[dylan604]

Last week, I helped a friend update their new to them older mac book air. I used my machine to download the most recent OS compatible with their model. Now that's completed, I tried removing the installer from my machine, only part of it will not delete because it has the restricted flag set. According to the internet, I can only delete this file by rebooting into special mode disabling SIP, delete the file, then reboot into normal mode. WTF is that bullshit? This isn't a critical installed file that's a crucial part of the OS. It's just an external file used to install an OS. Totally baffling

[lostlogin]

That’s hilarious. It used to be hard to track down specific versions of macOS, but if you can’t ever delete them I guess that’s solved.

[dylan604]

Sure, it’s hilarious as long as it’s not you. Otherwise, it’s beyond frustrating.

Not sure about the hard to track down issue. If you have a Mac and the App Store, they’re there for the downloading. Trying to download to run in a VM on windows or Linux violating license agreement then it is not mine nor Apple’s issue

[lostlogin]

For VMs, usually on Macs but also on licence violating machines.

Whatever the need, it’s of no consequence to Apple that it was a struggle. Having it download as an app is irritating too as it adds steps with the conversion.