Download Full Installer app updated for macOS Tahoe

[kgp]

@miliuco, my friend,

 

could you please provide a working link to the latest version of your app? I am using your App for months and it is really of big help, but I am still with version 2.0.2.  All recent links provided in this thread a broken, despite the https://github.com/perez987/DownloadFullInstaller link in the first post of this thread , which provides Download.Full.Installer-2.5.0-137.zip. However this version does not work at all:

 

 

Many thanks in advance, 

 

KGP 👍

Edited November 9, 2025 by KGP-iMacPro

[Anto65]

It works fine here

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Maybe you need to give in the terminal  "  xattr -cr your_app "

 

or authorize it in Privacy and Settings ?

[kgp]

9 minutes ago, Anto65 said:

It works fine here

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Maybe you need to give in the terminal  "  xattr -cr your_app "

 

or authorize it in Privacy and Settings ?

 

No way to authorise it in Privacy & Security! It simply does not show up there, despite the warning 😉

 

 

Usually, this approach works for all other Apps from unknown developers.  The macOS warning also says that the App is damaged. Maybe you have Gatekeeper disabled on your system. No intentions to do so.... 

Edited November 9, 2025 by KGP-iMacPro

[miliuco]

@KGP-iMacPro

On Tahoe, Apple has enforced security about apps downloaded from Internet. More startling warnings. It's all explained in the "app is damaged and can't be opened" text of my repo (link in README):

https://github.com/perez987/DownloadFullInstaller
Fastest way to fix this is xattr. System Settings works too. All is in the readme. 
Of course, if I have a developer account and notarize the app (I can't do it) the warning seems less dangerous, but you would always get a warning about something downloaded from the Internet.

 

[kgp]

4 minutes ago, miliuco said:

@KGP-iMacPro

On Tahoe, Apple has enforced security about apps downloaded from Internet. More startling warnings. It's all explained in the "app is damaged and can't be opened" text of my repo (link in README):

https://github.com/perez987/DownloadFullInstaller
Fastest way to fix this is xattr. System Settings works too. All is in the readme. 
Of course, if I have a developer account and notarize the app (I can't do it) the warning seems less dangerous, but you would always get a warning about something downloaded from the Internet.

 

 

@miliuco, @Anto65, many thanks for your help 👍. 

 

xattr -cr ./Download\ Full\ Installer.app

 

worked flawlessly, issue solved 👍 

[chris1111]

@miliuco Your badges are prettier than Apple's. 

 

[miliuco]

@chris1111

I ask to myself who is the author of these pretty badges? 😂

[XanthraX]

On 11/9/2025 at 1:35 PM, KGP-iMacPro said:

 

@miliuco, @Anto65, many thanks for your help 👍. 

 

xattr -cr ./Download\ Full\ Installer.app

 

worked flawlessly, issue solved 👍 

Also works with Sentinel https://github.com/alienator88/Sentinel 

I had no problems with the command: sudo spctl --global-disable to allow apps downloaded from anywhere.

 

Edited November 14, 2025 by XanthraX

[miliuco]

New version 3.0.0:

• Displays active download count in the badge style of DockProgress
• Enables multiple concurrent downloads (max 3) with individual progress tracking and cancellation.

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https://github.com/perez987/DownloadFullInstaller

[Max.1974]

7 hours ago, miliuco said:

New version 3.0.0:

• Displays active download count in the badge style of DockProgress
• Enables multiple concurrent downloads (max 3) with individual progress tracking and cancellation.

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https://github.com/perez987/DownloadFullInstaller

 

Awesome app my friend, thanks @miliuco !!  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Sergey_Galan]

I updated the app. I liked it overall, but I noticed that if I launch the app with "Tahoe" selected, I get this offset.

 

[Anto65]

I found that offset on the previous version, but not on this last one.

 

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EDIT: 

he still does it

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Edited December 7, 2025 by Anto65

[miliuco]

@Sergey_Galan  @Anto65  @eSaF

 

I can't reproduce this behaviour, installers list is okay every time I set Tahoe in the picker selection.

I'm on Tahoe 26.1 and I've tried Spanish and the 3 languages that you use. The app seems to work fine. I don't know what to say.

Are you with latest version 3.0.0-157?

Run in Terminal: /Applications/Download\ Full\ Installer.app/Contents/MacOS/Download\ Full\ Installer, change catalog a couple of times and post the output. Thanks.

 

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Edited December 7, 2025 by miliuco
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[Anto65]

oops I had the 152, just put the 157 on , opened and closed several times...it seems ok now ...Gracias

[Sergey_Galan]

Yes, I also updated to version 3.0.0-157, and it seems there are no problems now. Thanks!

[Thebes Knossos]

Hi, nice application, I've got just latest, is Ok.

I have a question.

As MacOS installs are bigger and bigger, is it possible somewhere to change default destination download (folder / volume)?

Thanks 

[miliuco]

@Thebes Knossos

 

Not at this time but, as is a good idea, I'll try to add a simple settings to be able to select target directory or leave Downloads by default. 

I'll show you the result.

[miliuco]

@Thebes Knossos

Please try the attached app.

Ignore the mint-colored border and other design details; it's still in testing. I just want to know if it works correctly.

Clicking "Select Download Folder" opens a directory selection dialog. The selected directory is saved in the preferences. If no custom directory is set, it remains the default Downloads folder.

Try it and let me know the result.

 

 

Download Full Installer.zip

[Thebes Knossos]

Tanks. I can change destination to a volume with a Fat32 partition. Download process can't terminate, because application seems first download complete file to a local temp file and I haven't room enough to do the job. 

[miliuco]

@Allan  @Slice  admin staff

Can you move this thread to Hackintool Tools?

Maybe here it is not the right place. 
 

@Thebes Knossos

Thanks. I'll refine the code to add this feature to the project.

 

Edited January 19 by miliuco
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[miliuco]

@Thebes Knossos

Wait, I have to work on the code, custom downloads folder is not saved in a right way and, when download ends, console says:

Error: The file “InstallAssistant-14.8.3-23J220.pkg” could not be saved to the “TEMP” folder.

It's not an issue with your disk space, it's another thing. I'll keep you informed.

[miliuco]

@Thebes Knossos

 

I think it's already done. Please try and comment.

 

https://github.com/perez987/DownloadFullInstaller/releases/tag/3.5-175

 

Settings to select downloads folder

The About This Hack -> Settings menu (⌘ ,) opens a window where you can select a different folder to download installers. Default is ~/Downloads. Visual indicators (green marks) of downloaded installers are updated to match those in the selected folder.

 

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Edited January 19 by miliuco
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[Thebes Knossos]

Thanks for new version, just tested yet.

I Can't still nor finish the download.

Test by yourself, select an external disk as destination.

Open a terminal, inside execute command df -h .

Start the download, and observe what happening via next commands df-h . You can see that free space on main partition is decreasing as the download continues

Conclusion: the application first download locally, then at end moves the downloaded data to destination

So you need same space locally as the amount of Gigabytes to download.

[miliuco]

@Thebes Knossos

Thanks for the feedback. Indeed, the download goes first to a temp folder and is copied to the right folder afterwards. I'll try to change this behavior so the download goes directly to only one place. 

[miliuco]

@Thebes Knossos

I think it's done. Replaced copyItem in source code by moveItem in DownloadManager.swift and MultiDownloadManager.swift to avoid double disk space usage.

Now the installer goes to one single place from the beginning.

In my system works fine but I have free space enough.

I appreciate your test to confirm that the temp folder is not an issue anymore. Please test and comment.

 

https://github.com/perez987/DownloadFullInstaller/releases/tag/3.5-175

Download Full Installer-3.5-175.zip