Apple still hosts the Catalina installer on its official servers. This is the method—no third-party sites, no expired links.
Another angle: the user might not have a macOS with the App Store installed yet, or they want a direct link for a clean install. But for a clean install, you typically use Disk Utility and a USB drive. So maybe they're trying to bypass the App Store download. Apple still hosts the Catalina installer on its
softwareupdate --list-full-installers
softwareupdate --fetch-full-installer --full-installer-version 10.15.7 Apple still hosts the Catalina installer on its
Apple still hosts the Catalina installer on its official servers. This is the method—no third-party sites, no expired links.
Another angle: the user might not have a macOS with the App Store installed yet, or they want a direct link for a clean install. But for a clean install, you typically use Disk Utility and a USB drive. So maybe they're trying to bypass the App Store download.
softwareupdate --list-full-installers
softwareupdate --fetch-full-installer --full-installer-version 10.15.7