#How to rebuild a mac how to#
#How to rebuild a mac install#

In general, Addigy helps your IT team in two areas. Welcome to Addigy! Our goal is to provide you with the very best in cloud-based Apple device management. Unlike M1 or Big Sur Devices, you do not need to specify any admin credentials in the command line arguments. After this is setup, you can run this script on any device older than 10.15 for a full reinstall of MacOS. One would need to copy the simpleEraseInstall script attached to this article, go to devices page, and create a new script with the pasted contents of the simpleEraseInstall script. Using this script on Catalina is a breeze. Sh simpleEraseInstall.sh Īn example of command line argument variables: The following usage for the script is as follows: After downloading the simpleEraseInstall script attached to this article, one can run the script on the devices page with the admin credentials passed for a reinstall of the OS. If no user is passed then the script will use the current logged in user. To achieve this, one can pass the admin credentials as command line arguments. This comes in the form of a username and password of a admin account on the device.

#How to rebuild a mac how to#

How To Use (11.0 or newer / M1 Chip devices)Īs stated above, M1 Chip/Big Sur devices require additional authentication for the script to successfully install.

The following sections will cover each mentioned scenario. Any M1 Chip device or any device on Big Sur or newer will require additional authentication from the end user. The script can be ran without any additional configuration on Catalina devices. There are also configurations required to successfully deploy this script that will be covered in this article.

Currently, Apple recommends 35.5 GB of Free Disk space is recommended for Big Sur. The amount of free disk space required varies from MacOS version. An appropriate amount of disk space is required for this script to work.

#How to rebuild a mac install#

This means that if the device is on Big Sur Version 11.2.1 then the script will install with the latest version of Big Sur (11.5). Please note that the script itself will use the latest version of an OS. Currently the fully automated script supports Catalina (10.15) to Monterey (12.0). This script is designed to wipe and reinstall MacOS.