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2. Searching for a specific macOS installer
The Apple catalogs maintain multiple versions of the macOS installer. erase-install.sh uses mist, or optionally softwareupdate --list-full-installers, to search for all the installers available. By default it will download the latest version available that is compatible with the hardware on which the script is being run.
If you wish to obtain a different installer, you might want to search the catalog to find the appropriate installer version to download.
To see which versions of the macOS installer app are available, run sudo /path/to/erase-install.sh --list from Terminal. You will see an output something like below:
┌──────────────────┐
│ INPUT VALIDATION │
└──────────────────┘
├─ Search only for latest (first) result will be 'false'...
├─ Include betas in search results will be 'false'...
├─ Only include compatible installers will be 'true'...
├─ Export path will be '/Library/Management/erase-install/mist-list.json'...
├─ Export path file extension is valid...
├─ Output type will be 'ascii'...
┌────────┐
│ SEARCH │
└────────┘
├─ Searching for macOS Installer versions...
├─ Exported list as JSON: '/Library/Management/erase-install/mist-list.json'
└─ Found 16 macOS Installer(s) available for download
Identifier │ Name │ Version │ Build │ Size │ Date │ Compatible
───────────┼────────────────┼─────────┼─────────┼──────────┼────────────┼───────────
012-60271 │ macOS Ventura │ 13.1 │ 22C65 │ 12.23 GB │ 2023-01-11 │ True
012-93766 │ macOS Ventura │ 13.0.1 │ 22A400 │ 12.16 GB │ 2022-11-09 │ True
012-92138 │ macOS Ventura │ 13.0 │ 22A380 │ 12.16 GB │ 2022-10-24 │ True
032-12843 │ macOS Monterey │ 12.6.2 │ 21G320 │ 12.40 GB │ 2023-01-11 │ True
012-90254 │ macOS Monterey │ 12.6.1 │ 21G217 │ 12.41 GB │ 2022-10-24 │ True
012-40494 │ macOS Monterey │ 12.6 │ 21G115 │ 12.40 GB │ 2022-09-20 │ True
032-12833 │ macOS Big Sur │ 11.7.2 │ 20G1020 │ 12.42 GB │ 2023-01-11 │ True
012-90253 │ macOS Big Sur │ 11.7.1 │ 20G918 │ 12.42 GB │ 2022-10-24 │ True
012-38280 │ macOS Big Sur │ 11.7 │ 20G817 │ 12.42 GB │ 2022-09-20 │ True
012-08272 │ macOS Big Sur │ 11.6.6 │ 20G624 │ 12.42 GB │ 2022-05-24 │ True
002-77154 │ macOS Big Sur │ 11.6.5 │ 20G527 │ 12.42 GB │ 2022-04-11 │ True
002-65695 │ macOS Big Sur │ 11.6.4 │ 20G417 │ 12.45 GB │ 2022-02-17 │ True
002-57023 │ macOS Big Sur │ 11.6.3 │ 20G415 │ 12.44 GB │ 2022-01-26 │ True
002-42341 │ macOS Big Sur │ 11.6.2 │ 20G314 │ 12.44 GB │ 2022-01-14 │ True
002-23589 │ macOS Big Sur │ 11.6.1 │ 20G224 │ 12.43 GB │ 2021-12-01 │ True
071-78704 │ macOS Big Sur │ 11.5.2 │ 20G95 │ 12.45 GB │ 2021-08-18 │ True
Note that only installers compatible with the system on which the script is running will be listed.
Add the --beta flag to search for beta versions.
To see which versions of the macOS installer app are available via the --fetch-full-installer option, run sudo /path/to/erase-install.sh --list-full-installers from Terminal. You will see an output something like below:
Finding available software
Software Update found the following full installers:
* Title: macOS Ventura, Version: 13.1, Size: 11931164KiB, Build: 22C65, Deferred: NO
* Title: macOS Ventura, Version: 13.0.1, Size: 11866460KiB, Build: 22A400, Deferred: NO
* Title: macOS Ventura, Version: 13.0, Size: 11866804KiB, Build: 22A380, Deferred: NO
* Title: macOS Monterey, Version: 12.6.2, Size: 12104568KiB, Build: 21G320, Deferred: NO
* Title: macOS Monterey, Version: 12.6.1, Size: 12108491KiB, Build: 21G217, Deferred: NO
* Title: macOS Monterey, Version: 12.6, Size: 12104042KiB, Build: 21G115, Deferred: NO
* Title: macOS Big Sur, Version: 11.7.2, Size: 12119307KiB, Build: 20G1020, Deferred: NO
* Title: macOS Big Sur, Version: 11.7.1, Size: 12119247KiB, Build: 20G918, Deferred: NO
* Title: macOS Big Sur, Version: 11.7, Size: 12118755KiB, Build: 20G817, Deferred: NO
* Title: macOS Big Sur, Version: 11.6.6, Size: 12121263KiB, Build: 20G624, Deferred: NO
* Title: macOS Big Sur, Version: 11.6.5, Size: 12121404KiB, Build: 20G527, Deferred: NO
* Title: macOS Big Sur, Version: 11.6.4, Size: 12147782KiB, Build: 20G417, Deferred: NO
* Title: macOS Big Sur, Version: 11.6.3, Size: 12143674KiB, Build: 20G415, Deferred: NO
* Title: macOS Big Sur, Version: 11.6.2, Size: 12141944KiB, Build: 20G314, Deferred: NO
* Title: macOS Big Sur, Version: 11.6.1, Size: 12137180KiB, Build: 20G224, Deferred: NO
* Title: macOS Big Sur, Version: 11.5.2, Size: 12149332KiB, Build: 20G95, Deferred: NO
Note that no compatibility check is made on the available versions using this method. This is because no Build Version is accessible via this method, so a reliable comparison cannot be made.
When using the --list parameter together with --ffi, you can --seed (or --seedprogram) to search for available versions of the macOS installer app in each seed program. This is commonly used to find beta installers. The available seed programs are PublicSeed, CustomerSeed and DeveloperSeed. These correspond to the Public Beta, AppleSeed and Developer catalogs.