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Is there a benefit of using this vs the option bmike suggested below?

student010101
– student010101

2021-03-07 01:49:48 +00:00
Commented Mar 7, 2021 at 1:49
No benefit. If bmike's answer installs Catalina, then you are done. If not, then you can try this alternative.

David Anderson
– David Anderson

2021-03-07 01:58:06 +00:00
Commented Mar 7, 2021 at 1:58
I use David’s method when I don’t want to mess with corporate / secured WiFi authentication for internet recovery or I don’t have a caching server/service on my local network to cache the downloads @student010101 When I have a dozen macs to re-mage like last week, I’ll make 2 Catalina and 2 Mojave installers so I can get multiple installs going. With caching server and ethernet - it’s faster to just use recovery for this scenario.

bmike
– bmike ♦

2021-03-07 03:28:15 +00:00
Commented Mar 7, 2021 at 3:28

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