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Create a bootable USB drive with 13 macOS installers from Mountain Lion to Sequoia
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#!/bin/zsh | |
# Create a bootable disk with multiple macOS installers | |
# Use at your own risk - this script is provided as-is and does not come with any warranty | |
# No error checking is performed and the script assumes the target disk is /dev/disk6 | |
# https://github.com/aaronparker | |
# https://bsky.app/profile/stealthpuppy.com | |
# Partition and format the target disk - this is a 128GB disk | |
# Validate the target disk is /dev/disk6 before running - diskutil list | |
# The last partition will use the remaining space regardless of the size specified | |
diskutil partitionDisk /dev/disk6 14 GPT \ | |
HFS+ 'Install OS X Mountain Lion' 4.65GB \ | |
HFS+ 'Install OS X Mavericks' 6.25GB \ | |
HFS+ 'Install OS X Yosemite' 5.95GB \ | |
HFS+ 'Install OS X El Capitan' 6.5GB \ | |
HFS+ 'Install macOS Sierra' 5.35GB \ | |
HFS+ 'Install macOS High Sierra' 5.5GB \ | |
HFS+ 'Install macOS Mojave' 6.3GB \ | |
HFS+ 'Install macOS Catalina' 8.5GB \ | |
HFS+ 'Install macOS Big Sur' 13.35GB \ | |
HFS+ 'Install macOS Monterey' 13.85GB \ | |
HFS+ 'Install macOS Ventura' 13.7GB \ | |
HFS+ 'Install macOS Sonoma' 15.2GB \ | |
HFS+ 'Install macOS Sequoia' 16.9GB \ | |
APFS 'macOS Installers' 5GB | |
# Mount each ISO and copy the contents to the target disk | |
# Use Mist to download the installers: https://github.com/ninxsoft/Mist | |
hdiutil mount '/Volumes/ISOs/ISOs/Apple/Install OS X Mountain Lion 10.8.5_12F45.iso' -quiet | |
cp -R '/Volumes/Mac OS X Install ESD/' '/Volumes/Install OS X Mountain Lion' | |
cp '/Volumes/Mac OS X Install ESD/Install OS X Mountain Lion.app/Contents/Resources/ProductPageIcon.icns' '/Volumes/Install OS X Mountain Lion/.VolumeIcon.icns' | |
hdiutil mount '/Volumes/ISOs/ISOs/Apple/Install OS X Mavericks 10.9.5.iso' -quiet | |
cp -R '/Volumes/OS X Base System/' '/Volumes/Install OS X Mavericks' | |
cp '/Volumes/Install OS X Mavericks/Install OS X Mavericks.app/Contents/Resources/ProductPageIcon.icns' '/Volumes/Install OS X Mavericks/.VolumeIcon.icns' | |
hdiutil mount '/Volumes/ISOs/ISOs/Apple/Install OS X Yosemite 10.10.5_14F27.iso' -quiet | |
cp -R '/Volumes/Install OS X Yosemite 1/' '/Volumes/Install OS X Yosemite' | |
cp '/Volumes/Install OS X Yosemite/Install OS X Yosemite.app/Contents/Resources/ProductPageIcon.icns' '/Volumes/Install OS X Yosemite/.VolumeIcon.icns' | |
hdiutil mount '/Volumes/ISOs/ISOs/Apple/Install OS X El Capitan 10.11.6_15G31.iso' -quiet | |
cp -R '/Volumes/Install OS X El Capitan 1/' '/Volumes/Install OS X El Capitan' | |
cp '/Volumes/Install OS X El Capitan/Install OS X El Capitan.app/Contents/Resources/ProductPageIcon.icns' '/Volumes/Install OS X El Capitan/.VolumeIcon.icns' | |
hdiutil mount '/Volumes/ISOs/ISOs/Apple/Install macOS Sierra 10.12.6_16G29.iso' -quiet | |
cp -R '/Volumes/Install macOS Sierra 1/' '/Volumes/Install macOS Sierra' | |
cp '/Volumes/Install macOS Sierra/Install macOS Sierra.app/Contents/Resources/ProductPageIcon.icns' '/Volumes/Install macOS Sierra/.VolumeIcon.icns' | |
hdiutil mount '/Volumes/ISOs/ISOs/Apple/Install macOS High Sierra 10.13.6_17G66.iso' -quiet | |
cp -R '/Volumes/Install macOS High Sierra 1/' '/Volumes/Install macOS High Sierra' | |
cp '/Volumes/Install macOS High Sierra/Install macOS High Sierra.app/Contents/Resources/ProductPageIcon.icns' '/Volumes/Install macOS High Sierra/.VolumeIcon.icns' | |
hdiutil mount '/Volumes/ISOs/ISOs/Apple/Install macOS Mojave 10.14.6_18G103.iso' -quiet | |
cp -R '/Volumes/Install macOS Mojave 1/' '/Volumes/Install macOS Mojave' | |
hdiutil mount '/Volumes/ISOs/ISOs/Apple/Install macOS Catalina 10.15.7_19H15.iso' -quiet | |
cp -R '/Volumes/Install macOS Catalina 1/' '/Volumes/Install macOS Catalina' | |
hdiutil mount '/Volumes/ISOs/ISOs/Apple/Install macOS Big Sur 11.7.10_20G1427.iso' -quiet | |
cp -R '/Volumes/Install macOS Big Sur 1/' '/Volumes/Install macOS Big Sur' | |
hdiutil mount '/Volumes/ISOs/ISOs/Apple/Install macOS Monterey 12.7.4_21H1123.iso' -quiet | |
cp -R '/Volumes/Install macOS Monterey 1/' '/Volumes/Install macOS Monterey' | |
hdiutil mount '/Volumes/ISOs/ISOs/Apple/Install macOS Ventura 13.7.3_22H417.iso' -quiet | |
cp -R '/Volumes/Install macOS Ventura 1/' '/Volumes/Install macOS Ventura' | |
hdiutil mount '/Volumes/ISOs/ISOs/Apple/Install macOS Sonoma 14.7.3_23H417.iso' -quiet | |
cp -R '/Volumes/Install macOS Sonoma 1/' '/Volumes/Install macOS Sonoma' | |
hdiutil mount '/Volumes/ISOs/ISOs/Apple/Install macOS Sequoia 15.3_24D60.iso' -quiet | |
cp -R '/Volumes/Install macOS Sequoia 1/' '/Volumes/Install macOS Sequoia' | |
# Unmount all disk images | |
hdiutil info | grep "/dev/disk" | awk '{print $1}' | while read disk; do hdiutil detach $disk; done |
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