macOS application written in SwiftUI that downloads installer pkgs for the Install macOS Big Sur application.

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SwiftUI App macos swift deployment installer pkg macadmins swiftui bigsur
Overview

Download Full Installer

   

This is a Swift UI implementation of my fetch-installer-pkg script. It will list the full macOS Big Sur (and later) installer pkgs available for download in Apple's software update catalogs.

You can then choose to download one of them.

Motivation

You may want to download the installer pkg instead of the installer application directly, because you want to re-deploy the installer application with a management system, such as Jamf.

Since the Big Sur macOS installer application contains a single file larger than 8GB, normal packaging tools will fail. I have described the problem and some solutions in detail in this blog post.

Extras

  • Copy the download URL for a given installer pkg from the context menu.

  • Change the seed program in the Preferences window.

Questions

Is this different than the fetch-installer-pkg script?

Not really, other than it is a UI app and written in Swift and SwiftUI instead of a command line script written in python. I used this as a project to learn more about SwiftUI.

Can this download older versions of the macOS installer application?

No. Apple only provides installer pkgs for Big Sur and later. Earlier versions of the Big Sur installer are removed regularly.

Will you update this so it can download older versions?

No.

How is this different than softwareupdate or installinstallmacOS.py

As far as I can tell, this downloads the same pkg as softwareupdate --fetch-full-installer and installinstallmacOS.py.

The difference is that the other tools then immediately perform the installation so that you get the installer application in the /Applications folder. This tool just downloads the pkg, so you can use it in your management system, archive the installer pkg, or manually run the installation.

Credit

Both fetch-installer-pkg and this application are based on Greg Neagle's installinstallmacos.py script.

Comments
  • Big Sur seed issues on Monterey

    Big Sur seed issues on Monterey

    First of all, congrats on the first release!

    Second, could be a bug (looks like a bug), but it doesn't seem to find Big Sur betas, although there should be (11.5 for example).

    Also, not sure if this is intended or not, but when selecting Developer Beta seed for example, you still get Big Sur versions that are not from the Beta Seed (final releases) in the list.

    opened by arsradu 4
  • Bran var should be

    Bran var should be "Brain"

    Project is very cool. I noticed in the metadata Swift file you have a variable of "bran" and it should be "brain".

    I'm mobile so can't send you a PR to fix it myself :)

    opened by erikng 2
  • Great application but Apple Silicon

    Great application but Apple Silicon

    I'm really excited about this app, so thanks for that!

    But I face a problem that it downloads versions for Intel architecture and I'm on Apple Silicon (ARM).

    If you want to add an option to choose the processor architecture ;)

    Thanks

    opened by stodevCoding 1
  • Application shows incompatible with Catalina / No mention of minimum OS requirement

    Application shows incompatible with Catalina / No mention of minimum OS requirement

    Hello and thank you for your work! When I unzip your application, the icon prompts to a "forbidden" icon on Catalina 10.15.7 I tried finding your minimum requirements on either your main page README or your Release but to no avail. What is the macOS minimum to run it please? Thanks!

    opened by mackonsti 1
  • Can not run on mac os before 11.0

    Can not run on mac os before 11.0

    Hi, thanks for the work, but this app can not run on mac os before Monterey 11.0. The xcode project can not open as well due to the version limit. I'm using Catalina, if I can use it in Catalina it should be great, or at least big sur.

    opened by kingo132 1
  • Added Monterey and Ventura icons

    Added Monterey and Ventura icons

    Good morning, congratulations for your work, I like it but, although it works very well, I miss the Monterey and Ventura icons in the macOS packages list. I've added them and also I have updated the screenshot.

    DownloadFullInstaller-1 0-screenshot
    opened by perez987 0
  • No resume option

    No resume option

    Download starts from zero when get interrupted. There is no option to resume the download. Actual update of OSX have such option. It's a 12+ gb file so a resume function would be good.

    opened by naizapp 0
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