AutoDMG does not recognize Big Sur 11.0 installer.app

[MrMacintoshBlog]

Description of issue

AutoDMG 1.10b does not recognize the new Big Sur Beta installer.app

Expected behavior

Recognized installer

Actual behavior

AutoDMG v1.10b 587 does not recognize the Install macOS Beta installer.

Steps to reproduce

Downloaded 11.0 Big Sur from installinstallmacos.

Mount dmg > Drag Install macOS Beta to AutoDMG

AutoDMG does not recognize the installer.

Log file

No log

[MagerValp]

Yep. OS installs are now signed APFS snapshots, and there's no obvious way of installing them to a dmg. I'm guessing that this is the end of the line.

[TimothyRLaMora734]

If you use an app called Create Install Media you can make a bootable usb installer https://mac.softpedia.com/get/System-Utilities/Create-Install-Media.shtml

[jfiliceatcsumb]

Check it...https://github.com/rtrouton/create_macos_vm_install_dmg

[flammable]

Copying the macOS installer into a DMG isn't the same thing as installing the macOS into a DMG. Neither of those tools are viable replacements for AutoDMG.

[eightnoneone]

Would it be possible to boot a brand new Mac into target disk mode and then copy the disk to an image?

[sln-guy]

Thanks for all the work on AutoDMG. It was a priceless tool for as long as Apple allowed it to work.

Saved us all many hours, so for that thank you.