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Download MacOS Monterey 12 Full Installer

Installing macOS Monterey

Mac users may wish to download the full installer for macOS Monterey 12, which can be done easily by downloading the InstallAssistant package file from Apple’s CDN servers.

By downloading the installer directly from Apple, you can get the complete “Install MacOS Monterey.app” installer file directly on any Mac, and without using either the System Preferences upgrade path, or the App Store. This allows you to easily create a USB installer, perform an upgrade on Macs, perform clean installs, and much more.

Download Full MacOS Monterey Installer Package

The following links are pointing directly to Apple content delivery network servers at swcdn.apple.com for the Monterey installers:

After you have downloaded the “InstallAssistant.pkg” file, open that file and run through the simple installer. This will place the full “Install macOS Monterey.app” installer application into the /Applications folder on the Mac.

Download macOS Monterey Installer from the App Store

You can also download the latest version of the macOS Monterey installer from the Mac App Store, if the Mac you are using is compatible with Monterey:

What about getting other MacOS versions?

You can always find download links for all available versions of MacOS installers here, which we periodically update to include the latest versions of system software available.