1.10

• When exporting a package for macOS 11 or newer, mist now saves time by re-using the Apple-provided Installer package when exporting a package - thanks grahampugh!
• macOS Firmware and Installer downloads that error (eg. due to timeouts) can now be resumed when mist is run again - thanks Guisch!
  • Use the --cache-downloads flag to cache incomplete downloads
• Listing or downloading macOS Firmwares now caches the metadata from the IPSW Downloads API - thanks NorseGaud!
  • Use the --metadata-cache option to specify a custom macOS Firmware metadata cache path
• mist output can now be redirected to a log file without ANSI escape sequences - thanks NinjaFez and n8felton!
  • Use the --no-ansi flag to remove all ANSI escape sequences, as well as limit the download progress output to once per second
• mist now defaults to creating a macOS Installer in a temporary disk image under-the-hood (no longer creating a macOS Installer in the /Applications directory) - thanks grahampugh!
• mist no longer outputs error messages twice - once is enough!
• Bumped Swift Argument Parser version to 1.2.0
• Removed unused declarations and imports (ie. dead code)

1.9.1

• Firmware SHA-1 checksum validation is now working correctly again - thanks NorseGaud!

1.9

• Added support for macOS Ventura 13
• macOS Installer files are retried when invalid cache files are detected on-disk
• Calculating ISO image sizes is slightly more dynamic (to better support macOS Ventura ISOs)
• macOS Firmware / Installer lists are now sorted by version, then by date
• Firmwares with invalid SHA-1 checksums are now ignored and unavailable for download
• SHA-1 checksum validation logic is now implemented in Swift (no longer shells out to shasum)
• stdout stream buffering is disabled to improve output frequency - thanks n8felton!
• Checking for mist updates now points to the recently renamed mist-cli repository URL
• Looking up the version of mist-cli is now performed using the built-in mist --version command
• General code refactoring

Note: To help avoid conflicts with the Mist companion Mac app, the mist-cli installer package + installer package identifier have been renamed to mist-cli and com.ninxsoft.pkg.mist-cli respectively.

1.8

• mist is now a Universal macOS Binary
  • Supports Apple Silicon
  • Supports Intel-based Macs
• mist now supports automatic retrying failed downloads:
  • Specify a value to the --retries option to override the total number of retry attempts (default: 10)
  • Specify a value to the --retry-delay option to override the number of seconds to wait before the next retry attempt (default: 30)
• To help keep the mist command line options unambiguous, the -k, --kind option has been removed:
  • Use mist list firmware to list all available macOS Firmwares
  • Use mist list installer to list all available macOS Installers
  • Use mist download firmware to download a macOS Firmware
  • Use mist download installer to download a macOS Installer
  • Add --help to any of the above commands for additional information
• Firmware downloads now have 0x644 POSIX permissions correctly applied upon successful download
• Installer downloads can be cached using the --cache-downloads flag
  • Cached downloads will be stored in the temporary directory
  • Supply a value to the --temporary-directory option to change the temporary directory location
• Installers downloads are now chunklist-verified upon successful download
• The --compatible flag has been added to mist list and mist download to list / download Firmwares and Installers compatible with the Mac that is running mist
• The --export option has been added to mist download to optionally generate a report of performed actions
• The --quiet flag has been added to mist download to optionally suppress verbose output
• Reports exported as JSON now have their keys sorted alphabetically
• Bumped Swift Argument Parser version to 1.1.2
• Bumped Yams version to 5.0.1
• General code refactoring and print message formatting fixes

Note: Requires macOS Catalina 10.15 or later

1.7.0

• The --platform option has been renamed to -k, --kind, to improve readability and reduce confusion
  • Specify firmware or ipsw to download a macOS Firmware IPSW file
  • Specify installer or app to download a macOS Install Application bundle
• Support for generating Bootable Disk Images (.iso)
  • For use with virtualization software (ie. Parallels Desktop, VMware Fusion, VirtualBox)
  • mist download <search-string> --iso
  • Optionally specify --iso-name for a custom output file name
• Downloading macOS Firmware IPSW files no longer requires escalated sudo privileges
• Improved error messaging for when things go wrong (no longer outputs just the command that failed)
• Granular error messages for when searching for Firmwares fails

1.6.1

• mist version now correctly displays the current version when offline

1.6

• SUCatalog URLs have been updated to point to macOS Monterey (12) URLs
• Beta versions of macOS are now excluded by default in search results
  • Use --include-betas to include betas in search results
• mist version now informs you if a new version is available for download
• Bumped Swift Argument Parser version to 1.0.1

1.5

• Added List search support
  • mist list <search-string> to filter on results
  • --latest to filter the latest (first) match found
  • --quiet to suppress verbose output
  • --output-type to specify a custom output type
• Added progress indicators
  • Displays current and total download amounts
  • Displays overal percentage downloaded
• macOS Firmwares and Installers will fail to download if they already exist
  • Use --force to overwrite this behaviour
• Faster macOS Firmwares list retrieval time
• Faster macOS Installers list retrieval time
• Replaced SANITY CHECKS headers with more inclusive INPUT VALIDATION
• Fixed a bug with partial string matching when searching for downloads
• Improved error handling and messaging

1.4

• Support for downloading macOS Firmware (IPSW) files
  • Shasum is validated upon download
• Moved list, download and version options to subcommands:
  • mist --list is now mist list
  • mist --download is now mist download
  • mist --version is now mist version
  • See mist <subcommand> --help for detailed help
• Renamed --list-export option to --export
• Re-added --application output option, back by popular demand!
• Removed short flags for output options due to naming collisions:
  • Removed -a for --application
  • Removed -i for --image
  • Removed -p for --package
• Lists now display / export total size
• More verbose output for sanity checks

1.3.1

• Fixed bug where SUCatalog files were not being parsed correctly (#20)