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If you use pkgutil to expand the InstallMacOSX.pkg it opens to three items, the Distribution file, InstallMacOSX.pkg and Resources. You can alter the Distribution file to ignore the supported platform check, see below.
Some installers simply place files, but others do more complex things; depending on what the.pkg does, it may be impractical to convert to any other format. Finally, I should note that a.dmg file is just a container; it doesn't define what should be done with its contents. Extract/Convert to ISO any disk image Create ISO from CD/DVD/Blu-ray disks and folders. Support of DMG, RAR, 7Z, PKG. (20+ formats) Command line support. The DMG file extension was specifically designed for Macintosh computers and users are likely to have a lot of trouble if trying to use them on a Windows device. There may be instances where one can convert the files, but it probably needed to look for additional utilities that will allow the file to be accessed from the chosen device.
.dmg is a disk image, and a.pkg is sort of like a zipped file. I don't know the advantages to either of them, though. Solaris macrumors 6502a. Apr 19, 2004 706 98. How To Convert Pkg File To Dmg 2. Select the source DMG file, and select the destination image file type to ISO format. Anyburn will create the default destination image file name based on the destination image type.
Creating the Install OS X El Capitan.app on a mac that came with a newer OS than El Capitan.
Download the InstallMacOSX.dmg from Section 4 of How To Upgrade To El Capitan
Double-click to open InstallMacOSX.dmg to Install MacOSX.pkg.
Drag InstallMacOSX.pkg to the Desktop.
Open Terminal, enter the text
A folder will be created on the Desktop after a while with the contents of the .pkg file.
In there you will see an item called Distribution, Control-click on that and select Open With
go to Other and select Text Edit.
When the file opens scroll down to the section that reads,
function isSupportedPlatform(){
type in at the end return true; so it now reads as,
function isSupportedPlatform(){return true;
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Now click Save and close the document.
Go back to Terminal and enter the text,
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press Return, after several minutes, be patient, (check to see if the prompt has returned to Terminal) a new package will be created on the Desktop.
When created double-click on that and an installation window will open where you will now convert the
new InstallElCapitan.pkg to the Install OS X El Capitan.app which will be placed in your Applications folder.
You can now create a bootable USB using the install app and createinstallmedia,
If you have the time I would be grateful if you could give this a trial, it works here on my mac, but I would like confirmation from yourself or any others reading this that the procedure works on macs that came with macOS Sierra or newer pre-installed. Oh and tell me if my description of the procedure is easy to follow and understand..
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