DownloadFullInstaller
macOS application written in SwiftUI that downloads installer pkgs for the Install macOS Big Sur application. (by scriptingosx)
Mist
A Mac utility that automatically downloads macOS Firmwares / Installers. (by ninxsoft)
| DownloadFullInstaller | Mist | |
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| 7 | 22 | |
| 764 | 2,291 | |
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| 0.0 | 8.6 | |
| 9 months ago | 16 days ago | |
| Swift | Swift | |
| GNU General Public License v3.0 or later | MIT License |
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Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.
DownloadFullInstaller
Posts with mentions or reviews of DownloadFullInstaller.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-09-09.
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Anyone else experiencing bugs after installing Ventura 13.3.1?
Try using this if it's having trouble downloading from System Preferences. It'll download a .pkg which extracts the Install macOS Ventura installer to your /Applications folder.
- How do I download macOS high Sierra installer application to revive an old Mac.
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Downgrade / Rollback to Earlier version of Monterey
I generally use Download Full Installer.app and make a USB install kinda like /u/Heteronymous said (you may need both KB docs).
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12.5.1 upgrade
Download Full Installer.app shows both releases. They’re visible on a new M2 and an older Intel MacBook, which is really a front end for “softwareupdate —fetch-full-installer” or —list-full-installers something like that, I forget exactly.
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Still possible to deploy specific versions of MacOS?
/u/howmanywhales heres a GUI app to download specific versions of macOS if you’d rather package/pre-stage an installer app with your MDM, just add the .pkg it downloads. https://github.com/scriptingosx/DownloadFullInstaller
- Patched Sur v1.01 (122) - Problem - Can anyone help?
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Any way to download Big Sur being on Monterey Beta?
Here is a fork of GibMacOS that has a GUI to make life easier: https://github.com/scriptingosx/DownloadFullInstaller/releases/download/v1.0/DownloadFullInstaller-v1.0.zip
Mist
Posts with mentions or reviews of Mist.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-03-20.
- Mist: Mac utility that automatically downloads macOS Firmwares / Installers
- I Factory reseted my macbook pro 2017 and now get this error message i formated the ssd to mac os extended
- How do I download macOS to an external disk?
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Internet Recovery only lists Ventura regardless of pervious OS
If you are going to be installing several devices with a specific OS version then use Mist to get a specific version and then create a workflow using MDS onto a USB stick.
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Hello everyone I need to just understand WTF is the problem and why I can't install update when it says it's supported on my mac. Anyone had this problem before?
Mist
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Why can't I update to Ventura? Every time I try, it downloads to about 90% and this error message pops up. I've tried at least x4-5 and restarted my M1 Air but nothing's working...
Or use Mist, a tool with a GUI.
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Hey to find installer package and downgrade to macOS version 12.4?
Mist on Github
- Can't download installer to a previous version of Monterey, from the latest version of monterey
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whaaaaaaaaa! why is it doing this, the bar hasn't moved for hours and the estimation time keeps fluctuating, this is the slowest machine I've ever had
Use Mist to download the installer it is much more reliable than System Preferences for me
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Anyone know the reason why it doesnt work upgrading from Big Sur to Monterey? I still have some storage left
Download the upgrade with MIST.
What are some alternatives?
When comparing DownloadFullInstaller and Mist you can also consider the following projects:
SwiftUIX - An exhaustive expansion of the standard SwiftUI library.
erase-install - A script that automates downloading macOS installers, and optionally erasing or upgrading macOS in a single process. Watch the video!
macadmin-scripts - Scripts of possible interest to macOS admins
nudge - A tool for encouraging the installation of macOS security updates.
Patched-Sur - A simple, but powerful UI patcher for macOS Big Sur designed for everyone.
gibMacOS - Py2/py3 script that can download macOS components direct from Apple
url-image - AsyncImage before iOS 15. Lightweight, pure SwiftUI Image view, that displays an image downloaded from URL, with auxiliary views and local cache.
SDWebImageSwiftUI - SwiftUI Image loading and Animation framework powered by SDWebImage
ChangeMenuBarColor - Simple utility to change macOS Big Sur and Monterey menu bar color by appending a solid color or gradient rectangle to a wallpaper image
MinimalClock - MinimalClock: a MacOS screen saver
DownloadFullInstaller vs SwiftUIX
Mist vs erase-install
DownloadFullInstaller vs macadmin-scripts
Mist vs nudge
DownloadFullInstaller vs Patched-Sur
Mist vs gibMacOS
DownloadFullInstaller vs url-image
DownloadFullInstaller vs SDWebImageSwiftUI
DownloadFullInstaller vs ChangeMenuBarColor
DownloadFullInstaller vs MinimalClock
DownloadFullInstaller vs nudge
DownloadFullInstaller vs erase-install