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ninxsoft / mist-cli

A Mac command-line tool that automatically downloads macOS Firmwares / Installers.
MIT License
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Request: Check if sudo privilege elevation is required for Apple Silicon #48

Closed carlashley closed 2 years ago

carlashley commented 2 years ago

I'm wondering if sudo privilege elevation is actually required for the Apple Silicon files given it's just a download of an IPSW file?

This could probably be removed for this specific platform.

ninxsoft commented 2 years ago

Although you currently require sudo privileges to download IPSW files, this is not a hard requirement (it's a holdover from the sudo requirement for installing packages to generate the .app bundles).

Will look at removing this requirement.

Note: You will require the correct directory permissions to save the IPSW file otherwise mist will throw an error.