Download The Macos Installer Pkg
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Download the macos installer pkg. In macos whenever you download a new system update some package files are downloaded to your computer and then processed by the software update utility to convert them into an executable app file. If the installer opens after downloading quit it without continuing installation. Many mac users who are attempting to download macos high sierra from the mac app store will find that a small 19 mb version of install macos high sierra app downloads to the applications folder of the target mac rather than the complete 5 2 gb installer application for macos high sierra.
This is a script based on greg neagle s installinstallmacos py. Yep i selected full install and followed the instructions in the video. Once done you will see the macos big sur installer in the downloads folder ready to be turned into a usb installer or you can share the image file.
This script will find the latest macos big sur entry in apple s software update catalogs and download the installassistant pkg which installs the install macos big sur application on your system. Global nav open menu global nav close menu. Macos big sur macos catalina macos mojave or macos high sierra these download to your applications folder as an app named install macos version name.
This is usually done for making a macos mojave boot installer drive or some other similar purpose or perhaps to copy the installer onto another computer or as a backup but there are other reasons someone may want to download the install macos mojave app package. But as you can see at 4 28 of the same video the only thing that the gibmacos subdirectory macos downloads public release 061 44387 10 15 3 macos catalina contains is the recoveryhdmetadmg pkg and nothing else. Open that app from your applications folder to begin installing the operating system.
To get the correct installer download from a mac that is using macos sierra 10 12 5 or later or. Click on start download to begin the download. Macos package pkg installer.
It installs an app named install version name. Download and install macos big sur without mas system preferences. The easiest way to install macports on a mac is by downloading the pkg or dmg for big sur catalina mojave high sierra sierra el capitan yosemite mavericks mountain lion lion snow leopard leopard or tiger and running the system s installer by double clicking on the pkg contained therein following the on screen instructions until completion.