2012 Hardware

[ImAMacGuy]

What's the best method now for the 2012 hardware? Is there an easy way to pull an image file off a MBAir? There's no FireWire so TargetBoot is not an option. Not sure how else to do one.

Someone mentioned using the 10.7.5 may work, should I just update my images with that instead?

[CasperSally]

10.7.5 is only for developers at this point.

[ImAMacGuy]

I am a dev :)

[kstrick · Accepted solution]

I used the method Rtrouton describes in the below article...

http://derflounder.wordpress.com/2012/06/26/downloading-lion-os-installers-for-your-specific-mac-mod...

[mm2270]

I am a dev :)

And so are many of us here, but I don't think anyone's going to be building a new image based on a pre-release beta. Wait until 10.7.5 is final if you're looking to do that.

[nessts]

or get a thunderbolt cable, and target disk mode that way

[ImAMacGuy]

@kstrick - that seems to have worked - I'm trying to compile the image now, thank you! Had to use wireless - for some reason it wouldn't work over the TB --> Ether connector.

@nests - i just placed an order for 2 of them.

@mm2270 - it was a bit of a can I get around the issue with it until I can get a proper image working, and sometimes the dev versions end up being the actual final version anyway (happened a couple times with SL that I recall - but to your point usually only after a couple revisions).

[donmontalvo]

@jwojda Someone posted a while back that the NBI can be edited, add MacBookPro9.x so they'll boot....seems to work....tested in our LAB...just not sure I'd be willing to stick my neck out. ;)

$ cat /Library/NetBoot/NetBootSP0/Casper-NetBoot-1074-11e53.nbi/NBImageInfo.plist <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd"> <plist version="1.0"> <dict> <key>Architectures</key> <array> <string>i386</string> </array> <key>BackwardCompatible</key> <false/> <key>BootFile</key> <string>booter</string> <key>Description</key> <string>Restore-1074-11e53</string> <key>DisabledSystemIdentifiers</key> <array> <string>MacBookAir4,1</string> <string>iMac4,1</string> <string>iMac4,2</string> <string>MacBookAir1,1</string> <string>MacBookAir2,1</string> <string>PowerMac2,1</string> <string>PowerMac2,2</string> <string>PowerMac4,1</string> <string>MacBookPro7,1</string> <string>PowerMac4,2</string> <string>PowerMac4,5</string> <string>PowerMac6,1</string> <string>PowerMac6,3</string> <string>Macmini2,1</string> <string>PowerMac12,1</string> <string>PowerMac8,1</string> <string>PowerMac8,2</string> <string>MacBookAir4,2</string> <string>PowerMac6,4</string> <string>PowerMac4,4</string> <string>Macmini1,1</string> <string>iMac11,2</string> <string>MacPro3,1</string> <string>Macmini5,2</string> <string>PowerMac10,2</string> <string>PowerMac10,1</string> <string>PowerMac3,1</string> <string>PowerMac3,2</string> <string>PowerMac3,3</string> <string>PowerMac3,4</string> <string>PowerMac3,5</string> <string>PowerMac3,6</string> <string>MacBookPro8,1</string> <string>Macmini3,1</string> <string>MacBookPro1,2</string> <string>MacBookPro1,1</string> <string>PowerBook2,2</string> <string>PowerBook4,2</string> <string>PowerBook2,3</string> <string>PowerBook4,3</string> <string>PowerBook2,1</string> <string>PowerBook4,4</string> <string>PowerBook4,1</string> <string>MacPro5,1</string> <string>MacBook5,2</string> <string>PowerBook6,7</string> <string>PowerBook6,5</string> <string>PowerBook6,3</string> <string>MacBookPro8,2</string> <string>iMac12,2</string> <string>MacBook5,1</string> <string>Xserve3,1</string> <string>Macmini5,1</string> <string>MacBook6,1</string> <string>iMac8,1</string> <string>PowerMac11,2,Quad</string> <string>PowerMac9,1</string> <string>PowerMac7,2</string> <string>PowerMac11,2</string> <string>PowerMac7,3</string> <string>MacPro1,1</string> <string>MacPro1,1,Quad</string> <string>iMac11,3</string> <string>MacBookAir3,1</string> <string>iMac9,1</string> <string>iMac6,1</string> <string>iMac5,2</string> <string>iMac5,1</string> <string>MacBook7,1</string> <string>Xserve2,1</string> <string>MacBookPro5,1</string> <string>MacBookAir3,2</string> <string>MacPro2,1</string> <string>iMac11,1</string> <string>MacBookPro2,2</string> <string>MacBookPro2,1</string> <string>MacBookPro3,1</string> <string>MacBookPro4,1</string> <string>RackMac1,1</string> <string>RackMac1,2</string> <string>PowerMac1,1</string> <string>PowerMac1,2</string> <string>RackMac3,1</string> <string>MacPro4,1</string> <string>PowerBook1,1</string> <string>Xserve1,1</string> <string>iMac12,1</string> <string>MacBookPro6,2</string> <string>MacBookPro6,1</string> <string>PowerMac5,1</string> <string>PowerMac5,2</string> <string>Macmini4,1</string> <string>PowerBook5,9</string> <string>PowerBook6,4</string> <string>PowerBook5,6</string> <string>PowerBook6,1</string> <string>PowerBook5,3</string> <string>PowerBook3,4</string> <string>PowerBook3,1</string> <string>PowerBook6,8</string> <string>PowerBook5,7</string> <string>PowerBook6,2</string> <string>PowerBook5,4</string> <string>PowerBook5,1</string> <string>PowerBook3,5</string> <string>PowerBook3,2</string> <string>PowerBook5,8</string> <string>PowerBook5,5</string> <string>PowerBook5,2</string> <string>PowerBook3,3</string> <string>MacBookPro5,3</string> <string>MacBookPro5,5</string> <string>MacBookPro5,4</string> <string>MacBookPro5,2</string> <string>MacBook1,1</string> <string>iMac10,1</string> <string>MacBook2,1</string> <string>MacBook3,1</string> <string>MacBook4,1</string> <string>iMac7,1</string> <string>MacBookPro8,3</string> <string>Macmini5,3</string> </array> <key>EnabledSystemIdentifiers</key> <array/> <key>Index</key> <integer>14541</integer> <key>IsDefault</key> <false/> <key>IsEnabled</key> <false/> <key>IsInstall</key> <false/> <key>Kind</key> <integer>1</integer> <key>Language</key> <string>Default</string> <key>Name</key> <string>Restore-1074-11e53</string> <key>RootPath</key> <string>NetBoot.dmg</string> <key>SupportsDiskless</key> <false/> <key>Type</key> <string>NFS</string> <key>osVersion</key> <string>10.7</string> </dict> </plist> $

[alexjdale]

I created an "Out of Box" configuration that we use in a pinch when new hardware is released. This allows us to support new hardware same-day.

Basically, it's just a configuration (minus the base image and anything else that would already be present) that is applied to the stock OS that ships with a system. We log in, create our standard admin account, copy Casper Imaging to the desktop, and run the config.

We're using this with the current Retina Macs since I don't want to create a custom base image for the forked OS build. Between shipping delays and an expected 10.7.5 release, it's just not worth the effort.

This is one of the benefits of using a stock base image and having everything package-based rather than customizing and capturing an image.