Eventually a message “Are you sure you want to download macOS Big Sur” will appear.

Software Update will open with the words “Finding Update”.

Click this link to open the Mac App Store on the Big Sur page.(Use Safari and make sure the Mac App Store app is closed first or it might not work).įollow these steps to download Big Sur (or any other version of macOS) from the Mac App Store: Click on this link which to open the Mac App Store on the Big Sur page.You should be able to find the ‘Install macOS Monterey’ app in your Applications folder, you’ll need this for the next steps, which we outline here: How to downgrade macOS, install an older version on your Mac.If you install it the installer will automatically be deleted (plus it won’t install if you are already running Ventura).

Once the installer has downloaded do not click Install.

It might look like an update rather than the full version, but you’ll see from the size of the download (around 6GB) that this is the complete installer for Monterey. Eventually a message “Are you sure you want to download macOS Monterey” will appear.

Click this link to open the Mac App Store on the Monterey page.

(Use Safari and make sure the Mac App Store app is closed first or it might not work).įollow these steps to download macOS Monterey (or any other version of macOS) from the Mac App Store:

Click on this link to be taken to the macOS Monterey page on the Mac App Store.

You can still download the installer for Monterey from the Mac App Store – as long as you know where to find it – searching the Mac App Store will not work. In fact, Catalina doesn't have the newer accessibility problems that Big Sur has either.Apple only replaced Monterey with Ventura in October 2022, but if you don’t want Ventura on your Mac you might be looking for Monterey. I'm wary of upgrading to Monterey because I don't want new accessibility issues like busy busy busy on Safari, for example. I also have the option of cloning my 2016 Macbook Pro to my slightly newer 2017 iMac Pro that has Big Sur on it, or vice versa, or I could just keep Big sur on the iMac Pro, or I could upgrade the iMac to Monterey. The reason I'm asking is that I know Big Sur, and I know Catalina, but I don't know Monterey, and I'm trying to decide whether to upgrade my 2016 Macbook Pro from Catalina to Big sur or to Monterey, or just stick with Catalina. If you could choose all over again, now that you have experienced the good features and the accessibility bugs in each of these operating systems, which would you choose today? Monterey, Big Sur, or Catalina?

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