Download MacOS image

[mapo80]

Guys I have a question for you, I want to download macOS image to run it on my Mac, because it has everything I need to build iOS app. Is it possible? Where can I download it?

Thanks.

[maxim-lobanov]

Hello @mapo80 , Unfortunately, it is not possible. We can't distribute the built image due to legal issues.
Related issue: #176

[mapo80]

Hi @maxim-lobanov, I understand. Can I create it from scratch using your build system? Is there a tutorial to do this?

[maxim-lobanov]

We just open-sourced MacOS image generation code a few weeks ago so don't have guides yet. It could be a bit tricky but I think that the simplest way to configure the same environment locally:

1. Take clean MacOS 10.15 machine
2. git clone https://github.com/actions/virtual-environments.git
3. Run all image-generation scripts from images/macos folder one by one

Notes:

• The list of all scripts is defined in template file in provisioners section. It is the most interesting section for you.
• Probably, you would like to edit toolset and exclude some Xcode versions from installation. We install about 11 Xcode versions that could be very painful locally.
• You can skip some tools that are not needed for you

[mapo80]

@maxim-lobanov Thanks very much for your detailed answer.

[joyhui]

@maxim-lobanov : I am trying to build the image for macOS. But there are too many scripts under images/macos. Do we have a better solution now?

[maxim-lobanov]

@joyhui , unfortunately, no better solution for now. I think you can skip scripts and tools that you don't need on your own image.