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Updated README for the new version 2.0
Edited the description for the new version 2.0 and added links for other threads and discussing regarding this app
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[TINU Is Not Unibe**t]
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This software is intended to be used as a GUI to create a bootable mac os installer for mac and hackintosh, it's basically a GUI for the createinstallmedia executable that could be found in any mac os installation app from Mavericks up to the latest versions.
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This software is intended to be used as a GUI to create a bootable mac os installer for mac and hackintosh, it's basically a GUI for the createinstallmedia executable that could be found in any macOS installer app from Mavericks up to the latest versions.
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Allows you to create easily a macOS install media without messing around with command line stuff and without using disk utility.
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Allows you to create easily a macOS install media without messing around with command line stuff and without using disk utility, and also detects and prevents the most common errors with them.
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# Features:
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- Simple to use UI that allows you to easily start the macOS install media creation process
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- It can work with every Mac OS installer app that has the createinstallmedia executable inside of it's resources folder (including also beta and newly released installers)
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- You can use any drive or partition you want that can be erased and is at least 7 GB of size
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- Works on Mac OS recovery, so you can create a macOS install media from a bootable macOS installer or from the macOs recovery
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- All vanilla, the macOS install medias created with this tool are 100% vanilla, just like you created them using the command line "createinstallmedia" method
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- Works on Mac OS recovery, so you can create a macOS install media from a bootable macOS installer or from the macOs recovery, and you can use TINU to install macOS too.
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- All vanilla, the macOS install medias created with this tool are 100% vanilla, just like you created them using the command line "createinstallmedia" method in the terminal, with also some extra optiona features
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- Open source, you will know what this program does on your computer and also you can create your own version by downloading and playing with the source code
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- Does not requires to do anything of special first, just open the program
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- No need to go in disk utility first, TINU can format your drive for you
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- Uses recent and more modern APIs and SDKs and Swift 3 language
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- Transparent graphics style available (use alt + s on the keyboard or View->Use transparent style)
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- Works using the latest versions of macOS and will also support newer Mac installers out of the box without needing for an update
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Features that I'd like to add in the future:
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- Advanced section, to customize your macOS install media
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- Advanced section, to customize your macOS install media
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- Installer customization: Kernelcache/prelinkedknerel and boot files replacement (a feature that can be handy while dealing with old Macs or with beta installers when you need to mod or change the boot files some times)
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- Clover EFI folder installer
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Features that are planned for some future versions:
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- Integrated EFI partition mounter tool (TINU can already mount EFI partitions from version 2.0, but a dedicated section which allows to mount every EFI partition in the system will be added)
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- Install clover and configure clover
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- Install kexts inside the kexts folder of clover
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- Clover drivers customization
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# Useful links:
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Thread on insanelymac.com:
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- http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/326959-tinu-the-macos-installer-creator-app-mac-app/#entry2491600
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Thread (english) on insanelymac.com:
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- http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/326959-tinu-the-macos-installer-creator-app-mac-app/
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Thread (italian) on insanelymac.com:
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- https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/333261-tinu-app-per-creare-chiavette-di-installazione-di-macos-thread-in-italiano/
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Thread (english-german) on hackintosh-forum.de:
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- https://www.hackintosh-forum.de/index.php/Thread/33630-TINU/
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Facebook hackintosh help and beta testing (Italian only):
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- https://www.facebook.com/groups/Italia.hackintosh/?fref=ts
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- This software is under GNU GPL v3 license so any new branch/mod/third party release must be open source and under the same license
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- I (project creator) assume no responsibility for any use of this app and this source code, and also for any kind of hardware and software damage to any computer and any device or peripheral that may come from this app or source code during it's use and outside it's usage
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- I (project creator) do not guarantee support to you, this is only an open source project, not a product released by a company!
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- This project is born only for educational and demonstrative purposes, it's not intended to be used for commercial purposes and it will never be, don't use source code from this project to create apps for that aim.
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- This is a no-profit project, born only to let people create macOS install medias in a more simple way and also to learn how to create this kind of apps.
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- This project is born only for educational and demonstrative purposes, it's not intended to be used for commercial purposes and it will never be, don't use source code from this project to create apps or software for that aim.
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- This is a no-profit project, born only to let people to create macOS install medias in a more simple way and also to learn how to create this kind of apps.
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# Credits:
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- Apple for macos and installer apps and scripts

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