Bug #116304 MySQL Community Server 8.4.2 fails to install on macOS 10.15.7
Submitted: 5 Oct 10:11 Modified: 7 Oct 4:44
Reporter: Kiran Deshpande Email Updates:
Status: Unsupported Impact on me:
None 
Category:MySQL Server: Installing Severity:S3 (Non-critical)
Version:8.4.2 LTS OS:MacOS
Assigned to: CPU Architecture:x86 (10.15.7)
Tags: installer fails

[5 Oct 10:11] Kiran Deshpande
Description:
MySQL Community Server 8.4.2 LTS installer mysql-8.4.2-macos14-x86_64.dmg gets stuck and doesn't complete installation on macOS 10.15.7. 

How to repeat:
Download MySQL Community Server 8.4.2 LTS installer mysql-8.4.2-macos14-x86_64.dmg from dev.mysql.com
Install it on macOS 10.15.7
Installer gets unresponsive
[7 Oct 4:44] MySQL Verification Team
Hello Kiran,

Thank you for the report and feedback.
Pease note that as per the "Supported Platforms" list,  only macOS 13/14 (x86_64, arm64) are supported platform - https://www.mysql.com/support/supportedplatforms/database.html
Also, EOL notice here https://www.mysql.com/support/eol-notice.html

regards,
Umesh