Ask HN: How can I download the Big Sur disk image?

[ssutch3]

I live somewhere with a very unreliable internet connection. I can not get the entire update for Big Sur downloaded before it fails. If I could use a resumable download manager which I often do, I could get it finished.

Is there a way to get a direct link to the image/file so I can download it myself, outside the update manager? I am a mac developer as well but there are no links in the developer download section like there used to be ages ago.

[rderewianko]

First time Caller, long time listener First off you could try and get it from the software update catalogue https://github.com/munki/macadmin-scripts/blob/main/installi...

(which then recompiles all the files into a installer)

There are urls for the catalogue files in there. Some people have had success with just using the InstallAssistant.pkg

[mtmail]

Could somebody else download it, create an install drive and ship it to you? Or reupload the *.app file so you can resume the download? https://www.macworld.com/article/3566910/how-to-create-a-boo...

[wmf]

There are torrents.