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#HOW TO MAKE MAC PKG INSTALLER TO COPY FILE DIFF FOLDER INSTALL#
#HOW TO MAKE MAC PKG INSTALLER TO COPY FILE DIFF FOLDER UPDATE#
#HOW TO MAKE MAC PKG INSTALLER TO COPY FILE DIFF FOLDER UPGRADE#
#HOW TO MAKE MAC PKG INSTALLER TO COPY FILE DIFF FOLDER PRO#

Identify the listed products which appear to be macOS installers.ģ.

#HOW TO MAKE MAC PKG INSTALLER TO COPY FILE DIFF FOLDER UPDATE#

Parse a specified Software Update feed.Ģ. Processing steps citation from reference #2 below: 1. From my point of view, the code is the opposite ofīeing opaque with some basic Python knowledge you can read through the codeĪnd get the ideas behind. Scans Apple´s regular Software Update catalogs and is able to create a wide It is an open source tool of about 600 lines written in Python. Some comments on the installinstallmacos.py script

#HOW TO MAKE MAC PKG INSTALLER TO COPY FILE DIFF FOLDER PRO#

MacBook Pro Early 2015 running OS X 10.11.6 El Capitan. Ran without any problems and took somewhat less that an hour. MacOS High Sierra 10.13.6 where this clone resides on another external HD īoth HDs connected to the machine via a USB 3 hub.

#HOW TO MAKE MAC PKG INSTALLER TO COPY FILE DIFF FOLDER UPGRADE#

Upgrade a clone of the Macintosh HD with OS X 10.11.6 El Capitan to

Now we can create the bootable installer on an appropriate volume: sudo /Applications/Install\ macOS\ High\ Sierra.app/Contents/Resources/createinstallmedia -volume /Volumes/volume_to_contain_high_sierra_installer -applicationpath /Applications/"Install macOS High Sierra.app"įor test: Boot into the newly created installer residing on an external HD and

#HOW TO MAKE MAC PKG INSTALLER TO COPY FILE DIFF FOLDER INSTALL#

app file into /Applications which, in our case, is Install macOS High Sierra.app

We now open the sparseimage by DiskImageMounter (via Finder) and drag the installer. Run sudo python /path_to/installinstallmacos.py -catalogurl -raw

Fetch installinstallmacos.py script from.

So I decided to trust Greg Neagle's approach and to apply his script to solve the problem. To be honest, I was tired of trying out one workaround after the other that bright people worked out in order to overcome this issue and that, for better or for worse, fixed my issue. This issue was reported in several places, so for example in the current thread and also here macOS High Sierra media installer. When I tried to create a bootable installer for High Sierra I came across the problem that the installer downloaded from the App Store proved to be a "stub" version. Then, copy the download directory off to another machine for future use. rw-r-r- 1 user staff 269647 '/macOS Install Data/OSX_10_13_IncompatibleAppList.pkg' rwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 23520 Dec 1 12:37 '/macOS Install Data/Locked Files/cleanup_installer' rw-r-r- 1 root wheel 3557 Jan 8 07:38 '/macOS Install Data/Locked Files/.disk_label_2x' rw-r-r- 1 root wheel 15 Jan 8 07:38 '/macOS Install Data/Locked Files/.disk_ntentDetails' rw-r-r- 1 root wheel 893 Jan 8 07:38 '/macOS Install Data/Locked Files/.disk_label' rw-r-r- 2 user wheel 1584 Dec 4 19:09 '/macOS Install Data/ist'

rw-r-r- 1 user staff 4706541399 Dec 4 19:09 '/macOS Install Data/InstallESDDmg.pkg' rw-r-r- 1 user staff 2124 Jan 8 08:39 '/macOS Install Data/index.sproduct'

rw-r-r- 1 user staff 478740408 Dec 4 19:04 '/macOS Install Data/BaseSystem.dmg' rw-r-r- 1 user staff 1948 Dec 4 19:03 '/macOS Install Data/BaseSystem.chunklist' rw-r-r- 1 user staff 2613173 Dec 4 19:03 '/macOS Install Data/AppleDiagnostics.dmg' rw-r-r- 1 user staff 328 Dec 4 19:03 '/macOS Install Data/AppleDiagnostics.chunklist' Before doing that, inspect the download directory: sudo find /macOS\ Install\ Data -type f -exec ls -l \ When the download is complete, the installer will prompt for a system restart. After that, it will begin downloading to "/macOS Install Data" on the local machine. Click "Continue", accept the licensing agreement, select the install drive, then the installer will prompt for an admin password. It will launch "Install macOS High Sierra" after the download completes. From the App Store, grab the High Sierra installer.