grahampugh/erase-install v35.0

35.0

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Updates in 35.0

• Added the --min-battery option which, in conjunction with --check-power allows to set a minimum battery percentage, above which the power check is ignored. For example, --check power --min-battery 30 sets the minimum percentage to 30%. The minimum allowed is 15% (addresses #455, thanks @PhillyPhoto). --check power without --min-battery still requires AC power.
• Added a 5-minute timeout to the password dialogs to prevent people ignoring it (addresses #501, thanks @PhillyPhoto).
• Added the --language option to give the ability to override the language of the dialog windows - the default is either the system language or English if there is no translation of the system language available. Now you can set the language to any of the available translations using the short language codes, which are en, de, fr, nl, es, pt, ja. For example, --language de or --language=de will set the language to German regardless of the system language setting.
• Bumped mist-cli version to 2.1 which fixes a bug downloading macOS Sequoia beta installers.
• Bumped swiftDialog version to 2.5.0 except for systems running macOS 11 which still get 2.2.1. Note that the installer package includes version 2.5.0. If running on Big Sur, this will be deleted and an internet connection is required to download version 2.2.1.
• Added the catalog 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, which can be used with --beta and --catalog 15 to obtain macOS Sequoia beta installers. Note that this will be replaced with the production macOS 15 catalog once it is published.

Bugfixes in 35.0

• Fixed the comparison check of installer pkgs with current system when using --pkg mode.
• Changed lock symbol colour on the password dialog from grey to black as grey seems to have stopped working.
• Fixed code comment error (#508, thanks @jarrodCoombes).
• Fixed some function output labels.

Notice for installing erase-install package on macOS Sequoia

Since the package on this site is not signed, if you download this package and try to install it from Finder on a Mac running macOS Sequoia, it will fail to install, even if running Ctrl-Click. To solve this, do either of these:

1. Install from the command line, e.g. sudo installer -tgt / -pkg /path/to/erase-install-35.0.pkg
2. Go to System Settings, Privacy & Security, and scroll down to find the entry that gives an option to "Open Anyway". Then right-click will work again.
3. Remove the quarantine bit, e.g. xattr -d com.apple.quarantine /path/to/erase-install-35.0.pkg