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Tim

@vulptronix.org

tiny arctic tundra creature trying to find their place in this big world 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

Tim @vulptronix.org · 21/07/2026

(3/3) ...populate base system image with packages: cd "/Volumes/OS X Base System/System/Installation" sudo unlink Packages sudo cp -r "/Volumes/OS X Install ESD/Packages" Packages sudo cp "/Volumes/OS X Install ESD"/BaseSystem.* ../.. ...and now you have a bootable yosemite/el capitan installer!

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Tim @vulptronix.org · 21/07/2026

(2/3) ...assuming your usb key has guid partition map and a single hfs+ partition mounted to /Volumes/Untitled: sudo asr restore --erase --noprompt --source "/Volumes/OS X Install ESD/BaseSystem.dmg" --target /Volumes/Untitled the partition will be renamed to "OS X Base System". afterwards...

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Tim @vulptronix.org · 21/07/2026

(1/3) if you need to make a yosemite/el capitan usb on modern macos, get dmg from support.apple.com/en-us/102662, mount it, open InstallMacOSX.pkg with suspicious package and mount the included InstallESD.dmg (click on "Contains full installer for OS X ..." to do that). then...

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Tim @vulptronix.org · 21/07/2026

it does run, but its usability is questionable. without applications open ventura feels more or less snappy, and even when playing a youtube video at 1080p works quite fluidly, but every now and then the system locks up for a few seconds. still quite impressed how it turned out though!

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Tim @vulptronix.org · 21/07/2026

hyped to try out ventura oclp on this bad boi now that big sur is borderline unusable in 2026, have no idea what to expect since this machine has 4 gb of ram

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