Apple has stopped providing standalone installers for macOS updates

Re:Apple has stopped providing standalone installers for mac... by oarsinsync on Thursday December 17, 2020 @04:18PM (#25460568)

“Apple continues the war on its own users...”

Edit: apologies for the unsubstantive comment

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Re:Apple has stopped providing standalone installers for mac... by dang on Thursday December 17, 2020 @04:41PM (#25460850)

Maybe so, but please don't post unsubstantive comments here.

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Re:Apple has stopped providing standalone installers for mac... by Bombthecat on Thursday December 17, 2020 @04:36PM (#25460785)

Its probably to prevent hackintoshs..

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Re:Apple has stopped providing standalone installers for mac... by userbinator on Thursday December 17, 2020 @09:23PM (#25463096)

This has zero effect on Hackintosh... as others have pointed out, you can still get the full OS installers (as a free download!) by looking in the sucatalog.

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Re:Apple has stopped providing standalone installers for mac... by drak0n1c on Thursday December 17, 2020 @05:11PM (#25461187)

Or to avoid extra vulnerabilities like the past 3rd party Xcode downloads, or the current SolarWinds debacle.

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