Selected mac os x installer is incomplete unibeast

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Sunday, January 10, 2016

How to fix Unibeast’s «Selected Mac OS X Installer is Incomplete» error

45 comments:

This is an excellent post!

I replaced a single byte with this command:
printf ‘\x90’ | dd of=UniBeast.app/Contents/MacOS/UniBeast seek=12898 bs=1 conv=notrunc

Now I can create the installer usb by creating a directory (‘/Applications/Install OS X Yosemite.app/Contents/SharedSupport’) and copying the Yosemite InstallESD.dmg there.

What is the ‘jump if zero’ offset for Unibeast 5.2.0 so I can use chimera?

^^ Wow. That’s a nice way to patch it.
Unfortunately I have removed the OSX installation from my PC. But I’ll try to check 5.2.0 soon. Thanks for your input.

X-tremly helpful. Thank You!

This was a lifesaver. Thank you so much

bloody brilliant indeed, thanks a ton for posting this

I finally figured out how to patch Unibeast 5.2.0, so now I can use Chimera with my older PC.

This works the same as the above method and you only need one InstallESD.dmg file in the proper directory. The offset is 2ca1 (hex) or 11425 (decimal). I tried replacing the JE with a NOP, but Unibeast crashes. So I tried replacing it with a JNE and it worked!

printf ‘\x75’ | dd of=UniBeast.app/Contents/MacOS/UniBeast seek=$((0x2ca1)) bs=1 conv=notrunc

Nice work. Thanks for sharing your experience.

You are a lifesaver! I have old hardware that an OS newer than Lion won’t work on (including the «early 2008» MacBook I’m typing this on, also stuck on Lion). UniBeast 5.2.0 is the last one to support Lion. Apple seems to no longer let people buy Lion in the App Store, but instead only through some strange checkout process that involves «1-2 days» processing time to SEND A LINK in email (like some shady eBay seller). I DID shell out the cash to Apple for it, but got tired of waiting. This patch finally made it accept my patched installer .app. ultimate hooray!

Really hate how Apple throws away good, old hardware by making it entirely unsupportable.

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Hi, I am just new here and in Mac patching. Can someone further help me explaining what to edit, how to edit.

Just open the terminal and go in the same directory where Unibeast is located and write this:

printf ‘\x75’ | dd of=UniBeast.app/Contents/MacOS/UniBeast seek=$((0x2ca1)) bs=1 conv=notrunc

Plz any one have the unibeast alrdy modified plz share it! im stuck with my computer > Reply Delete

Just open the terminal and go in the same directory where Unibeast is located and write this:

printf ‘\x75’ | dd of=UniBeast.app/Contents/MacOS/UniBeast seek=$((0x2ca1)) bs=1 conv=notrunc

changing date didn’t work for me

What is the unibeast version you are using?

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Can you tell me how to patch unibeast 6 because changing date is not working.
Thanks in advance.

Nice and helpful post, many thanks.

Please explain how to patch from the start

Just open the terminal and go in the same directory where Unibeast is located and write this:

printf ‘\x75’ | dd of=UniBeast.app/Contents/MacOS/UniBeast seek=$((0x2ca1)) bs=1 conv=notrunc

Still works till this day, thank you!

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Hey, im trying 6.1.1 and stills «incomplete», after the command: «printf. «. Any help?

its not working for sierra unibeast

Can you please elaborate your procedure?
Where did you download the sierra from and etc

These don’t work with the new unibeasts. Anyone have a fix?

I am trying to install Yosemite but only saved the InstallESD.dmg file in my files of ancient history. Unfortunately, the os selection remains grayed out even after patching unibeast 5.2. Since unibeast is probably just using the InstallESD.dmg file in the app to create the bootable usb, how can i get it to use the ‘raw’ InstallESD.dmg?

open the install ESD And Show Hidden Files and you will See a Install OS X Yosemite.app and copy it to /Applications And Now open it and go and create a folder Called SharedSupport and put that install esd there you go 🙂

hello i am using unibeast 6.2.0. i try this terminal. but it doesn’t help.
what to do ?

Super nice article! Thank you!

You really saved my day!
Thanks

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Fix/solution for «Selected Mac OS X Installer is incomplete»

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A real solution for those who get stuck at STEP 1.

Seeing no real solutions offered here on the forums, other then seeing users getting pushed to look at the troubleshooting guide for UniBeast 8 and then coming back empty handed because they are stuck at:

The troubleshooting guide won’t supply users with a fix and users getting all over forums pushed back to the guide.

The fine install guide tells you in step 1:

STEP 1: Download macOS High Sierra
The full operating system is a free download for anyone who has purchased Mac OS X Snow Leopard, Lion, or Mountain Lion or has a Mac preloaded with OS X Mavericks, Yosemite, El Capitan, or macOS Sierra. Download the Application from the Mac App Store using your Apple ID on any Mac or functional computer running OS X 10.7.5 or later.

1. Open Mac App Store
2. Log in with your Apple ID
3. Download macOS High Sierra

The Application Install macOS High Sierra will appear in /Applications.

And then you windup with an installer thats 19MB in /Applications.

Then you start UniBeast and it says «Selected Mac OS X Installer is incomplete«.

If this is you then you can fix this by doing the following:

You will need to recreate the full installer from the separate parts.

To do so we will use the installer stub app to grab all the files from Apple and then abort the install before it does anything else.

Run the 19MB stub installer (/Applications/Install macOS High Sierra).

Choose the install disk and click ‘install’ (it won’t actually install yet!).

It will download the remaining install files and place them under /macOS Install Data (i.e. look for the folder in the root of your hard drive ‘Macintosh HD’).

When it has finished downloading all it needs, the installer screen will then ask you to restart the Mac – but don’t! At this point ABORT the install by quitting the installer app.

Next we will recreate the full installer from all the downloaded parts. This will restore the ability to create an install media USB.

Open Terminal and run: sudo -s
Enter admin credentials to gain root permissions.
Then copy and paste the following 3 commands:

mkdir /Applications/Install\ macOS\ High\ Sierra.app/Contents/SharedSupport

cd /macOS\ Install\ Data

find . -mount | cpio -pvdm /Applications/Install\ macOS\ High\ Sierra.app/Contents/SharedSupport

You now have a full installer package in your Applications folder!

Now goto STEP 2: Create a Bootable USB Drive with UniBeast to continue the install guide.

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