OSX-ISO
Dev tools
installer utility
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How HN took it
1 positive, 14 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 5 critical, out of 21 comments about the project. Thread score -0.16.
Idea: 1 for, 2 againstDocs: 0 for, 1 againstPerformance: 0 for, 1 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Useful wrapper for mounting and handling different macOS versions
From 1 comment
This is basically a wrapper that handles the mounting process, different mac versions, etc.
judge2020 on HN
Objections
Apple's createinstallmedia already does this
From 2 comments
Couldn't you just use createinstallmedia that comes bundled with those Installers instead of using a 3rd party tool? https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201372
bo0mb on HNActually you don't need any third party software to do this, Apple does provide a way of doing it, and if you have a look at the code of this program, it seems to be just a…
sbornia on HN
Script is over-built for what it does
From 1 comment
It's not clear to me why this was made. We'll ignore the question of why you would want an ISO (you can write a DMG direct to USB, and Jamf, DeployStudio, etc, require a PKG...),…
rulusidaze on HN
Apple logo private-use character in page should not be used on web
From 1 comment
Code point U+F8FF is in the private use area. It only displays the Apple logo on Apple devices. Please do not use it on the web.
wl on HN
Requests
Support for Windows hardware or non-Mac hosts
From 1 comment
Does this support non osx hardware like a windows machine?
maxscam on HN
Questions
Why an ISO is needed instead of DMG or other formats
From 2 comments
It's not clear to me why this was made. We'll ignore the question of why you would want an ISO (you can write a DMG direct to USB, and Jamf, DeployStudio, etc, require a PKG...),…
rulusidaze on HNI'm curious; what user need is there to create ISO's vs the current way updates are distributed? I can think of a small handful of corner cases (making iso's for e.g. virtualbox,…
misnome on HN
Whether it works on non-Apple hardware
From 1 comment
Does this support non osx hardware like a windows machine?
maxscam on HN
Alternatives named
Disk Maker X
From 2 comments
Disk Maker X [1] is a GUI which has been around a long time and does this. That said, it's closed source which could make a person justifiably twitchy when manipulating the…
cjensen on HNIt's not clear to me why this was made. We'll ignore the question of why you would want an ISO (you can write a DMG direct to USB, and Jamf, DeployStudio, etc, require a PKG...),…
rulusidaze on HN
createinstallmedia
From 1 comment
Couldn't you just use createinstallmedia that comes bundled with those Installers instead of using a 3rd party tool? https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201372
bo0mb on HN
OSX-KVM
From 1 comment
If you're interested in this, you may also be interested in OSX-KVM[1], which handles all the steps necessary to create an installation image that works with qemu/kvm. [1]…
beefhash on HN
Install Disk Creator
From 1 comment
My Install Disk Creator is nicer than that by any measure, in my completely biased opinion. https://macdaddy.io/install-disk-creator/
feelix on HN