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Convert .APP to .PKG

  • September 25, 2018
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Hi everyone, I need to convert the macOS Mojave which is .app to a package in order to configure the update through self service, can anyone help me with the steps please.

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  • Honored Contributor
  • September 26, 2018

Launch the Composer app. Drag the isntaller to the Composer window. Make package.

easy.


sepiemoini
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  • Employee
  • September 26, 2018

@soportetpco Composer is great! I'd recommend looking at @Rosko's in-place upgrade/eraseinstall workflow here. I just ran this and can confirm that the most recent release (v2.7.0) of the script works wonderfully.


donmontalvo
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  • September 26, 2018

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  • September 26, 2018

You can also drag Install macOS Mojave.app straight into Jamf Admin. Jamf admin will recognize it as as a MacOS installer, tar it up and make it deplorable as a package in a policy.


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  • September 26, 2018

This also holds true.
https://derflounder.wordpress.com/2014/05/02/building-simple-packages-with-packages/


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  • Honored Contributor
  • September 26, 2018

Another tool that was created by a fellow jamfnation member @mm2270 is App-Packager in case you find yourself on a machine without jamf composer installed


Rosko
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  • September 27, 2018

Glad its working for everyone! Haven't fully completed the macOS 10.14 testing, but so far all has been great. We also just updated the readme recently to include this simple one liner that can be run from Terminal.

pkgbuild --install-location /Applications --component "/path/to/macOSInstallerApp" "/path/to/xxxxx.pkg"