Optionally specify the name of the new volume with -newvolumename. eraseinstall: (Requires APFS) Erase all volumes and install to a new one. installpackage: the path of a package (built with productbuild(1)) to install after the OS installation is complete this option can be specified multiple times. To bypass 'rebootdelay' send SIGUSR1 back to startosinstall.

pidtosignal: Specify a PID to which to send SIGUSR1 upon completion of the prepare phase. This delay is in seconds and has a maximum of 300 (5 minutes). rebootdelay: how long to delay the reboot at the end of preparing. agreetolicense: agree to the license you printed with -license. startosinstall -usage Arguments -license: prints the user license agreement only. In this article, we’ll review the tools we need to use to build our workflow, link you to some existing scripts and perhaps inspire you to build your own! To start, let’s look at the documentation around the startosinstall binary. Great!Īs of macOS Sierra, Apple began enforcing the use of the startosinstall binary included in the installer application when triggering an automatic upgrade. Now it’s time to finally roll out the latest version of macOS to your end-users. So you’ve spent the last few months testing and verifying that all your applications will work with macOS Big Sur.

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