Macs and Hackintosh users. MacOS High Sierra Patcher application is. Able to download the. Install High Sierra on. DSDT Auto-Patcher. DSDT Auto-Pacher is a simplified version of DSDT Editor. DSDT Auto-Patcher is a very good.
- Open the 'macOS High Sierra Patcher' tool, and browse for your copy of the macOS High Sierra Installer App.Ensure that the tool successfully verifies the app. Next, select your USB drive in the Target Volume list, and click 'Start Operation.'
The macOS High Sierra 10.13.2 update improves the stability, compatibility and security of your Mac, and is recommended for all users. This update:. Improves compatibility with certain third-party USB audio devices. Improves VoiceOver navigation when viewing PDF documents in Preview. Improves compatibility of Braille displays with Mail. Open the macOS High Sierra Patcher tool, navigate to the High Sierra Installer App, then select your pen drive and click “Start Operation”. Boot from the USB drive by holding down the option key after reboot. Install macOS normally, reboot back on the installer drive, and then open the “macOS Post Install” application. Anyone running the MAC OS High Sierra Patcher? Proffitt Forum moderator May 16, 2019 12:57PM PDT It's a specific tool to get MAC OS High Sierra onto 'unsupported' older Apple hardware.
Here you have two options to backup Mac data before macOS 10.13/10.13.4 update: Time Machine or Mac backup software for help.
Option 1. Back up Mac data with Time Machine
- 1. Connect an external hard drive to your Mac and launch Time Machine. (The drive should be at least the same size as your Mac drive.)
- 2. Turn the Time Machine slider ON > Select Backup Disk to set the external hard drive as the backup destination.
- 3. Select important data to backup now.
Option 2. Backup Mac data with Mac backup software
EaseUS Todo Backup for Mac supports backing up your Mac data in 3 steps:
1. Download, install and launch EaseUS Todo Backup for Mac.
Click the first Backup tab or simply click the plus (+) button at the left corner of the left pane to create a backup project -- name the backup project and click OK.
Click the first Backup tab or simply click the plus (+) button at the left corner of the left pane to create a backup project -- name the backup project and click OK.
2. Set up the backup destination where you want to store Mac files as backups, automatic backup frequency and click OK.
3. Add files and folders to the backup project.
Click File+ to selectively choose files and folders to back up and click the blue start button to back up your Mac data to another drive or external device.
Click File+ to selectively choose files and folders to back up and click the blue start button to back up your Mac data to another drive or external device.
Step 2. Download and install macOS 10.13/10.13.4 High Sierra
1. Go to the Apple store > Find macOS 10.13.10.13.4 update.
2. Click Download and fill in your Apple ID when asked.
3. After you download the macOS 10.13/10.13.4 upgrade software, install the software and update Mac computer to macOS 10.13 or 10.13.4 High Sierra by following the onscreen instructions.
If no update problems occur, restart your Mac computer and enjoy the new macOS on your device.
If you get stuck or cannot install macOS 10.13 on your device, just follow Part 2 to get the problems solved and fixed on your own.
2. Click Download and fill in your Apple ID when asked.
3. After you download the macOS 10.13/10.13.4 upgrade software, install the software and update Mac computer to macOS 10.13 or 10.13.4 High Sierra by following the onscreen instructions.
If no update problems occur, restart your Mac computer and enjoy the new macOS on your device.
If you get stuck or cannot install macOS 10.13 on your device, just follow Part 2 to get the problems solved and fixed on your own.
Part 2. Fix macOS 10.13/10.13.4 High Sierra update stuck/failure or freeze error
If you cannot download or install macOS 10.13 update on your Mac, or macOS 10.13/10.13.4 gets stuck, freezes or fails to install, don't panic and just simply follow these instructions.
Fix 1. macOS Sierra 10.13/10.13.4 downloaded but won't install
If you get stuck or fail to install the downloaded macOS 10.13/10.13.4, try the tips below to get this problem fixed:
- Open Launchpad > Delete 'Install macOS Sierra' file with a question mark on it.
- Reboot Mac and retry downloading a new macOS Sierra update 10.13/10.13.4.
- Click Apple Menu > Select App Store > Click Update next to macOS Sierra in the Update section.
Fix 2. macOS 10.13/10.13.4 High Sierra fails to install/gets stuck or freezes while installing
Here you have two options to fix the macOS 10.13/10.13.4 installation failure error:
Option 1. Install macOS update in Safe Mode to fix the macOS High Sierra 10.13/10.13.4 update stuck error
- Disable or uninstall any Anti-virus software on your Mac.
- Ensure Mac computer has a proper and reliable internet connection.
- Install macOS Sierra in Safe Mode.
- Hold Power until your Mac shuts down > Turn your Mac on and hold the Shift key > Release Shift when the Apple logo appears > The Mac shall be booted into the Safe Mode.
- Then try to install macOS 10.13/10.13.4 update again.
If you cannot install macOS 10.13/10.13.4 in Safe Mode, try a clean installation of the new update.
Option 2. Clean installation of macOS Sierra 10.13/10.13.4 to fix macOS fails to install issue
To complete a clean installation of macOS Sierra 10.13/10.13.4 on Mac, you may need to do some pre-installation preparation:
Step 1. Create a bootable installer
- Download the macOS Sierra 10.13/10.13.4 installation package from Mac App Store.
- Connect a new USB drive with Mac > Open Disk Utility in Applications/Utilities folder > Select thumb drive in sidebar and click Format.
- Name USB as Untitled > Choose OS X Extended > Click Erase > Open Terminal once the USB is formatted and finish downloading macOS Sierra.
- Ensure USB named Untitled is connected to Mac > Type below command in Terminal and hit Enter: sudo /Applications/Install macOS Sierra.app/Contents/Resources/createinstallmedia --volume /Volumes/SierraBootInstall --applicationpath /Applications/Install macOS Sierra.app --nointeraction &&say Done
- Enter Administrator password if necessary. The command will create a bootable Sierra installer on the USB drive.
Step 2. Clean installation of macOS 10.13/10.13.4 update
- Connect a USB bootable drive to your Mac and restart the Mac by holding Option until you hear the reboot tone.
- Select the disk called Install macOS Sierra in the drive list that appears on the screen.
- Once the USB drive is booted, select Disk Utility > Choose Mac's startup from the list > Click Erase.
- Once Mac's startup disk is formatted, return to the Utilities window and select Install macOS > Choose the recently erased startup drive to install macOS > Follow onscreen prompts to complete the installation.
Extra Tip: Restore lost data due to the macOS 10.13/10.13.4 High Sierra update
If you forgot to create backups for your Mac data before the macOS 10.13/10.13.4 update, you still have a chance to restore lost data due to the update.
Professional Mac data recovery software - EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard for Mac with Bootable Media allows you to restore all lost data due to a macOS update or for other reasons.
1. Click the tutorial page about how to create bootable media for Mac.
2. Boot your Mac from EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard for Mac Bootable Media.
3. Launch EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard for Mac and select the file types of lost data. Click Next.
4. Choose the volume where the data was lost, click Scan to let the program scan the lost data for you.
Choose Deep Scan and let the program find more lost data for you on your Mac.
2. Boot your Mac from EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard for Mac Bootable Media.
3. Launch EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard for Mac and select the file types of lost data. Click Next.
4. Choose the volume where the data was lost, click Scan to let the program scan the lost data for you.
Choose Deep Scan and let the program find more lost data for you on your Mac.
Important Note -- if your Mac hard drive uses an APFS file system, you can only use the deep scan option to scan and find all lost data on the drive
5. Preview and choose the found hard drive data, then click Recover to save it in a safe spot on your Mac.
About Apple security updates
For our customers' protection, Apple doesn't disclose, discuss, or confirm security issues until an investigation has occurred and patches or releases are available. Recent releases are listed on the Apple security updates page.
Apple security documents reference vulnerabilities by CVE-ID when possible.
For more information about security, see the Apple Product Security page.
macOS Mojave 10.14.5, Security Update 2019-003 High Sierra, Security Update 2019-003 Sierra
Released May 13, 2019
Accessibility Framework
Available for: macOS Sierra 10.12.6, macOS High Sierra 10.13.6, macOS Mojave 10.14.4
Impact: An application may be able to read restricted memory
Description: A validation issue was addressed with improved input sanitization.
CVE-2019-8603: Phoenhex and qwerty (@_niklasb, @qwertyoruiopz, @bkth_) working with Trend Micro's Zero Day Initiative
AMD
Available for: macOS Mojave 10.14.4
Impact: An application may be able to execute arbitrary code with system privileges
Description: A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved memory handling.
CVE-2019-8635: Lilang Wu and Moony Li of TrendMicro Mobile Security Research Team working with Trend Micro's Zero Day Initiative
Application Firewall
Available for: macOS Sierra 10.12.6, macOS High Sierra 10.13.6, macOS Mojave 10.14.4
Impact: An application may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges
Description: A logic issue was addressed with improved restrictions.
CVE-2019-8590: The UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC)
Archive Utility
Available for: macOS Mojave 10.14.4
Impact: A sandboxed process may be able to circumvent sandbox restrictions
Description: A logic issue was addressed with improved validation.
CVE-2019-8640: Ash Fox of Fitbit Product Security
Entry added August 1, 2019
Bluetooth
Available for: macOS Mojave 10.14.4
Impact: Due to a misconfiguration in the Bluetooth pairing protocols of a Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) version of FIDO Security Keys it may be possible for an attacker with physical proximity to be able to intercept Bluetooth traffic during pairing
Description: This issue was addressed by disabling accessories with insecure Bluetooth connections. Customers using the Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) version of the Titan Security Key by Google should review Android’s June Bulletins and Google’s advisory and take appropriate action.
CVE-2019-2102: Matt Beaver and Erik Peterson of Microsoft Corp.
Entry added September 17, 2019
CoreAudio
Available for: macOS Sierra 10.12.6, macOS Mojave 10.14.4, macOS High Sierra 10.13.6
Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted audio file may lead to arbitrary code execution
Description: A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved error handling.
CVE-2019-8592: riusksk of VulWar Corp working with Trend Micro's Zero Day Initiative
Entry updated October 8, 2019
CoreAudio
Available for: macOS Mojave 10.14.4
Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted movie file may lead to arbitrary code execution
Description: An out-of-bounds read was addressed with improved input validation.
CVE-2019-8585: riusksk of VulWar Corp working with Trend Micro's Zero Day Initiative
CoreText
Available for: macOS Mojave 10.14.4
Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted font may result in the disclosure of process memory
Description: An out-of-bounds read was addressed with improved bounds checking.
CVE-2019-8582: riusksk of VulWar Corp working with Trend Micro's Zero Day Initiative
Entry added July 25, 2019
DesktopServices
Available for: macOS Mojave 10.14.4
Impact: A malicious application may bypass Gatekeeper checks
Description: This issue was addressed with improved checks.
CVE-2019-8589: Andreas Clementi, Stefan Haselwanter, and Peter Stelzhammer of AV-Comparatives
Disk Images
Available for: macOS Sierra 10.12.6, macOS Mojave 10.14.4, macOS High Sierra 10.13.6
Impact: An application may be able to read restricted memory
Description: A validation issue was addressed with improved input sanitization.
CVE-2019-8560: Nikita Pupyshev of Bauman Moscow State Technological University
Entry updated May 14, 2019
EFI
Available for: macOS Mojave 10.14.4
Impact: A user may be unexpectedly logged in to another user’s account
Description: An authentication issue was addressed with improved state management.
CVE-2019-8634: Jenny Sprenger and Maik Hoepfel
Intel Graphics Driver
Available for: macOS Mojave 10.14.4
Impact: An application may be able to execute arbitrary code with system privileges
Description: A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved memory handling.
CVE-2019-8616: Lilang Wu and Moony Li of Trend Micro Mobile Security Research Team working with Trend Micro's Zero Day Initiative
Intel Graphics Driver
Available for: macOS High Sierra 10.13.6, macOS Mojave 10.14.4
Impact: An application may be able to execute arbitrary code with system privileges
Description: A memory initialization issue was addressed with improved memory handling.
CVE-2019-8629: Arash Tohidi of Solita Oy
IOAcceleratorFamily
Available for: macOS High Sierra 10.13.6
Impact: An application may be able to execute arbitrary code with system privileges
Description: A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved memory handling.
CVE-2018-4456: Tyler Bohan of Cisco Talos
IOKit
Available for: macOS High Sierra 10.13.6, macOS Mojave 10.14.4
Impact: A local user may be able to load unsigned kernel extensions
Description: A validation issue existed in the handling of symlinks. This issue was addressed with improved validation of symlinks.
CVE-2019-8606: Phoenhex and qwerty (@_niklasb, @qwertyoruiopz, @bkth_) working with Trend Micro's Zero Day Initiative
Kernel
Available for: macOS Mojave 10.14.4, macOS High Sierra 10.13.6
Impact: An application may be able to read restricted memory
Description: A validation issue was addressed with improved input sanitization.
CVE-2019-8633: Zhuo Liang of Qihoo 360 Vulcan Team
Entry added July 25, 2019, updated September 17, 2019
Kernel
Available for: macOS Sierra 10.12.6, macOS High Sierra 10.13.6
Impact: An application may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges
Description: A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved state management.
CVE-2019-8525: Zhuo Liang and shrek_wzw of Qihoo 360 Nirvan Team
Entry added May 14, 2019
Kernel
Available for: macOS Sierra 10.12.6, macOS High Sierra 10.13.6
Impact: A remote attacker may be able to leak memory
Description: An out-of-bounds read issue existed that led to the disclosure of kernel memory. This was addressed with improved input validation.
CVE-2019-8547: derrek (@derrekr6)
Entry added May 14, 2019
Kernel
Available for: macOS Mojave 10.14.4
Impact: A local user may be able to cause unexpected system termination or read kernel memory
Description: An out-of-bounds read was addressed with improved bounds checking.
CVE-2019-8576: Brandon Azad of Google Project Zero, Junho Jang and Hanul Choi of LINE Security Team
Entry updated May 30, 2019
Kernel
Available for: macOS Sierra 10.12.6, macOS High Sierra 10.13.6, macOS Mojave 10.14.4
Impact: An application may be able to cause unexpected system termination or write kernel memory
Description: A type confusion issue was addressed with improved memory handling.
CVE-2019-8591: Ned Williamson working with Google Project Zero
Messages
Available for: macOS Mojave 10.14.4
Impact: A remote attacker may be able to cause a system denial of service
Description: An input validation issue was addressed with improved input validation.
CVE-2019-8573: Natalie Silvanovich of Google Project Zero
Entry added July 3, 2019
Messages
Available for: macOS Mojave 10.14.4
Impact: Users removed from an iMessage conversation may still be able to alter state
Description: A logic issue was addressed with improved state management.
CVE-2019-8631: Jamie Bishop of Dynastic
Entry added August 1, 2019
Microcode
Available for: macOS Mojave 10.14.4
Impact: Load ports, fill buffers, and store buffers in systems with microprocessors utilizing speculative execution may allow an attacker with local user access to potentially enable information disclosure via a side channel
Description: Multiple information disclosure issues were addressed partially by updating the microcode and changing the OS scheduler to isolate the system from web content running in the browser. To completely address these issues, there are additional opt-in mitigations to disable hyper threading and enable microcode-based mitigations for all processes by default. Details of the mitigations can be found at https://support.apple.com/kb/HT210107.
CVE-2018-12126: Ke Sun, Henrique Kawakami, Kekai Hu, and Rodrigo Branco from Intel; Lei Shi - Qihoo 360 CERT; Marina Minkin; Daniel Genkin from University of Michigan; and Yuval Yarom from University of Adelaide
CVE-2018-12127: Brandon Falk from Microsoft Windows Platform Security Team; and Ke Sun, Henrique Kawakami, Kekai Hu, and Rodrigo Branco from Intel
CVE-2018-12130: Giorgi Maisuradze from Microsoft Research; Ke Sun, Henrique Kawakami, Kekai Hu, and Rodrigo Branco from Intel; Moritz Lipp, Michael Schwarz, and Daniel Gruss from Graz University of Technology; Stephan van Schaik, Alyssa Milburn, Sebastian Osterlund, Pietro Frigo, Kaveh Razavi, Herbert Bos, and Cristiano Giuffrida from VUSec group at VU Amsterdam; Volodymyr Pikhur; and Dan Horea Lutas from BitDefender
CVE-2019-11091: Ke Sun, Henrique Kawakami, Kekai Hu, and Rodrigo Branco from Intel; and Moritz Lipp, Michael Schwarz, and Daniel Gruss from Graz University of Technology
Entry added May 14, 2019
Security
Available for: macOS Sierra 10.12.6, macOS High Sierra 10.13.6, macOS Mojave 10.14.4
Impact: An application may be able to execute arbitrary code with system privileges
Description: A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved memory handling.
CVE-2019-8604: Fluoroacetate working with Trend Micro's Zero Day Initiative
SQLite
Available for: macOS Mojave 10.14.4
Impact: An application may be able to gain elevated privileges
Description: An input validation issue was addressed with improved memory handling.
CVE-2019-8577: Omer Gull of Checkpoint Research
SQLite
Available for: macOS Mojave 10.14.4
Impact: A maliciously crafted SQL query may lead to arbitrary code execution
Description: A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved input validation.
CVE-2019-8600: Omer Gull of Checkpoint Research
SQLite
Available for: macOS Mojave 10.14.4
Impact: A malicious application may be able to read restricted memory
Description: An input validation issue was addressed with improved input validation.
CVE-2019-8598: Omer Gull of Checkpoint Research
SQLite
Available for: macOS Mojave 10.14.4
Impact: A malicious application may be able to elevate privileges
Description: A memory corruption issue was addressed by removing the vulnerable code.
CVE-2019-8602: Omer Gull of Checkpoint Research
StreamingZip
Available for: macOS Mojave 10.14.4
Impact: A local user may be able to modify protected parts of the file system
Description: A validation issue existed in the handling of symlinks. This issue was addressed with improved validation of symlinks.
CVE-2019-8568: Dany Lisiansky (@DanyL931)
sysdiagnose
Available for: macOS Sierra 10.12.6, macOS High Sierra 10.13.6, macOS Mojave 10.14.4
Impact: An application may be able to execute arbitrary code with system privileges
Description: A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved memory handling.
CVE-2019-8574: Dayton Pidhirney (@_watbulb) of Seekintoo (@seekintoo)
Touch Bar Support
Available for: macOS Sierra 10.12.6, macOS High Sierra 10.13.6
Impact: An application may be able to execute arbitrary code with system privileges
Description: A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved memory handling.
CVE-2019-8569: Viktor Oreshkin (@stek29)
WebKit
Available for: macOS Mojave 10.14.4
Impact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution
Description: Multiple memory corruption issues were addressed with improved memory handling.
CVE-2019-6237: G. Geshev working with Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative, Liu Long of Qihoo 360 Vulcan Team
CVE-2019-8571: 01 working with Trend Micro's Zero Day Initiative
CVE-2019-8583: sakura of Tencent Xuanwu Lab, jessica (@babyjess1ca_) of Tencent Keen Lab, and dwfault working at ADLab of Venustech
CVE-2019-8584: G. Geshev of MWR Labs working with Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative
CVE-2019-8586: an anonymous researcher
CVE-2019-8587: G. Geshev working with Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative
CVE-2019-8594: Suyoung Lee and Sooel Son of KAIST Web Security & Privacy Lab and HyungSeok Han and Sang Kil Cha of KAIST SoftSec Lab
CVE-2019-8595: G. Geshev from MWR Labs working with Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative
CVE-2019-8596: Wen Xu of SSLab at Georgia Tech
CVE-2019-8597: 01 working with Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative
CVE-2019-8601: Fluoroacetate working with Trend Micro's Zero Day Initiative
CVE-2019-8608: G. Geshev working with Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative
CVE-2019-8609: Wen Xu of SSLab, Georgia Tech
CVE-2019-8610: Anonymous working with Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative
CVE-2019-8611: Samuel Groß of Google Project Zero
CVE-2019-8615: G. Geshev from MWR Labs working with Trend Micro's Zero Day Initiative
CVE-2019-8619: Wen Xu of SSLab at Georgia Tech and Hanqing Zhao of Chaitin Security Research Lab
CVE-2019-8622: Samuel Groß of Google Project Zero
CVE-2019-8623: Samuel Groß of Google Project Zero
CVE-2019-8628: Wen Xu of SSLab at Georgia Tech and Hanqing Zhao of Chaitin Security Research Lab
WebKit
Available for: macOS Mojave 10.14.4
Impact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may result in the disclosure of process memory
Description: An out-of-bounds read was addressed with improved input validation.
CVE-2019-8607: Junho Jang and Hanul Choi of LINE Security Team
Wi-Fi
Available for: macOS Mojave 10.14.4
Impact: An attacker in a privileged network position can modify driver state
Description: A logic issue was addressed with improved state management.
CVE-2019-8612: Milan Stute of Secure Mobile Networking Lab at Technische Universität Darmstadt
Entry added May 14, 2019
Additional recognition
CoreAudio
We would like to acknowledge riusksk of VulWar Corp working with Trend Micro's Zero Day Initiative for their assistance.
Dosdude Catalina Patcher
Entry added July 25, 2019
CoreFoundation
We would like to acknowledge m4bln, Xiangqian Zhang, Huiming Liu of Tencent's Xuanwu Lab, Vozzie, and Rami for their assistance.
Entry updated May 14, 2019
Kernel
We would like to acknowledge Denis Kopyrin for their assistance.
Entry updated May 14, 2019
High Sierra Patcher Dosdude1
PackageKit
We would like to acknowledge Csaba Fitzl (@theevilbit) for their assistance.
Safari
High Sierra Patcher Tool
We would like to acknowledge Michael Ball of Gradescope by Turnitin for their assistance.
System Preferences
Mac Os Patcher
We would like to acknowledge an anonymous researcher for their assistance.