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So basically if your SSD is faulty, you have to find a new mac to fix the one you already have. Oh well, Apple is being Apple indeed. Arguably you already neede

So basically if your SSD is faulty, you have to find a new mac to fix the one you already have. Oh well, Apple is being Apple indeed. Arguably you already needed a Mac given how hard it is to download a macOS image without a Mac already.

jeroenhd 6y ago
There's a whole bunch of scripts available online to create bootable macOS images, they're often used by the hackintosh scene. You do need another computer but it doesn't have to be a Mac. Of course, that's in no way an official,. supported solution, but it'll work.
- m463 6y ago
  I believe those scripts require a mac to make a full bootable image, unless you want a network boot only image.
  - jeroenhd 6y ago
    I've used them to install High Sierra on my Hackintosh and I don't own any Apple hardware. Apple may have restricted the availability of system images, but as far as I know, you can create fully-functional installer USB drives.
    - m463 6y ago
      I just remember reading the fetch-macos script notes which said: Contributing Back This project can always use your help, time and attention. I am looking for help (pull-requests!) with the following work items: * Create *full* installation (ISO) image without requiring an existing macOS physical/virtual installation. ... hmm... maybe they figured it out?
- throwawayfood 6y ago
  Until this free solution is intentionally broken by Apple. Being able to do this for free is a bug, not a feature.
Kwpolska 6y ago
> find a new mac to fix the one you already have I mean, you don’t need to be the owner of the Mac you run the restore from, so you can visit a Mac-owning friend, or an Apple Store.
EricE 6y ago
We are talking about Mac Pro users here. The likelyhood of them having a second Mac already is extremely high - a laptop would not be out of the question. And even if they didn't, the odds of them having a friends Mac they could borrow for the 10 minutes required to mate a new drive is pretty darn high too. This is hardly a hardship. Indeed, I'd wager FAR less effort will be spent globally to mate new SSDs to Mac Pro's over the entire lifetime of the global supply of all Mac Pros shipped vs. the level of effort already exerted to express consternation in this thread :p

jeroenhd 6y ago

There's a whole bunch of scripts available online to create bootable macOS images, they're often used by the hackintosh scene. You do need another computer but it doesn't have to be a Mac. Of course, that's in no way an official,. supported solution, but it'll work.

m463 6y ago
I believe those scripts require a mac to make a full bootable image, unless you want a network boot only image.
- jeroenhd 6y ago
  I've used them to install High Sierra on my Hackintosh and I don't own any Apple hardware. Apple may have restricted the availability of system images, but as far as I know, you can create fully-functional installer USB drives.
  - m463 6y ago
    I just remember reading the fetch-macos script notes which said: Contributing Back This project can always use your help, time and attention. I am looking for help (pull-requests!) with the following work items: * Create *full* installation (ISO) image without requiring an existing macOS physical/virtual installation. ... hmm... maybe they figured it out?
throwawayfood 6y ago
Until this free solution is intentionally broken by Apple. Being able to do this for free is a bug, not a feature.

Kwpolska 6y ago

> find a new mac to fix the one you already have I mean, you don’t need to be the owner of the Mac you run the restore from, so you can visit a Mac-owning friend, or an Apple Store.

EricE 6y ago

We are talking about Mac Pro users here. The likelyhood of them having a second Mac already is extremely high - a laptop would not be out of the question. And even if they didn't, the odds of them having a friends Mac they could borrow for the 10 minutes required to mate a new drive is pretty darn high too. This is hardly a hardship. Indeed, I'd wager FAR less effort will be spent globally to mate new SSDs to Mac Pro's over the entire lifetime of the global supply of all Mac Pros shipped vs. the level of effort already exerted to express consternation in this thread :p