Don't want to test the hardware
I am trying to build a Snow Leopard image that will boot all current Macs. Apple made this much more difficult by recently releasing updates specific to only the new iMac and Mac Mini. I thought I could just build two new images with those specific updates until 10.6.5 is released and everything is updated again. When I try to install a update it tests the hardware and tells me I can't install this update on this hardware, I build all my images on the newest Mac Pro I have.
The question is how do you modify the package installer so it doesn't read the hardware on install. I see on the web where people mention that they have done it but not how they did it. Any help would be much appreciated.
Try using Pacifist to install those updates manually. Alternatively, some packages allow you to control-click them, choose Show Package Contents, find, and then edit InstallationCheck or the installer scripts with a tool such as TextWrangler.
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