This awesome little script helps you download latest BigSur from Apple. Mucho kudos to
@crazybirdy here and over at
Insanely Mac.
I’ll also share a battle story: I was having a miserable time downloading for several days - the connection would drop, and I couldn’t resume. Although I felt it was unlikely to help, I enabled VPN and tried again, and it was
blazing fast. I think my ISP was throttling all the 12gb BigSur Beta downloaders...? I dunno, but it worked for me.
Edit: script attachment flagged moderator approval. It’s harmless, short and sweet, but please do read it:
Bash:
#!/bin/sh
printf '\033[8;60;172t'
clear
#
# This script is refer to Pike R. Alpha's work as follow, also thanks to Pike R. Alpha. by crazybirdy. v8.20190911
#
########################################################################################################################
# https://github.com/Piker-Alpha/HandyScripts/blob/master/installScriptTemplate.sh #
# Bash script to download macOS High Sierra installation packages from sucatalog.gz and build the installer.pkg for it.#
# version 2.1 - Copyright (c) 2017 by Pike R. Alpha (PikeRAlpha@yahoo.com) #
########################################################################################################################
printred() {
printf "\e[1;31m${1}\e[0m"
}
printgreen() {
printf "\e[1;32m${1}\e[0m"
}
printyellow() {
printf "\e[1;33m${1}\e[0m"
}
printblue() {
printf "\e[1;34m${1}\e[0m"
}
printpurple() {
printf "\e[1;35m${1}\e[0m"
}
printLatest() {
printf "\e[1;31m${1}\e[0m"
}
function headline()
{
echo
printf "從 swscan.apple.com 下載完整安裝app. Download the full installer app from swscan.apple.com.\n"
echo
}
function catalogselect()
{
# CatalogURL for Regular Software Updates
CatalogURLRegular="https://swscan.apple.com/content/catalogs/others/index-10.16-10.15-10.14-10.13-10.12-10.11-10.10-10.9-mountainlion-lion-snowleopard-leopard.merged-1.sucatalog.gz"
# CatalogURL for Public Beta Program Members
CatalogURLPublic="https://swscan.apple.com/content/catalogs/others/index-10.16beta-10.16-10.15-10.14-10.13-10.12-10.11-10.10-10.9-mountainlion-lion-snowleopard-leopard.merged-1.sucatalog.gz"
# CatalogURL for Developer Beta Program Members
CatalogURLDeveloper="https://swscan.apple.com/content/catalogs/others/index-10.16seed-10.16-10.15-10.14-10.13-10.12-10.11-10.10-10.9-mountainlion-lion-snowleopard-leopard.merged-1.sucatalog.gz"
echo
printred "1.選用 正式版 下載渠道。\n"
printred "1.Use CatalogURL for Regular Software Updates\n"
echo "${CatalogURLRegular}"
echo
printred "2.選用 公開測試版 下載渠道。\n"
printred "2.Use CatalogURL for Public Beta Program Members\n"
echo "${CatalogURLPublic}"
echo
printred "3.選用 開發者測試版 下載渠道。\n"
printred "3.Use CatalogURL for Developer Beta Program Members\n"
echo "${CatalogURLDeveloper}"
echo
read -p "請選擇 要下載的 版本 Select the CatalogURL ( 1 / 2 / 3 ) : " macOSver
case $macOSver in
1)
# CatalogURL for Regular Software Updates
CatalogURL="${CatalogURLRegular}"
CatalogURLver="正式版 下載渠道 Regular Software Updates"
;;
2)
# CatalogURL for Developer Beta Program Members
CatalogURL="${CatalogURLPublic}"
CatalogURLver="公開測試版 下載渠道 Public Beta Updates"
;;
3)
# CatalogURL for Developer Beta Program Members
CatalogURL="${CatalogURLDeveloper}"
CatalogURLver="開發者測試版 下載渠道 Developer Beta Updates"
;;
*)
# CatalogURL for Regular Software Updates
CatalogURL="${CatalogURLRegular}"
CatalogURLver="正式版 下載渠道 Regular Software Updates"
;;
esac
echo
printf "選用版本 The selected CatalogURL: \e[1;32m$CatalogURLver\e[0m\n"
echo "${CatalogURL}"
echo
echo
echo "正在搜尋完整安裝app，請耐心等候！ Searching for full installer app from catalogs of swscan.apple.com. Be patient!"
echo
cd /private/tmp
rm -f fullapp-*
curl ${CatalogURL} -o fullapp-catalogs.gz 2>/dev/null
found404=`cat fullapp-catalogs.gz | grep Not | grep Found `
if [[ ! $found404 == "" ]]; then
printf " 未找到 Not found the CatalogURL: \e[1;32m$CatalogURLver\e[0m\n"
echo
exit
fi
gunzip fullapp-catalogs.gz
catalogfile="/private/tmp/fullapp-catalogs"
}
function fullapparray()
{
macOSdmgAllArray=`cat ${catalogfile} | grep InstallAssistant.pkg | grep -v integrityData | sed 's/<string>//g' | sed 's/<\/string>//g' | awk '{print $1;}'`
let index=0
for element in "${macOSdmgAllArray[@]}"; do
macOSdmgAll[$index]="${element}"
let index++
done
macOSdmg=($(echo "${macOSdmgAll[@]}" | tr ' ' '\n' | sort -u | tr '\n' ' '))
index=0
for macOSdmglist in "${macOSdmg[@]}"
do
if [[ ! $macOSdmglist == "" ]]; then
macOSdmgpath=${macOSdmglist%%'InstallAssistant.pkg'*}
macOSUpdkey[$index]=`echo $macOSdmglist | sed 's/\// /g' | awk '{print $7;}' `
macOSUpdkeydistribution[$index]=`echo ${macOSUpdkey[$index]} | sed 's/.\{9\}/& /g' | awk '{print $1;}' `
url="${macOSdmgpath}"
distribution=`cat ${catalogfile} | grep ${url} | grep English.dist | sed 's/<string>//g' | sed 's/<\/string>//g' | sed 's/\// /g' | awk '{print $9;}' `
rm -f *dist
curl $url$distribution -o ${macOSUpdkeydistribution[$index]}.English.dist 2>/dev/null
macOSupdateosver[$index]=`cat ${macOSUpdkeydistribution[$index]}.English.dist | grep InstallAssistantAuto | grep version | awk '{print $4;}' | sed 's/version="//g' | sed 's/.\{7\}/& /g' | awk '{print $1;}' `
macOSupdatebuildver[$index]=`cat ${macOSUpdkeydistribution[$index]}.English.dist | grep -A1 BUILD | grep -A1 key | grep string | sed 's/<string>//g' | sed 's/<\/string>//g' | awk '{print $1;}' `
rm -f *dist
macOSupdatebuildver[$index]="${macOSupdateosver[$index]}.${macOSupdatebuildver[$index]}"
macOSupdateAll[$index]="${macOSupdatebuildver[$index]}=${macOSdmglist}"
let index++
fi
done
macOSupdate=($(echo "${macOSupdateAll[@]}" | tr ' ' '\n' | sort -u | tr '\n' ' '))
index=0
for macOSdmglist in "${macOSupdate[@]}"
do
if [[ ! $macOSdmglist == "" ]]; then
macOSdmg[$index]=`echo $macOSdmglist | sed 's/=/ /g' | awk '{print $2;}' `
let index++
fi
done
}
function fullapplist()
{
index=0
for macOSdmglist in "${macOSdmg[@]}"
do
if [[ ! $macOSdmglist == "" ]]; then
macOSUpdver[$index]=`echo $macOSdmglist | sed 's/\// /g' | awk '{print $9;}' | sed 's/macOSUpd//g' | sed 's/.pkg//g' `
macOSUpdversion1[$index]=`echo $macOSdmglist | sed 's/\// /g' | awk '{print $5;}' `
macOSUpdversion2[$index]=`echo $macOSdmglist | sed 's/\// /g' | awk '{print $6;}' `
macOSUpdversion[$index]="${macOSUpdversion1[$index]}/${macOSUpdversion2[$index]}"
macOSUpdkey[$index]=`echo $macOSdmglist | sed 's/\// /g' | awk '{print $7;}' `
macOSUpdkeydistribution[$index]=`echo ${macOSUpdkey[$index]} | sed 's/.\{9\}/& /g' | awk '{print $1;}' `
macOSUpdsalt[$index]=`echo $macOSdmglist | sed 's/\// /g' | awk '{print $8;}' `
url="https://swdist.apple.com/content/downloads/${macOSUpdversion[$index]}/${macOSUpdkey[$index]}/${macOSUpdsalt[$index]}/"
distribution=`cat ${catalogfile} | grep ${url} | grep English.dist | sed 's/<string>//g' | sed 's/<\/string>//g' | sed 's/\// /g' | awk '{print $9;}' `
rm -f *dist
curl $url$distribution -o ${macOSUpdkeydistribution[$index]}.English.dist 2>/dev/null
macOSupdateosver[$index]=`cat ${macOSUpdkeydistribution[$index]}.English.dist | grep -A1 VERSION | grep -A1 key | grep string | sed 's/<string>//g' | sed 's/<\/string>//g' | awk '{print $1;}' `
if [[ ${macOSupdateosver[$index]} == "10.16" ]]; then
macOSupdateosver[$index]="10.16.0"
fi
macOSupdatebeta[$index]=`cat ${macOSUpdkeydistribution[$index]}.English.dist | grep title | grep \/title | grep macOS | sed 's/<title>//g' | sed 's/<\/title>//g' | sed 's/ //g' `
macOSupdatebuildver[$index]=`cat ${macOSUpdkeydistribution[$index]}.English.dist | grep -A1 BUILD | grep -A1 key | grep string | sed 's/<string>//g' | sed 's/<\/string>//g' | awk '{print $1;}' `
rm -f *dist
macOSupdatebuildver[$index]="${macOSupdateosver[$index]}.${macOSupdatebuildver[$index]}"
macOSuptime[$index]=`cat ${catalogfile} | grep -A 5 PostDate | grep -B 7 $url${macOSUpdkeydistribution[$index]} | grep \<date\> | sed 's/<date>//g' | sed 's/<\/date>//g' | awk '{print $1;}' | sed 's/T/ /g' | sed 's/Z//g' | awk NR==1 `
macOSupdate[$index]="${macOSuptime[$index]} .. ${macOSUpdkeydistribution[$index]} .. ${macOSupdatebuildver[$index]} ${macOSupdatebeta[$index]}"
macOSlist[$index]=`echo ${macOSdmglist} `
let index++
fi
done
index=0
for list in "${macOSupdate[@]}"
do
echo "${macOSlist[$index]}"
let index++
done
}
function selectfullappversion()
{
indexupdatever=0
Latestupdatever=0
for updatever in "${macOSupdatebuildver[@]}"
do
if [[ $updatever > $Latestupdatever ]]; then
Latestupdatever=${macOSupdatebuildver[$indexupdatever]}
Latestupdatebeta=${macOSupdatebeta[$indexupdatever]}
fi
let indexupdatever++
done
echo
printf "最新版本 The latest version: \e[1;32m$Latestupdatever $Latestupdatebeta\e[0m\n"
echo
echo "可選擇下載的版本 Available version to downlaod:"
echo
indexmenu=0
for updateselect in "${macOSupdate[@]}"
do
if [[ ${macOSupdatebuildver[$indexmenu]} == $Latestupdatever ]]; then
printLatest "[ $indexmenu ] ${updateselect}"
echo
else
echo "[ $indexmenu ] ${updateselect}"
fi
checkdownloadver[$indexmenu]=$indexmenu
let indexmenu++
done
echo
read -p "選擇要下載的版本 Select one version to downlaod: " downloadver
if [[ ! $downloadver ]]; then
echo
echo "發生錯誤！！！ Error!!!"
echo
echo "請選擇正確下載的版本。 Please select right version to downlaod."
echo
rm -f ${catalogfile}
exit 0
fi
checkfine=no
checkindex=0
for checkindex in "${checkdownloadver[@]}"
do
if [[ $downloadver == $checkindex ]]; then
checkfine=yes
fi
let checkindex++
done
if [[ $checkfine == no ]]; then
echo
echo "發生錯誤！！！ Error!!!"
echo
echo "請選擇正確下載的版本。 Please select right version to downlaod."
echo
rm -f ${catalogfile}
exit 0
fi
echo " [ $downloadver ] ${macOSupdate[$downloadver]}"
}
function checkspace()
{
RootDisk="/"
# 10.12+
TotalSpace=`diskutil info "${RootDisk}" | grep "Volume Total Space" | awk '{print $4;}' `
# 10.11-
if [[ ${TotalSpace} == "" ]]; then
TotalSpace=`diskutil info "${RootDisk}" | grep "Total Size" | awk '{print $3;}' `
fi
# All exclude 10.12
FreeSpace=`diskutil info "${RootDisk}" | grep "Volume Free Space" | awk '{print $4;}' `
# 10.12
if [[ ${FreeSpace} == "" ]]; then
FreeSpace=`diskutil info "${RootDisk}" | grep "Volume Available Space" | awk '{print $4;}' `
fi
printf " 開機系統分區 \e[1;34m${RootDisk}\e[0m 分區 可用/全部 容量大小: \e[1;34m${FreeSpace}/${TotalSpace}\e[0m GB\n"
printf " System space \e[1;34m${RootDisk}\e[0m Volume Free/Total Space: \e[1;34m${FreeSpace}/${TotalSpace}\e[0m GB\n"
echo
if [[ ${FreeSpace} < "20.0" ]]; then
printf " 開機系統分區 \e[1;34m${RootDisk}\e[0m 分區 可用容量大小: 至少 \e[1;31m20.0\e[0m GB .......... 可用容量小於 20 GB .. \e[1;31m建議停止下載\e[0m\n"
printf " System space \e[1;34m${RootDisk}\e[0m Volume Free Space: need \e[1;31m20.0\e[0m GB .......... Free space less than 20 GB .. \e[1;31msuggest to stop downloading.\e[0m\n"
echo
fi
}
function downloadfullapp()
{
updatever="${macOSUpdver[$downloadver]}"
version="${macOSUpdversion[$downloadver]}"
key="${macOSUpdkey[$downloadver]}"
salt="${macOSUpdsalt[$downloadver]}"
distribution=`cat ${catalogfile} | grep ${url} | grep English.dist | sed 's/<string>//g' | sed 's/<\/string>//g' | sed 's/\// /g' | awk '{print $9;}' `
targetFiles[0]=`cat ${catalogfile} | grep "${version}" | grep "${key}" | grep "${salt}" | grep -v integrityData | grep InstallAssistant.pkg | sed 's/<string>//g' | sed 's/<\/string>//g' | sed 's/\// /g' | awk '{print $9;}' | awk NR==1 `
rm -f ${catalogfile}
cd
#
# Initialisation of a variable (our target folder).
#
tmpDirectory="/private/tmp"
#
# URL copied from sucatalog.gz (think CatalogURL).
#
url="https://swdist.apple.com/content/downloads/${version}/${key}/${salt}/"
#
# Target distribution language.
#
keydistribution=`echo ${key} | sed 's/.\{9\}/& /g' | awk '{print $1;}' `
#distribution="${keydistribution}.English.dist"
#
# Check target directory.
#
if [[ -d "${tmpDirectory}/${key}" ]]; then
rm -rf "${tmpDirectory}/${key}"
mkdir "${tmpDirectory}/${key}"
fi
if [[ ! -d "${tmpDirectory}/${key}" ]]; then
mkdir "${tmpDirectory}/${key}"
fi
open "${tmpDirectory}/${key}"
echo
echo "準備進行下載。Prepare to download the files. [ $downloadver ] ${macOSupdate[$downloadver]}."
echo
echo "${url}${distribution}"
for filename in "${targetFiles[@]}"
do
if [[ ! $filename == "" ]]; then
echo "${url}$filename"
fi
done
echo
printred "如果你已經發生下載錯誤，可以 預先手動下載 上列網址文件，並將文件放入 以下 正確的文件夾 即可繼續進行。\n"
printred "If get errors of downloading before, you can download files as above URL manually and put into correct folder as below before continuing.\n"
echo
echo "${tmpDirectory}/${key}/${distribution}"
for filename in "${targetFiles[@]}"
do
if [[ ! $filename == "" ]]; then
echo "${tmpDirectory}/${key}/$filename"
fi
done
echo
checkspace
read -p "手動下載放入上列文件，或由腳本自動下載文件，繼續進行？ Put files as above manually or download files automatically, continue? (y/n) " downloadyesno
case "$downloadyesno" in
y|Y)
echo
;;
*)
echo
echo "停止進行下載！！！ Stop downloading!!!"
echo
exit 0
;;
esac
#
# Download distribution file.
#
if [[ ! -e "${tmpDirectory}/${key}/${distribution}" ]]; then
echo "Downloading: ${distribution} ..."
curl "${url}${distribution}" -o "${tmpDirectory}/${key}/${distribution}"
#
# Remove root only restriction/allow us to install on any target volume.
#
cat "${tmpDirectory}/${key}/${distribution}" | sed -e 's|rootVolumeOnly="true"|allow-external-scripts="true"|' > "${tmpDirectory}/${key}/new.dist"
if [[ -e "${tmpDirectory}/${key}/new.dist" ]]; then
mv "${tmpDirectory}/${key}/new.dist" "${tmpDirectory}/${key}/${distribution}"
fi
else
echo "File: ${distribution} already there, skipping this download."
fi
#
# Change to working directory (otherwise it will fail to locate the packages).
#
cd "${tmpDirectory}/${key}"
#
# Download target files.
#
for filename in "${targetFiles[@]}"
do
if [[ ! $filename == "" ]]; then
if [[ ! -e "${tmpDirectory}/${key}/${filename}" ]]; then
echo "Downloading: ${filename} ..."
curl "${url}${filename}" -o "${tmpDirectory}/${key}/${filename}"
else
echo "File: ${filename} already there, skipping this download."
fi
fi
done
rm -rf "$HOME/Desktop/App-${macOSupdatebuildver[$downloadver]}"
mkdir -p "$HOME/Desktop/App-${macOSupdatebuildver[$downloadver]}"
echo
mkdir -p "$HOME/Desktop/App-back"
sudo mv /Applications/Install* "$HOME/Desktop/App-back"
sudo /usr/sbin/installer -pkg "${tmpDirectory}/${key}/InstallAssistant.pkg" -target "/"
sudo mv /Applications/Install* "$HOME/Desktop/App-${macOSupdatebuildver[$downloadver]}/"
sudo mv ~/Desktop/App-back/Install* /Applications/
rm -rf "$HOME/Desktop/App-back"
rm -rf "${tmpDirectory}/${key}/"
echo
echo "$HOME/Desktop/App-${macOSupdatebuildver[$downloadver]}/"
ls -la "$HOME/Desktop/App-${macOSupdatebuildver[$downloadver]}/"
echo
open "$HOME/Desktop/App-${macOSupdatebuildver[$downloadver]}/"
echo
echo "完整安裝app 存放在 $HOME/Desktop/App-${macOSupdatebuildver[$downloadver]}/"
echo "The full installer app is located on $HOME/Desktop/App-${macOSupdatebuildver[$downloadver]}/"
echo
printf "\e[1;34mMake sure you get the full installer without any errors during the downloading process.\e[0m\n"
printf "\e[1;34m1.check the received sizes of each file, make sure they’re all 100 downloaded.\e[0m\n"
printf "\e[1;34m2.if any one of the files \e[0m\e[1;31mgets error\e[0m\e[1;34m during the downloading process,\e[0m\n"
printf "\e[1;34m and\e[0m \e[1;31mdidn’t get 100 downloaded,\e[0m\e[1;34m you\e[0m \e[1;31mneed to re-download the full installer app again.\e[0m\n"
echo
#if [[ -d "${tmpDirectory}/${key}" ]]; then
# rm -rf "${tmpDirectory}/${key}"
#fi
}
function main()
{
headline
catalogselect
fullapparray
fullapplist
selectfullappversion
downloadfullapp
}
main
exit 0
source
