[Feature]: Option to use Offline Installers?

[ESHARK22]

Is your proposal related to a problem?

The download takes hours :|

Describe the solution you'd like.

An option to use the macos offline installers, instead of the online ones, which take time to download and install

Describe alternatives you've considered.

What alternatives are there?

Additional context

No response

[ESHARK22]

It cant be that hard to let the users replace the included/downloaded recovery image with their own can it?

I'd be happy to help if you could give some pointers, thanks

[kroese]

But how do you get that offline installer? You still would have to download it, so how does it save time?

[ESHARK22]

I already have the installers downloaded from other hackintosh's, so yeah...

I see why this is not such a big issue for most people now, lol

[wings2020]

Hi @kroese ,

I would like to know if this project can be set up and run in an offline environment. I need to perform macOS installation tests in a closed network environment. I can download all the necessary files from a networked environment beforehand and transfer them to the closed network. Could you please assist me with this?

I referred to this guide: https://github.com/kholia/OSX-KVM/blob/master/run_offline.md, but I encountered issues when trying to follow the steps.

Any advice or guidance would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!

[kroese]

@wings2020 You can just run the container on a system with internet, and after macOS is finished installing, stop the container and copy the whole/storage folder to the offline machine. And then start the container on that system. It should work without problem.