Converting ESD files to ISO images on macOS

ESD to ISO on macOS.txt

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
sudo ditto /Volumes/Parallels\ Desktop\ 18/Parallels\ Desktop.app/Contents/Frameworks/libwimlib.1.dylib /usr/local/lib/libwimlib.1.dylib

- eject/unmount the dmg

- use /usr/local/bin/prl_esd2iso to convert ESD files to ISO
- Usage: esd2iso in.esd out.iso

Example:
Windows 11 ARM 22H2 September 2022 Consumer 
http://dl.delivery.mp.microsoft.com/filestreamingservice/files/3da94e91-327c-48ce-8bc8-7a2af30fc4bc/22621.525.220925-0207.ni_release_svc_refresh_CLIENTCONSUMER_RET_A64FRE_en-us.esd

prl_esd2iso ~/Downloads/22621.525.220925-0207.ni_release_svc_refresh_CLIENTCONSUMER_RET_A64FRE_en-us.esd ~/Downloads/22621.525.220925-0207.ni_release_svc_refresh_CLIENTCONSUMER_RET_A64FRE_en-us.iso

How to find ESD links:
  * Windows 11
- download the Windows 11 Product Catalog
curl -L "https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink?linkid=2156292" -o products_Win11.cab

- unarchive products.xml
tar -xf products_Win11.cab products.xml

- search for ESD builds
Example: 
Consumer (Home & Pro)
cat products.xml | grep ".*_CLIENTCONSUMER_RET_A64FRE_en-us.esd" | sed -e s/"<FileName>"//g -e s/"<\/FileName>"//g -e s/\ //g -e s/"<FilePath>"//g -e s/"<\/FilePath>"//g -e s/\ //g
returns:
http://dl.delivery.mp.microsoft.com/filestreamingservice/files/3da94e91-327c-48ce-8bc8-7a2af30fc4bc/22621.525.220925-0207.ni_release_svc_refresh_CLIENTCONSUMER_RET_A64FRE_en-us.esd

Business (Pro & Enterprise)
cat products.xml | grep ".*_CLIENTBUSINESS_VOL_A64FRE_en-us.esd" | sed -e s/"<FileName>"//g -e s/"<\/FileName>"//g -e s/\ //g -e s/"<FilePath>"//g -e s/"<\/FilePath>"//g -e s/\ //g
returns:
http://dl.delivery.mp.microsoft.com/filestreamingservice/files/2212df97-2889-4c66-b007-7f682c10cd60/22621.525.220925-0207.ni_release_svc_refresh_CLIENTBUSINESS_VOL_A64FRE_en-us.esd

* Windows 10
- download the Windows 10 Product Catalog
curl -L "https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=841361" -o products_Win10.cab

- unarchive products.xml
tar -xf products_Win10.cab products.xml

- search for ESD builds
Example: 
Consumer (Home & Pro)
cat products.xml | grep ".*_CLIENTCONSUMER_RET_A64FRE_en-us.esd" | sed -e s/"<FileName>"//g -e s/"<\/FileName>"//g -e s/\ //g -e s/"<FilePath>"//g -e s/"<\/FilePath>"//g -e s/\ //g
returns:
http://dl.delivery.mp.microsoft.com/filestreamingservice/files/8595a742-2a75-42ad-adc2-cbe6ca123d50/19045.2006.220908-0225.22h2_release_svc_refresh_CLIENTCONSUMER_RET_A64FRE_en-us.esd

Business (Pro & Enterprise)
cat products.xml | grep ".*_CLIENTBUSINESS_VOL_A64FRE_en-us.esd" | sed -e s/"<FileName>"//g -e s/"<\/FileName>"//g -e s/\ //g -e s/"<FilePath>"//g -e s/"<\/FilePath>"//g -e s/\ //g
returns:
http://dl.delivery.mp.microsoft.com/filestreamingservice/files/10a272db-3002-4b83-834a-7cc9566b39c1/19045.2006.220908-0225.22h2_release_svc_refresh_CLIENTBUSINESS_VOL_A64FRE_en-us.esd


Windows 11 release information
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/release-health/windows11-release-information

Windows 10 release information
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/release-health/release-information

Catalog Microsoft Update
https://www.catalog.update.microsoft.com/Search.aspx?q=arm64

i get error:

dyld[29507]: Library not loaded: @rpath/libwimlib.1.dylib
  Referenced from: <E90D83AB-8912-36DE-80EA-60B608119E0E> /usr/local/bin/prl_esd2iso
  Reason: tried: '/usr/local/bin/../Frameworks/libwimlib.1.dylib' (no such file), '/usr/local/bin/../Frameworks/libwimlib.1.dylib' (no such file), '/usr/lib/libwimlib.1.dylib' (no such file, not in dyld cache)

i get error:

You can use CrystalFetch https://github.com/TuringSoftware/CrystalFetch/releases

i used this tool to create an iso for my pd vm
but i cannot the file? it's not in the esd2iso directory :(

i get error:

dyld[29507]: Library not loaded: @rpath/libwimlib.1.dylib
  Referenced from: <E90D83AB-8912-36DE-80EA-60B608119E0E> /usr/local/bin/prl_esd2iso
  Reason: tried: '/usr/local/bin/../Frameworks/libwimlib.1.dylib' (no such file), '/usr/local/bin/../Frameworks/libwimlib.1.dylib' (no such file), '/usr/lib/libwimlib.1.dylib' (no such file, not in dyld cache)

After copying the library and the binary to their respective /usr/local folders you may have to fix the library location and then resign the binary. You can do that using the following commands.

Fix the library location:

sudo install_name_tool -change @rpath/libwimlib.1.dylib /usr/local/lib/libwimlib.1.dylib /usr/local/bin/prl_esd2iso

Resign the binary:

sudo codesign -s - -f /usr/local/bin/prl_esd2iso

Why use this method when w11arm_esd2iso and CrystalFetch are now available?
https://github.com/Technogeezer50/esd2iso
https://github.com/TuringSoftware/CrystalFetch/
I made it public before the two were released and people didn’t seem to know esd files can be freely obtained from Microsoft and converted into iso files.