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#!/bin/zsh
# Get Sequoia InstallAssistant.pkg links from Apple
# Since macOS 11 (Big Sur), Apple provides the Install macOS ___.app packaged as InstallAssistant.pkg
# The links for the InstallAssistant packages are listed in the seed catalogs
# The seed catalogs are listed in /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/Seeding.framework/Versions/A/Resources/SeedCatalogs.plist
# For macOS 15 Sequoia the seed catalogs are:
# CustomerSeed
# https://swscan.apple.com/content/catalogs/others/index-15customerseed-15-14-13-12-10.16-10.15-10.14-10.13-10.12-10.11-10.10-10.9-mountainlion-lion-snowleopard-leopard.merged-1.sucatalog
# DeveloperSeed
# https://swscan.apple.com/content/catalogs/others/index-15seed-15-14-13-12-10.16-10.15-10.14-10.13-10.12-10.11-10.10-10.9-mountainlion-lion-snowleopard-leopard.merged-1.sucatalog

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#!/bin/zsh
# WARNING! The script is meant to show how and what can be disabled. Don’t use it as it is, adapt it to your needs.
# Credit: Original idea and script disable.sh by pwnsdx https://gist.github.com/pwnsdx/d87b034c4c0210b988040ad2f85a68d3
# Disabling unwanted services on macOS Big Sur (11), macOS Monterey (12), macOS Ventura (13), macOS Sonoma (14) and macOS Sequoia (15)
# Disabling SIP is required  ("csrutil disable" from Terminal in Recovery)
# Modifications are written in /private/var/db/com.apple.xpc.launchd/ disabled.plist, disabled.501.plist
# To revert, delete /private/var/db/com.apple.xpc.launchd/ disabled.plist and disabled.501.plist and reboot; sudo rm -r /private/var/db/com.apple.xpc.launchd/*


# user

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#!/bin/zsh
# WARNING! The script is meant to show how and what can be disabled. Don’t use it as it is, adapt it to your needs.
# Credit: Original idea and script disable.sh by pwnsdx https://gist.github.com/pwnsdx/d87b034c4c0210b988040ad2f85a68d3
# Disabling unwanted services on macOS Big Sur (11), macOS Monterey (12), macOS Ventura (13) and macOS Sonoma (14)
# Disabling SIP is required  ("csrutil disable" from Terminal in Recovery)
# Modifications are written in /private/var/db/com.apple.xpc.launchd/ disabled.plist, disabled.501.plist
# To revert, delete /private/var/db/com.apple.xpc.launchd/ disabled.plist and disabled.501.plist and reboot; sudo rm -r /private/var/db/com.apple.xpc.launchd/*


# user

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ESD to ISO on macOS
https://gist.github.com/b0gdanw/e36ea84828dbd19e03eff6158f1fc77c
Converting ESD files to ISO images on macOS
- download Parallels Desktop 18 for Mac Image from https://www.parallels.com/products/desktop/download/
- at the moment https://download.parallels.com/desktop/v18/18.2.0-53488/ParallelsDesktop-18.2.0-53488.dmg

- open/mount the dmg
- copy prl_esd2iso and libwimlib.1.dylib from /Volumes/Parallels\ Desktop\ 18/Parallels\ Desktop.app/Contents/ to /usr/local/bin/ and  /usr/local/lib/

sudo ditto /Volumes/Parallels\ Desktop\ 18/Parallels\ Desktop.app/Contents/MacOS/prl_esd2iso /usr/local/bin/prl_esd2iso

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#!/bin/zsh
# Credit: Original idea and script disable.sh by pwnsdx https://gist.github.com/pwnsdx/d87b034c4c0210b988040ad2f85a68d3

# Disabling unwanted services on macOS Big Sur (11), macOS Monterey (12) and macOS Ventura (13)
# Disabling SIP is required  ("csrutil disable" from Terminal in Recovery)
# Modifications are written in /private/var/db/com.apple.xpc.launchd/ disabled.plist, disabled.501.plist
# To revert, delete /private/var/db/com.apple.xpc.launchd/ disabled.plist and disabled.501.plist and reboot; sudo rm -r /private/var/db/com.apple.xpc.launchd/*


# user

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#!/bin/zsh
#Get Big Sur, Monterey & Ventura InstallAssistant.pkg links from Apple
#For macOS 11 (Big Sur), 12 (Monterey) and 13 (Ventura), Apple provides the Install macOS ___.app packaged as InstallAssistant.pkg
#The links for the InstallAssistant packages are listed in the seed catalogs
#The seed catalogs are listed in /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/Seeding.framework/Versions/A/Resources/SeedCatalogs.plist
#The script gets the CustomerSeed seed catalog link from SeedCatalogs.plist, then gets the macOS versions available from the Info.plist and prints the links for the corresponding InstallAssistant.pkg
#Other options
#PublicSeed (Public Beta)
#link=$( plutil -p /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/Seeding.framework/Resources/SeedCatalogs.plist | grep 'PublicSeed' | sed -e s/'"PublicSeed" => "'//g -e s/'.gz"'//g -e s/\ //g )
#DeveloperSeed (Developer Beta)

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#!/bin/zsh
#Credit: Original idea and script disable.sh by pwnsdx https://gist.github.com/pwnsdx/d87b034c4c0210b988040ad2f85a68d3

#Disabling unwanted services on macOS 11 Big Sur (11) and macOS Monterey (12)
#Disabling SIP is required  ("csrutil disable" from Terminal in Recovery)
#Modifications are written in /private/var/db/com.apple.xpc.launchd/ disabled.plist and disabled.501.plist


# user
TODISABLE=()

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Links from https://www.apple.com/final-cut-pro/trial/
Final Cut Pro release notes https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201237
What's new in Final Cut Pro https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT207877
Release history https://web.archive.org/web/20221121093911/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Final_Cut_Pro_X#Release_history

Final Cut Pro 10.1.3
https://secure-appldnld.apple.com/Final_Cut_Pro_X/031-05296.20140814.VRR4r/FinalCutProTrial10.1.3.dmg

Final Cut Pro 10.1.4
https://secure-appldnld.apple.com/Final_Cut_Pro_X/031-02980.20141202.Jgt44/FinalCutProTrial10.1.4.dmg

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Installing the Windows 32-bit version of iTunes 12.6.5.3 in Mojave using Wine
1. Install XQuartz - XQuartz-2.7.11.dmg from https://www.xquartz.org
2. Install only 32bit components of Wine Stable 5 winehq-stable-5.0.pkg from https://dl.winehq.org/wine-builds/macosx/download.html
3. Download Mono wine-mono-5.1.0-x86.msi from https://dl.winehq.org/wine/wine-mono/5.1.0/
and Gecko wine-gecko-2.47.1-x86.msi from https://wiki.winehq.org/Gecko
4. Launch /Applications/Wine Stable.app
5. In the Terminal window opened, install Mono & Gecko with 
wine msiexec /i ~/Downloads/wine-gecko-2.47.1-x86.msi
wine msiexec /i ~/Downloads/wine-mono-5.1.0-x86.msi
6. Install iTunes 12.6.5.3 32-bit version for Windows from https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT208079 with 

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# Credit: pwnsdx https://gist.github.com/pwnsdx/1217727ca57de2dd2a372afdd7a0fc21; nebular https://gist.github.com/pwnsdx/d87b034c4c0210b988040ad2f85a68d3#gistcomment-3019082

# IMPORTANT: Don't forget to logout from your Apple ID in the settings before running it!
# IMPORTANT: You will need to disable SIP: Reboot to Recovery, in Terminal csrutil disable

# WARNING: It might disable things that you may not like. Please double check the services in the TODISABLE vars.

# Get active services: launchctl list | grep -v "\-\t0"
# Find a service: grep -lR [service] /System/Library/Launch* /Library/Launch* ~/Library/LaunchAgents
# List disabled services: launchctl print-disabled user/501 |grep true & launchctl print-disabled system |grep true