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mikethemartian said:

When I click on the Mojave link listed in the article it does not give me a download button, only a button that says Open but clicking on it doesn't launch anything. I assume it remembers that I downloaded the expired version before. I am currently running Sierra.

I got that too.  A 6.3Gb installer will already be sitting somewhere on your system (it was on one of my MacPro 5.1's currently on High Sierra)... Do a Spotlight, find and delete it... the OPEN will change to DOWNLOAD on next opening App Store.

Thanks William. Great article. A problem I ran into a few weeks back so timely.

I actually solved the problem by using DOSDude1's installer Patcher links... might be worth mentioning him actually as has been massively useful for the community in the past few years.

dysamoria said:

Happily, my Snow Leopard install DVD has no such expiration issues. It’s also still the fastest and most bug-free version of Mac OS X.

100% agree. Still have it running in a production environment in Work on an old MacMini that's still earning its crust. Loved Snow Leopard.  When Apple got it right and really only did focus on bugs and cutting the fat.