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Erase & Install

woodsb
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Posted on ‎11-29-2018 10:14 AM

Just finished listening to episode 102 of the Mac Admins Podcast. The guest, Armin Briegel mentioned a handy app named Erase & Install. The app is a wrapper around the startosinstall command. It's very user friendly and can detect a macOS installer anywhere on the machine. If anyone is looking for an alternative to startosinstall in Self Service this is a great solution.

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ThijsX
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Posted on ‎11-29-2018 10:29 AM

Indeed it is great!

wmateo
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Posted on ‎11-29-2018 12:02 PM

Love this.

martinwiden
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Posted on ‎11-29-2018 12:11 PM

Grahamn Pugh has done an "extension" of the original script that's made by Greg Neagle. We're currently using this to upgrade computers where the user is not an admin.

https://github.com/grahampugh/erase-install

Mkh
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Posted on ‎12-13-2019 06:55 AM

@martinwiden a silly question .. how can I use the options of this script on Jamf ( i'm pretty new here )

sharriston
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Posted on ‎12-13-2019 07:28 AM

I just wish with the limited space available on current model macs (that our school buys) and the size of current OS installers there was a way these could be created without having to cache or download a full installer on users machines. Like a way to use the recovery drive. Just complaining for the sake of complaining.

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