How to Upgrade from Mac OS X Lion to macOS High Sierra

Download El Capitan: support.apple....
Download High Sierra: support.apple....
2020 METHOD: How to upgrade from Lion to High Sierra (If Mac supports High Sierra of course!). Apple makes you do an intermediate step of installing El Capitan first. I figured this video may be helpful to some! Hope you all enjoy!
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[@BenjaminsTech]

Hey everyone! Want to give a quick update about this video. First of all, WOW! Thanks for all the support, likes, comments, on this video! Glad it is helping many people out! Second, since Big Sur, Apple has changed the website a little bit. There is now no longer separate links for El Capitan and High Sierra, instead, it takes you to a page where you can download many versions of macOS. So just click on either link in the description and it will take you there and scroll down a little to see the download links. Here's the link if the description isn't working: support.apple.com/en-us/HT211683

[@tabindatouqeer7513]

Please help i am using old version and download capital now 10.11. version now high seerre cant download

[@misterhhn]

Hi, today is Jan 5th, 2021 and I having issues downloading High Sierra. The above link worked and show all different versions of MacOS. However, when I clicked on "High Sierra", the AppStore app came up but did not show any thing about HIgh Sierra. Please help!

[@misterhhn]

Just an update on this issue. It did not work for me when I used Firefox. Switching to use the link in Safari works for me!

[@HamzaHamza-wk7uo]

Hello Benjamin. I've been able to upgrade to El Capitan but my mac keeps saying that i can't get High Sierra on it. Please help.

[@BenjaminsTech]

Are you sure your Mac is compatible with it?

[@amoghaquaza9032]

I ve been looking for a year and I just can't express my feelings when this worked!!!!🎉😃😃😃😃😃I'm over the moon

[@coodi_16]

this want i wanted to say wow..

[@daleplewis]

Thank you Ben. As everyone else on here has stated, I cannot thank you enough for solving this problem. We have a 2012 iMac in perfect condition and had to erase it and reload the operating system that came with it: Mountain Lion. I could not figure out how to upgrade the operating system and I have been working on this for a few weeks. I would love to see you benefit far more than the thumbs up we can give you. But we did indicate a thumbs up and subscribed also. Thank you for being straightforward and logical and very very helpful!

[@ramaicatseye]

When someone has a solution to a specific problem it’s really convenient.

[@dhurba6254]

Can't express in words how much I appreciate this video

[@bustosricky]

I'm not a mac dude, I had a little trouble at first getting this done and it worked after a while of not understanding what was going on, but after the 3rd watching I heard launchpad and then understood what was going on. Thanks!

[@josephdragan7734]

Benjamin, thank you for the support. I am a newbie with Macs but during Covid lockdown I've been collecting older no longer used macs, updating memory, SSD and OS. Then giving them out to those that need but can't really afford a computer for home study. Thanks for your help!

[@lalucyx369]

Amazing!

[@fuuyyy8832]

someone actually explains the problems for once, thank you. now my mac can be up to date 👍

[@OMGRC]

100% agree

[@icer1798]

Thanx dude, i was planning to go on my deer from siberia to USA, for new imac, but your video saved my deer from dying on the way, and my money. Now i can spend this money for food of my deers. Thank you so much.

[@Welldressedfe]

Thannnnnnnnks thousands time ... you saved me from purchasing a new Mac .. thaaaaaaaanks

[@rfsanchez1000]

This came in clutch! I decided to factory reset my Mac and freaked out when I couldn’t update software from the apps store. Lucky, I found this gem and it worked out!

[@Hustle2Succession]

Same they made me reset mine as a solution for iMovie not working

[@johnathanhoffman2203]

This is the number one video to use if you need help getting your older Mac book to this update couldn’t thank you enough for the help ❤❤❤

[@Roxumi]

I've been looking for hours trying to fix this. I could hug you. I hope this works! Downloading El Capitan rn!

[@Klayaut]

Same feels like I've been looking for years.

[@Roxumi]

@@Klayaut it worked! :) So happy for this video!

[@thatcrazyxoxo]

OMG SAMEEE

[@amoghaquaza9032]

I ve been looking for a year and I just can't express my feelings when this worked!!!!🎉😃😃😃😃😃I'm over the moon

[@DummiBoiii]

Okay so i got a question. I have a mid 2010 Mac mini with no OS that when put in recovery mode, it wants to install macos X lion but it can’t for some unknown reason. So i was wondering can i use a bootable usb drive that has Mac OS high sierra installed? Can it boot up to high sierra and make the jump from lion to that or what?

[@zeerich74]

I cant thank you enough, I had almost given up on upgrading my mac air mini 2011. I watch so many videos which lead me to instructions that were not useful. I did exactly what your video says and I am happy to say I have given my MacBook a second chance of life. I will pass it on to my nephew who is in High School. I am so so happy, sincerely thank you for your time in doing this video.

[@TheMiguelitoGod1000_]

Finally so my old Mac can be up to date and not lag while typing anymore. Tysm man!

[@mirzahabib3795]

Apple support page can’t open in Safari

[@ramaicatseye]

chrome worked for me

[@rashbosscomedy9138]

I can’t even get chrome on my MacBook

[@Kanyesouth436]

ye safari didn't work. so i used chrome instead and it worked also if u can't download chrome just go to KZbin or some google service and they will tell you something like your browser is outdated so then you can install chrome.

[@ribstuff6116]

Which one ?​@@Kanyesouth436

[@A.Z0613]

​@@rashbosscomedy9138hey were you able to install it? I keep trying and i can't 😢

[@jeanomagsino7900]

Id just like to thank you ,you just posted the simplest tutorial that actually works , i have an imac mid 2011 as well and it was smooth like butter

[@FerdousNipu]

Literally exactly the video I was looking for!!

[@musicid93]

I threw an old MacBook Pro 2011 into storage because I tried a clean install some years ago, screwed it up. ended on lion and couldn't upgrade from there. I recently pulled it out of storage to give to a cousin who really needs a laptop for school. And decided to try again for him and I came across your video after 4hrs of headache. And it worked perfectly! thanks so much! I'm super excited on two fronts. 1. I was able to finally get it "fixed" and 2. not having to embarrassingly give him a laptop I HOPE would work enough on Lion to help him through school. Now he can work with a macOS that will hopefully be compatible with all the software he may need. thanks so much !

[@tpp_sonny_3456]

I’ve looked through SOOO many vids and surprisingly the only one that worked, this means sm to me cause this has been passed Down from my dad

[@Arielsantondesign]

Holy darn it, mate! U saved me big time! OMG, it took my a while to finally find ur video which actually gave me a path to follow. Thanks a bunch, really.

[@Vitals60]

Hey does ur safari work? Becuase mine isn't working

[@arash7007]

Life savers. Short and useful. Well done Benjamin that was the best on KZbin 👍👍

[@gustavoeraso4059]

I just wanted to thank you for the simple and easy fix that took me about six hours wasted with other methods. I tried every single Internet advice that wanted me to create a reboot able usb drive, etc. Tried and many times nothing worked, and wasted pretty much a whole day. Thank God I found your video. It was the easiest way. Thank you

[@aishaaidaruse]

this doesn’t work for me it says can’t establish a secure connection to the server

[@Nyxar01]

I’ve got this problem too it’s so frustrating like Sisyphus with the updates I feel stuck did you have any luck

[@Kareemwilldream]

This solved a big part of a problem I had for years. I tried upgrading years ago, but gave up because I couldn't find a solution. I had this macbook collecting dust for a long time. However, I'm glad that I checked on it again today. Thanks a bunch.

[@ThiefInLaw]

Thank you! I've spent an entire week trying to accomplish this. It's amazing how much easier it is when you can understand what is being said because the guy saying it actually speaks English.

[@Vaterland-pe8vc]

i never ever comment on youtube but this video has saved me hours of struggling trying to figure out apples crap os and why I cant just upgrade to the latest, Im thankful for this video

[@boocrewhaunttrainer7469]

Thank you so much for saving our Mac with this video. Accidentally cleared everything trying to erase hard drive on an older Mac we were wanting to sell and so glad to be able to bring it back!

[@dallindagata2015]

I normally don’t write comments on KZbin videos, but if I do is either because it was really good or really bad. I had been looking all over the place, trying to figure out how to update my MacBook Pro (I’m new to macOS). This helped me a lot and I just couldn’t go without writing a comment. Thank you so much!!!

[@britneybooyse3571]

Oh my gosh, this has helped me so much!! I have been struggling for the past few days and your video has solved everything! Thank you!

[@moe6589]

im literally so dumb. i never knew that the launchpad had the installer. youre a life saver for showing that, thank you!!!!!!!!! 😭😭

[@amandagoldberg3617]

Thank you so much! I got a laptop from my dad and I wanted to reformat it! Well I deleted the whole disk on accident! so when i fixed THAT.... I was on mountain lion! I could not figure out why the heck it wasn't easier to upgrade!! It has been driving me crazy! Thank you so much!

[@craig8128]

Thank you so much! I thought I was going to have to trash this little 11” MacBook Air - but High Sierra is running and it’s just beautiful!

[@Mikey_Official]

bro it said cannot connect to the app store please help

[@Vitals60]

Bro same did it fix for u?

[@Mikey_Official]

@@Vitals60 bro my mac is dead now 💀

[@photosfms657]

Thanks a million. I don’t have words to thank you for this video. I was planning to buy a new iMac and MacBook Pro as the older versions were not compatible with many apps. I had stopped using my apple almost for four years. You saved me from spending loads of money.

[@ORyan24]

Thank you a lot for that greatest tutorial. I have tried it on the same way and it really worked. The MacBook Pro 13 mid 2012 for my uncle has been saved by your great video. Once again thanks a lot and I am truly appreciating your generosity! Stay save and blessed. Greetings from Germany.

[@roastertat]

Thanks Ben. Last night I successfully Upgraded from El Capitan to Big Sur on my early 2015 Retina MacBook Pro. Now my MacBook runs flawlessly

[@krystalroch4522]

thank you so much I’ve been trying to do this for such a long time now. You’ve saved my computer!😂⭐️

[@inessiness100]

I want to thank you a lot. This my first experience with macbook. I bought macbook 2012 and each time i want to download somthing ,it sais not supported. Very annoying but you helped me . The explanation was very clear and sipmle . Especially for beginners who don't really know how to set up new version . I put lile and subscribed to your channel . Very useful . Please do more videos for begginers and how to use macbook . How to download app and link it with your phone Apple . Thank you

[@jamiefullona437]

Omg! It worked! Thank you so much, just keep posting new helpful vids!❤️

[@kofyfrimpong]

I spent about two days watching KZbin videos upon videos until I chanced on this video and Baaam! My mid 2012 MacBook Air running on Lion can now breath a new air. Many thanks

[@anon_0306]

Clear instructions, no messing around. Thank You

[@keeaan6895]

Just bought a 2nd hand macbook pro and is my first mac ever. Was getting so annoyed how i couldn’t run anything since the os was so old. Finally with your help its fixed 👏

[@huzlfinance]

Thanks so much for this video. If it wasn't for this video I would have called it quits with my 2011 mbp and would have spent $$$ on a new one. If you were in Australia I would have bought you a coffee or a lunch for your help.🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@justinepaul5473]

You’re a life saver boss now I just upgraded my Mountain Lion - El Capitan - Catalina (finally), thank u so much old macbook user here 🙏❤️

[@Snipersounds]

Thanks SO MUCH BENJAMIN! I wasted a whole day trying to figure this out!

[@GoldenToothBrush]

Same here. Was pulling my hair out!

[@hbenjamin2541]

Hi Benjamin! Thank you for the video. I have a quastion for you. If I do upgrade from Mac OS X El Capitan to macOS High Sierra, all documents, dates will be after upgrade good and useful OR I need to do backup on macbook? Thank you for your answer.

[@allanmandell]

Super-helpful, many thanks for your clearly explained tutorial ... hit a few bumps along the way, including screen white-out during El Cap install, but found my way through the woods and all worked out fine in the end

[@lear60man]

Dude! You get double internet points today! I had to replace my SSD hard drive on a 2012 Mac Air and Lion was the only option to get it running. I say running but more like 'AOL called and they would like to send you a CD to explore the interwebs'. Nothing would work with an outdated Lion OS. This guide is so easy to follow and worked. Big thanks.

[@aakashaladdin]

Who is here after deleting partition of Mac os and searching lots of videos about how to make bootable usb in windows for mac then got no solution.

[@liiqua1]

me

[@BABBLEBOAR]

Me…..

[@SalahTechStuff]

Me

[@syedhadiulhassan4468]

Me

[@philmcrac6796]

What you need to do is restart and keep shift pressed down for ages until it prompts a login the login then restart again and hold down opt, ctr, R until the recovery mode shows after like a 4 min wait and then you see the Apple logo then you have to click install Mac OS bit and then Mac OS Catalina shows I was stuck on mountain lion for agessss and stayed up so late

[@stormarciga8621]

Bro this actually worked. I just got a new hard drive bc the old one was no good and I’m doing this on my mid 2012 MacBook Pro and I’m literally so happy. I couldn’t run like any site on OS X Lion. This helped so much 😭 thank you!!

[@Faugti]

Finally, someone who is actually helpful

[@wangyolmo2240]

Wow!!! As i promised its 1:30 am n just now i finished downtown hish sierra! I started with wrong videos n install with wrong method at around 4:00pm n saw this this and again tried one and its1:30am guys m done installing with high sierra, it took me 9:30 hrs. But still with dis video m able to install it. Thnx to u, really thnx a lot from the buttom of ma heart, u hve gain one more subscribeer today!! Awesome work and nice explanation!!! Gud goin tk cr n thnx again!! Lob from india

[@renoanggoro5547]

Very clear instructions, no messing around. SUPER Helpful. Thank You

[@sunguidiazhn]

Thanks for the great video. Was this done on a laptop? And does it’s work fast or slow

[@zakojack7888]

You my guy, you're a legend It's been a stressful year trying to update my Mac, couldn't have done it without you As I'm speaking the PC is updating to el captain, you're a life and money saver thank you

[@astonishedatrandom2959]

bruh I love u, I've watched a couple of videos before like the virtual box and I wanted to upgrade from El Capitan to Big Sur and you've saved my life

[@ileanapuentes70]

YOU JUST SAVED MY LIFE THANK YOU SO MUCH 😭❤️

[@FVTUREDYL]

bruh I DOWNLOADED SO MANY UPDATES ON APPLES WEBSITE BUT THIS LINK IS RHE ONE THAT WORKED. LIFE SAVER THANKING U KING

[@torrentula1]

Thank you for this! Saved me from getting my daughter a new $$$ Mac. :)

[@aq7462]

Sweet thanks even OpenAi could not figure this one out. These type videos still have a lot of value.

[@raulitorex8774]

No puedo instalar, al reiniciar me lleva a las utilidades de mac OS Lion y no a la instalación de sierra. Alguien que pueda ayudarme 😓😓😓😓

[@ValerieDiaz]

Tienes que bajar e instalar El Capitan primero y luego de estar ya instalado, debes bajar High Sierra e instalarlo. Espero te sirva, a mi me funcionó muy bien.

[@krazyboii967]

Awsome tutorial bro!! this still works in 2022! Just upgrading my old 2012 MacBook Pro that I had lying around for dj’ing and this saved my life! I just didn’t want to go out and buy a new MacBook Pro just to get thrashed at parties haha. Thank you so much!!

[@brennabraelyn9932]

THANK YOUUUUU!!! now i can play among us :D

[@ianm-y5s]

wait you can play among us on mac?? i just upgraded to big sur a few days ago and i use the steam version of among us and it say no executable found, which basically means it doesnt run on macOS

[@samed161]

@@ianm-y5s Yeah, on my Hackintosh i‘m on High Sierra due to limited drivers of NVIDIA Pascal cards and there I can‘t play Among Us on Steam unfortunately.

[@michaeltibbitts10]

Thank you very much Benjamin I don't know where I would be without your video. It's fantastic and very clear to understand great work

[@SuperPresley2011]

Perfeitamente resolvido meus problemas com meu Mac por causa do seu vídeo agradecido

[@bittersweet3469]

Thank you so much fr,, my fam’s been struggling w this for so long and you’ve been a lifesaver. Have a great day!

[@mirf6283]

Thank you so much! If you are using Mac OS X 10.7.5, you can upgrade to Sierra to High Sierra

[@mrlpbryan]

Thank you for your help i pick up a 2012 MacBook Air and thought this was a bad buy but your help came to the rescue and now i high sierra on my MacBook Air

[@shehab1414]

First of all FK APPLE, And THANK YOU so much, my mac downgraded from catalina to lion mountain for some reason and i got stuck Now installing el capitan Thanks a lot

[@ronnypianist6804]

True words😌

[@JulioRodriguez-sr2et]

I just want to thank you so much, I thought about giving up but I found your video and it fixed it. You save me tons of money and I truly thank you!

[@miljanaratkovic2827]

THE INSTALLER WONT OPEN HELP!!!!

[@leolange4417]

Same

[@BenjaminsTech]

What errors?

[@miljanaratkovic2827]

@@BenjaminsTech it says it requires at least 2 gb but i only have 1 left and I don’t know what to do I uninstalled everything bootcamp is my only problem i don’t know how to delete it please help😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

[@BenjaminsTech]

Like the boot camp app or a boot camp install?

[@miljanaratkovic2827]

@@BenjaminsTech I don’t know how to explain ! i had windows on this imac and i deleted it but its still here btw i have mac os x

[@NewsFlashJustIn]

There are many videos of youtube, each with there own tier. This video is: Top Tier.

[@shoofoolatte]

Thank you, Benjamin! I just upgraded a 2012 MacBook Air that had never been used and was unusable. It is now like new!

[@kylanthompson7275]

Omg I found a MacBook at a house my dad bought and it was on mountain lion I have been working to make it work for weeks and I got stuck on this and it worked thanks a lot!

[@nigelholland24]

Well what can I say. I brought a dead laptop and fixed it. But it was running lion. Somebody told me me I had to to maintain lion Frist then upgrade. But I was hitting expired certs and it wouldn't work. Found your video and into 20mins of installing el capitan. Thank you so much your a life saver.

[@nigelholland24]

Now on Hi Serria. Thanks again.

[@estrellarivas70]

Thank you so much ! I have been looking for months on how to update my MacBook Air 2015 and didn't know about the El Capitan step !

[@adyp264]

Thank you so much!!! I have been stressing on how to update the IOS on my Mac from Lion. Your step by step video instructions worked perfectly!!! I am now running High Sierra!!!

[@Nemesys420]

TY so much my dude. I have been repairing PCs for years. Doing a ssd upgrade on a 2011 iMac (Lion) and wanted to also update OS for customer. Was really scratching my head why I couldn't just Search for High Sierra lol

[@bontanae0928]

you are awesome. i bought another macbook because i could not figure out how to update my 2011 macbook air lol. i decided to pick up my old mac and found your video - thank you so much, I can now use this one as well 😊

[@thevhs1]

this is genuinely the most helpful tutorial I have ever seen...

[@SENATechChannel]

You have no idea how this video helped me. Thank you.

[@estebanbadilla4677]

You are AWESOME.... after doing this you just encouraged me to upgrade the RAM of my mid 2011 imac to 16 GB and have a great computer without paying apple whims..... GOD BLESS YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS...

[@demmesrocha7893]

Thanks for this video. I already subscribed. I just have a question. If we upgrade the MacOS does the user files or documents will be lost? Do you recommend to backup files first befor doing MacOS upgrade?

[@BenjaminsTech]

It shouldn’t be lost, but I would highly recommend backing up.

[@demmesrocha7893]

@@BenjaminsTech Thanks for replying. I appreciate it.

[@0982kk]

Thank you so much. It helped. i have been struggling for the whole day until is see your video 😃

[@meditated6806]

Dude thank you so much I’ve been looking for this for months thanks man!

[@chahatgoel_1012]

Thank you so much for this. It was really helpful. I had been struggling with my Mac for years. This video really helped me at every step.

[@denmarkdiscord1561]

Hi sir I have a question mine is MacBook Pro 13 inch mid 2010 and I want to update it for high sierra and the official apple website says it’s competitive with that so it can run high sierra after that it’s no more updates so basically unsupported, the main question is can I upgrade to Catalina via patch’s? Many people doing that on older/unsupported macs can mine run on it smoothly?

[@BenjaminsTech]

Not sure about that.

[@denmarkdiscord1561]

@@BenjaminsTech I have had some researches, if the graphic card is good it can run good for Catalina but another question what part of my MBP-2010 can be replaced & upgraded for stronger parts like how you can change the SSD to be a more and newer one, can you help me about which parts can be newer so I might could make it competitive with Catalina cause I can’t afford new max right now. Thanks for replying I hope you see this as well ❤️

[@BenjaminsTech]

Probably ssd and little more ram will do it.

[@denmarkdiscord1561]

@@BenjaminsTech aight I looking for SSD 1tb the Samsung one and 16gb ram if possible for my mac thanks for the responses ⭐️

[@ericsaavedra743]

Thank you!! Still works 100% in 2021! Upgraded my early 2011 MacBook Pro! Thanks man. 😃

[@MrDianapants]

Ugh, thank you for making this video. I’ve had my macbook air since 2012 and it is still like new but I downloaded some bug and had to completely wipe it and start over. Couldn’t have done it without this video, thank you 🙏🏼

[@marysharify80]

After months of trying, I found this video and it really works! Thank you Benjamin!

[@faithm1607]

i’ve been trying for a day now to do this and this is the only helpful video i could find, thank you!!

[@Prikaboomlove]

I would like to say THANK YOU SO MUCH I actually needed to Install the El Capitan first on my 10.13.6 High Sierra system... and then the 10.15 High Sierra system, which was so bizzar, but my laptop is a 2009 edition, and now I can finally download all things Mac. Thank you again Honestly. Getting down to the actual problem instead of highlighting it. 100% Subscribing mate! Fricken life saver!!!

[@Kwelar]

How were you able to download El Capitan? Apple’s download link for El Capitan doesn’t work anymore. I can’t find it anywhere.

[@dianevidal1115]

Hi Benjamin, I was doing this step by step and when I double clicked on the package to install I got an ALERT saying “ this version of OS X 10.11 cannot be installed on this computer” with no other detail or anything? What do you think the issue is?

[@karenmoo2133]

Thank you so much! I bought this mac and I was sad because I watched a lot of videos in spanish about upgrade Mac Os but your video is the unique that helped me, thanks

[@edupuperi]

Thanks for the help! I have one question. Do the programs on OS X 10.7.5, like "Logic", for example, still work when you do this upgrade to High Sierra?

[@BenjaminsTech]

Only older versions probably.

[@CShakur7]

I just gotta say.. thanks man, damn. You dont wanna know what I went thru tonight. It’s 7AM in the morning, ive been up all night trying to fix a issue I created myself, trieeed everything, watched every youtube video, and only yours helped damn. Cant thank you enough, but u deserve a subscribe, even more than that. I somehow erased my thirdparty SSD and erased everything else, and was stuck on Mac OS X. Damn, ima sleep now thanks so much bro

[@shitaalias5539]

Hi Benjamin. My os is lion 10.7.5 but when I want to install el capitan, Alert window says "This version of os x 10.11 cannot be installed on this computer". Please help me... I urgently need to fix my mac. Thanks in advance

[@BenjaminsTech]

Are you sure your Mac is compatible?

[@artmoore4065]

I bought a used 2011 MacBook Pro This video being in English was wonderful!!