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Creating a Bootable Installer for MacOS
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<blockquote data-quote="Rod" data-source="post: 1813351" data-attributes="member: 204485"><p>It seems our advice to users about making a bootable installer of the macOS you are about to upgrade to just in case you need it at a later date is pretty good advice. Had I done so I would now have a library of bootable previous installers but there's a catch. In a case where I downloaded an installer for my current macOS before upgrading I later found it could not be used because it too had been updated.</p><p></p><p>Still, I now make sure I perform a clone update before using a new macOS installer, that way the installer is copied to the clone before use. In this way i have accumulated installers for Sierra, High Sierra and Mojave.</p><p></p><p>I don't agree that Apple is just a hardware company, as their operating system and native apps is/are unique to their hardware. True they may not be developers in the true sense of the word but their software is an inseparable part of all of their devices, its what makes them Macs. </p><p></p><p>I note there are now no instances of OSX installers in the App Store or in my purchase history. They have reintroduced "Software Update" as a part of System Preferences to update your, OS something that we have not seen for years. It may be a good thing to separate apps and OSX version storage. I'm guessing the OSX and probably iOS software is now on separate servers which may mean better handling of the log jams caused by the release of a new or updated operating system. The downside of this appears to be there is now no access to a library of previous operating system downloads from Mojave. This would explain why they have all disappeared from my App store records I suppose.</p><p></p><p>KRS queried if maybe this had something to do with the move to APFS and there may just be something to that.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Rod, post: 1813351, member: 204485"] It seems our advice to users about making a bootable installer of the macOS you are about to upgrade to just in case you need it at a later date is pretty good advice. Had I done so I would now have a library of bootable previous installers but there's a catch. In a case where I downloaded an installer for my current macOS before upgrading I later found it could not be used because it too had been updated. Still, I now make sure I perform a clone update before using a new macOS installer, that way the installer is copied to the clone before use. In this way i have accumulated installers for Sierra, High Sierra and Mojave. I don't agree that Apple is just a hardware company, as their operating system and native apps is/are unique to their hardware. True they may not be developers in the true sense of the word but their software is an inseparable part of all of their devices, its what makes them Macs. I note there are now no instances of OSX installers in the App Store or in my purchase history. They have reintroduced "Software Update" as a part of System Preferences to update your, OS something that we have not seen for years. It may be a good thing to separate apps and OSX version storage. I'm guessing the OSX and probably iOS software is now on separate servers which may mean better handling of the log jams caused by the release of a new or updated operating system. The downside of this appears to be there is now no access to a library of previous operating system downloads from Mojave. This would explain why they have all disappeared from my App store records I suppose. KRS queried if maybe this had something to do with the move to APFS and there may just be something to that. [/QUOTE]
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