![]() The InstallAssistant.pkg is not available for Catalina or Mojave. This change was made when Apple revised the full installer for Big Sur. Once downloaded, all you need to do is install the pkg and the full installer of Big Sur will be in your applications folder. The InstallAssistant.pkg is stored on Apple’s servers and contains the full “Install macOS Big Sur.app”. This file is the same full installer that you would download directly from the App Store for Intel and Apple Silicon M1 Mac Computers. This database will contain download links for macOS Big Sur full Installer pkg files (InstallAssistant.pkg). This tool also references the Apple Software Update feed, so the information you get back should be similar but also include the relevant build numbers for the macOS full installers.Download Full macOS Beta & Prod versions of Big Sur with one click! macOS Big Sur Final & Beta Full Installers If you do need to be able to download an installer with a specific build number, I recommend using the installinstallmacos.py tool. Unfortunately, it’s not easy to tell the various installers apart using the softwareupdate command because the build number is not included. These installers would be for hardware-specific builds of that macOS version’s full installer. As an example of this, the list above includes multiple entries for macOS 10.15.6 and 10.15.7. One thing to be aware of is that multiple versions of a macOS full installer may show up in the Software Update feed. Once you have the right macOS installer identified, you can use the softwareupdate tool to download it. As an example, here’s the list you would receive inside of a VMware VM as of March 3rd, 2021. The list you receive will be dependent on whether or not your Mac can run a particular OS version. ![]() To access this list, run the command below with root privileges: –agree-to-license Agree to the software license agreement without user interaction.Īmong the changes is the ability to scan Apple’s Software Update feed and display a list of the currently available full OS installers. ![]() Use with –background to trigger a background scan regardless of "Automatically check" pref –products A comma-separated (no spaces) list of product keys to operate on. –product-types Limit a scan to a particular product type only – ignoring all othersĮx: –product-types macOS || –product-types macOS,Safari –no-scan Do not scan when listing or installing updates (use available updates previously scanned) –all Include all processes in history (including App installs) By default, only displays updates installed by softwareupdate. –evaluate-productsĞvaluate a list of product keys specified by the –products option ![]() –dump-state Log the internal state of the SU daemon to /var/log/install.log –background Trigger a background scan and update operation –full-installer-version The version of macOS to install. –fetch-full-installer Install the latest recommended macOS Installer –list-full-installers List the available macOS Installers ![]() r | –recommended Only recommended updates R | –restart Automatically restart (or shut down) if required to complete installation. l | –list List all appropriate update labels (options: –no-scan, –product-types) ![]()
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