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After upgrading to big Sur, I had second though to reinstall Catalina. But after seeing the performance gain, I decided to stick with Big Sur. However, I can seem to delete and empty the trash containing the Catalina installer file. I don't boot to Safe Mode, since I try using diskutil commands and it didn't help since the behaviour of disk mount etc has changed in Big Sur. I just find quite annoying that Apple engineers are so lazy that they will make such a mess with this. On one hand Catalina installer can't be opend on Mac and yet I can permanently delete it from Trash. What sort of idiocracy is this...
I've tried downloading from the App store, but the download gets almost finished and then gives me an error about the installation failed. I replaced a hard drive that failed and need to get a machine up and running, and downloading the installer for Catalina worked just a few months ago when I did this last.
Also note that this policy which breaks installer is embedded into installer automatically when you select some "Initial static group" when generating installer. So leaving it empty would probably resolve issue once installer is re-generated, but AGENTs will be shown in Lost & Found group as this is default.
I'm not going to replicate the entire blog post here, as it's quite involved (and includes lots of helpful screenshots), but the short version is that it requires setting up a new VM (upgrading will not work!) as a macOS 10.14 guest, customizing the settings to change it to a Windows 10 x64 (yes, really) guest, launching the VM setup tool by dropping the Catalina installer app on it, interacting with the Windows 10 boot controller a couple times, then finally changing the VM back to a Mac guest OS.
As it turns out, it seems that my installer had run all the way through before getting to the Windows controller boot screen for the first time, because what I did as a fix is listed as the next steps after the installer finishes, which the instructions describe as hapening after the first visit to the Windows controller boot screen. I have no idea why mine worked in a different manner.
One thing that may not be obvious from the instructions is how to actually get the macOS Catalina installer app you need to proceed. To do that, you need to install the Catalina profile from Apple's developer download page (login required). Then open System Preferences > Update, and let the installer download. When it's fully downloaded, quit System Preferences, and you'll find "Install macOS 10.15 Beta.app" in your Applications folder.
If you don't want to install the profile on your actual Mac, you can follow the above steps in an existing virtual machine, then copy the installer to your actual Mac via drag-from-VM or via file sharing. You then drag this image into the new VM's setup screen to start the process.
Final note: I had to run the Install VMware Tools command twice. Run it once and then approve all the security requests and allow the extension, reboot, then run the Tools installer again, and it should work.
In conclusion, downloading and installing macOS Catalina is a reasonably straightforward process. First, head to the App Store and download the installer. Once the download is complete, open the installer and follow the prompts to begin the installation process. Read any instructions carefully and follow all steps to avoid any issues. After the installation, you'll be able to enjoy all of the new features and improvements that macOS Catalina has to offer. 5376163bf9