install-or-defer
A framework for prompting users of Jamf Pro-managed Macs to install Apple software updates. (by mpanighetti)
erase-install
A script that automates downloading macOS installers, and optionally erasing or upgrading macOS in a single process. Watch the video! (by grahampugh)
| install-or-defer | erase-install | |
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| 2 | 40 | |
| 150 | 800 | |
| - | - | |
| 5.0 | 8.2 | |
| 6 months ago | 5 days ago | |
| Shell | Shell | |
| Apache License 2.0 | Apache License 2.0 |
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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.
install-or-defer
Posts with mentions or reviews of install-or-defer.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2021-05-28.
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macOS in-place upgrade
Security and rollups - https://github.com/mpanighetti/install-or-defer (Up to 10.15.7)
- Update Mac BEFORE first User logs in
erase-install
Posts with mentions or reviews of erase-install.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-05-22.
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Password issue with erase-install.sh?
You can see the function being called here (lines 549-562):
- macOS major upgrade - Nudge
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What is the fastest way to erase and update M1 (T2 chip) MacBooks to the latest version of macOS? Bootable USB installers? Apple Configurator via ThunderBolt/USB-C?
- Using the MDM + Erase install (https://github.com/grahampugh/erase-install/), I'd send: curl -s https://raw.githubusercontent.com/grahampugh/erase-install/main/erase-install.sh | sudo bash /dev/stdin --erase -fs --check-power
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Setup a web hook for when devices are wiped
Off the top of my head - if you are just wiping them you can use https://github.com/grahampugh/erase-install/wiki to do a full erase and re-install of macOS as part of a jamf policy. You could then add in a script as part of that policy that would contact the other system you want the outgoing webhook to point at.
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Frustrations with macOS Updates
Not with those arguments. You can read about it in their wiki https://github.com/grahampugh/erase-install/wiki
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erase mac remotely without MDM
So, depending on the os version you can curl the script or better yet the pkg from this project and then execute the erase and add new container install. This will format the current container and install the os to a mew one and reboot as new. You should be able to suppress the dialogs and maybe even password prompts depending on the os version and model. If the machine is on pre MacOS11 you can use the legacy version.
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MacOS updates & upgrades
I'm trying to test a few ways out. I tried eraseinstall (Erase-Install which I quite liked.
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Update macOS (Monterey > Ventura) with "standard" user account (no admins)
An option for automating updates is the erase-install tool and you don't have to erase you can just install.
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Best practice for upgrading EOL Macs?
Best way to jump straight to current would be allowing users to run erase-install (i,e. put it in Self Service if you have Jamf). It's a script on GitHub that has really streamlined the major update process. Just make sure you use the latest v27 (27.3 currently - https://github.com/grahampugh/erase-install/releases/tag/v27.3) as v28 and above don't work on Catalina or lower. It needs ~45GB of free space, so you're in for some real fun if you have a fleet of 128GB's you're trying to get updated. And I can't recall if v27 supports Mojave, may want to look through the documentation. All of your Mojave's and older will be Intel, which gives you more control over pushing updates (can do some command line stuff that doesn't work on M1).
- Looking to learn about MacOS in enterprise environments
What are some alternatives?
When comparing install-or-defer and erase-install you can also consider the following projects:
nudge - A tool for encouraging the installation of macOS security updates.
bootstrappr - A bare-bones tool to install a set of packages on a target volume.
macadmin-scripts - Scripts of possible interest to macOS admins
nudge-python - A tool to help users with pre-existing devices upgrade their OS version.
super - S.U.P.E.R.M.A.N. optimizes the macOS software update experience.
Docker-OSX - Run macOS VM in a Docker! Run near native OSX-KVM in Docker! X11 Forwarding! CI/CD for OS X Security Research! Docker mac Containers.
Mist - A Mac utility that automatically downloads macOS Firmwares / Installers.
dotfiles - :wrench: .files, including ~/.macos — sensible hacker defaults for macOS
macadmin-scripts - Scripts of possible interest to macOS admins
outset - Automatically process packages, profiles, and scripts during boot, login, or on demand.
install-or-defer vs nudge
erase-install vs nudge
install-or-defer vs bootstrappr
erase-install vs macadmin-scripts
install-or-defer vs nudge-python
erase-install vs super
install-or-defer vs Docker-OSX
erase-install vs Mist
install-or-defer vs dotfiles
erase-install vs macadmin-scripts
erase-install vs nudge-python
erase-install vs outset