macOSUpd10.14.x.pkg fix for HFS+

[PippoX0]

Hint: How to patch Mojave's Combo Update to install on HFs+

 

If we wanna use macOSUpd10.14.x.pkg  to upgrade our not Apfs system (i.e. HFs+ partition)

we have  to patch distribution file inside .pkg.

 

1) Expand .pkg

pkgutil --expand /Users/username/Desktop/macOSUpd10.14.1.pkg /Users/username/Desktop/macOSUpd10.14.1

 

2) Edit distribution (we can use TextEdit )

 

FROM:

function FileSystem1(prefix) {
    if (my.target.filesystem && my.target.filesystem.type == 'hfs') {
        return true;
    }
    return false;

 

TO:

function FileSystem1(prefix) {
    if (my.target.filesystem && my.target.filesystem.type == 'hfs') {
        return false;
    }
    return false; 

3) Repack .pkg

pkgutil --flatten  /Users/username/Desktop/macOSUpd10.14.1  /Users/username/Desktop/macOSUpd10.14.1mod.pkg

 

cheers

[gengik84]

hi...I have had the same idea

see here https://github.com/Gengik84/HFS_ComboUpdate_Unlocker

[semson]

Thank you both of you @gengik84 @PippoX0. It works for me  was almost compromised changing to APFS using CCC.