How can I pause the download on Mac App Store and then resume it later?

I am downloading macOS Sierra from Mac App Store. But I have electricity problem here. Due to which my iMac will lose power after 2 hours. Now I want to pause the downloading so that I can resume the download later on. How can I do that?

Here is a screenshot.

Solution 1:

Open Launchpad and you will see your downloading app. Simply click on the app icon to pause the download, and click it again to resume.

Solution 2:

For High Sierra 10.13 and Mojave 10.14

Open Finder, then look up for your downloading app icon under Applications, and click on the X icon to "remove" it:

Next time you start this app's download, it will resume from where it stopped.

A bit awkward but it works.

Solution 3:

For macOS 11 Big Sur

1. Open Launchpad, find the downloading app.
2. First tap pauses the download.
3. Next tap resumes the download.

Notes:

• The download progress is stated in the form:

  LoadedData StorageUnit of TotalData StorageUnit

  i.e. 120 MB of 1,4 GB

• When you resume a download then LoadedData starts from 0 again.

  • But fear not, your paused download is not lost!
  • Instead the TotalData number got just reduced by the already LoadedData.