Instead, they install the Install.app for that version of OS X into the /Applications directory.Īnother thing to know is that the downloaded installers are signed using Software Update signing certificates which expired in 2019. One thing to be aware of is that the downloaded installers do not themselves install the relevant version of OS X. These recipes will download the disk images linked to the relevant KBase articles, extract the installer packages stored inside the disk images and rename the disk images and installer packages with the OS name and version number.
pkg recipes for the following OS X installers: Now that Apple has made direct download links available for Lion and Mountain Lion, I’ve written AutoPkg.