sudo /Applications/Install\ macOS\ High\ Sierra\ Beta.app/Contents/Resources/createinstallmedia --volume /Volumes/USB --applicationpath /Applications/Install\ macOS\ High\ Sierra\ Beta.app --nointeraction
Thnx, but I can just kind-of-download the current High-Sierra-Version (not beta!)
- As mentioned before, I´ve just the folder "Install macOS High Sierra" in /Applications - with a size of 19MB
- I have to start the install-process, then the installer downloads "something" big, which takes 1-2 ours.
- Then I have the option to install my (mavericks) system by restarting it - which I have done.
- The system restarts and mavericks is still installed - no update so far (why?)
- But now there is the folder "macOS Install Data" in the / (root) directory.
- Log-File (ia.log) in the mentioned "macOS Install Data" Folder in root (the 36 last lines in the ia.log):
"
Oct 14 20:21:49 hacki osishelperd[1733]: mountDiskImageWithPath: /macOS Install Data/BaseSystem.dmg
Oct 14 20:21:50 hacki osinstallersetupplaind[1727]: Is solid state disk returned: -69808
Oct 14 20:21:51 hacki osishelperd[1733]: Mounting disk image complete, results dict = {
"system-entities" = (
{
"content-hint" = "GUID_partition_scheme";
"dev-entry" = "/dev/disk1";
"potentially-mountable" = 0;
"unmapped-content-hint" = "GUID_partition_scheme";
},
{
"content-hint" = "Apple_HFS";
"dev-entry" = "/dev/disk1s1";
"mount-point" = "/Volumes/OS X Base System";
"potentially-mountable" = 1;
"unmapped-content-hint" = "48465300-0000-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC";
"volume-kind" = hfs;
}
);
}
Oct 14 20:21:51 hacki osishelperd[1733]: Failed to prep /Volumes/OS X Base System for brtool
Oct 14 20:21:51 hacki osishelperd[1733]: Copying brtool from /Volumes/OS X Base System/usr/libexec/brtool_plain to /macOS Install Data/brtool
Oct 14 20:21:51 hacki osishelperd[1733]: WARN: using mkdir instead of rootless_mkdir_restricted because the platform does not support it.
Oct 14 20:21:51 hacki osisstashhelper[2087]: Stash helper tool loaded.
Oct 14 20:21:51 hacki osisstashhelper[2087]: GetModel: model = iMac; major rev = 14; minor rev = 1
Oct 14 20:21:51 hacki osisstashhelper[2087]: Machine appears to be AR capable
Oct 14 20:21:51 hacki osishelperd[1733]: GetModel: model = iMac; major rev = 14; minor rev = 1
Oct 14 20:21:51 hacki osishelperd[1733]: Machine appears to be AR capable
Oct 14 20:21:51 hacki osishelperd[1733]: Not an FDE volume, won't stash FDE
Oct 14 20:21:51 hacki osishelperd[1733]: Staged principal user cookie to /private/var/db
Oct 14 20:21:51 hacki osishelperd[1733]: GetModel: model = iMac; major rev = 14; minor rev = 1
Oct 14 20:21:51 hacki osishelperd[1733]: Machine appears to be AR capable
Oct 14 20:21:51 hacki osishelperd[1733]: Stash commit success
"
- Anyway - I´ve tried the terminal-command - without the "beta" in it:
Command: "sudo /Applications/Install\ macOS\ High\ Sierra.app/Contents/Resources/createinstallmedia --volume /Volumes/USB --applicationpath /Applications/Install\ macOS\ High\ Sierra.app --nointeraction"
What then happens: "/Applications/Install macOS High Sierra.app does not appear to be a valid OS installer application."
At last: There are users reporting, they had to upgrade the system to at least to sierra before they where able to download the high-sierra-update - without initiating the install-process. Then the USB-terminal-command worked for them. But I can not upgrade to sierra - the app-store points directly to high-sierra. Because I´ve never upgraded to sierra, I even can not upgrade trough "purchased" apps in app-store to sierra.
