macOS
🌱 This post is in the growth phase. It may still be useful as it grows up.
This doc is a collection of random macOS stuff.
Force OS install
I have a weird setup on my personal mac. I use an external drive as the boot drive. The drive was set up without permissions and now I don’t know how to add them. This breaks macOS updates.
Hoever, I’ve learned how to force them:
sudo softwareupdate -i -a -R# -i Install# -a All appropriate updates# -R Automatically restart (or shut down) if required to complete installation)
For future reference, I think that resolving the drive permissions will make this irrelevant.
Community reference: https://discussions.apple.com/thread/253635826?answerId=256807178022#256807178022