Macmini 2012 10.8.2 Client installesd.dmg

I bought a MacMini 2012 with MacOS server, but I do not want server, the apple store will not let me download or buy 10.8.2 client, because apparently the build is to to old, or the late 2012 machines need a special version. Where can i find a download link for the installer or InstallESD.dmg?
Will 10.8.2 build 12C60 InstallESD work for my MacMini, or is this the AppStore build?
thank you
Jacob

Understand.
Here's a link to grab the InstallESD.dmg file from pre-installed Lion. The instructions also work with Mountain Lion.
I don't know, however, if you will get a Server version of ML for your Mac Mini and what that version contains. If you do get the Server app within /Applications, just don't launch it to install the Server services. Just keep it in your /Applications folder.
Basically, all you do is this:
Restart the Mac Mini into the Recovery HD by holding down the Command+R keys at restart.
Plug in a formatted (Mac OS Extended -Journaled with GUID partition table) external drive. Like a Western Digital USB external drive.
In the Recovery HD, select the Reinstall OS X option. Follow the prompts and when you get to where you select the drive to install ML, point to the external drive.
IMPORTANT STEP: You need to keep an eye on download and after it finishes; then restarts and BEFORE the startup chime while your screen is black, unplug the external drive. Your system will default boot into your internal drive and OS X.
Plug the external drive back in and open the OS X Install Data folder. Inside you will see the InstallESD.dmg file. Copy it to your Desktop; then use a USB 8GB thumb drive and Disk Utility and restore the InstallESD.dmg to your USB thumb drive.
Hope this helps!

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Where can I download the InstallESD.dmg for ML 10.8.1?

I am currently running ML 10.8.3 and have experienced the dreaded hierarchy problem that corupts the group function in calendar and contacts rendering those two programs almost completely useless for me.
The work around is to revert to a previous version of Mountain Lion which could be done easily if ML came with an install disk. Since it didn't I need to find the InstallESD.dmg file for 10.8.1 manually.
By manually I mean on the internet.
That file is not housed on my computer as it was shipped with 10.8.3 installed allready.
My business is suffering badly because of this and Apple can only say "our engineers are working on it."
Please help, I am DESPERATE.
Thank's in advance.

Sorry to say but you are wrong on all fronts though I am grateful you took to time to answer my post.
If you want to know how to downgrade so that you will see it is common check out this link
http://www.marcomc.com/2012/09/how-to-downgrade-os-x-10-8-2-to-the-previous-mino r-release-10-8-1/
I have been working with apple for over a week with so if you really want to know what my issue is without going through the long of it you can check out my most recent post here, though the pictures aren't working anymore for some reason https://discussions.apple.com/message/21581746#21581746
As to the hierarchy problem, wait for it, the application developers (or engineers as they are called by the tier 2 tech support team) is frantically trying to fix this before more users encounter it. Fortunately most users don't use more than 50-65% of calendar's functions. I, however, do.
Should you want to know why I need the install file you can click around this site http://liondiskmaker.com
Again I am grateful that you took to the time to post a reply, but I'm really just looking for a link.

How to Create a Bootable Flash Drive to do a clean install of Lion. I have tried to use the InstallESD.dmg but it still will not do a clean install so that I do not have to do a reinstall from the Recovery (That just re downloads and takes over 6 hours)?

How to Create a Bootable Flash Drive to do a clean install of Lion. I have tried to use the InstallESD.dmg but it still will not do a clean install so that I do not have to do a reinstall from the Recovery (That just re downloads and takes over 6 hours)?
The system I'm have is a Mac-mini that had SL on it and no SuperDrive. I have also call Apple Support and they have really have not been to much help over 1st did my up grade to Lion and Installed the Lion Server.... it lost my SSL that I paid for and kill almost on of my server setting, plus kill all my web servers (using apache vhosts), and not to say the LDAP will even let remote users login to your laptops.
PS: There is no way that I'm going to buy a Install USB from Apple... They have over billed me over $300.00 because the Apps Store still has bugs (Glad I did not write that App/Service)
If there is anyone that can give in the information to create a USB install stick, I would be very thinkful.

Here you are bro, courtesy of "softpedia.com"....brilliant site!!!
If you ever had problems with your Mac OS X installation you know that the first thing you should do is to check the startup volume using Disk Utility.
After the check has ended and, if the errors exceed a certain level of seriousness, the Disk Utility application will require you to restart your Mac and use its Mac OS X Install disc counterpart.
Other users may have to reinstall OS X altogether, but will find, or already know, that their SuperDrive (a CD/DVD reader and write combo drive) is not functioning properly and it will not be able to read the Install disc.
Although this might happen to Mac OS X Leopard users due to faultyhardware, the vast majority of problematic SuperDrives will be encountered inside Snow Leopard running Macs.
This is due to the updated SuperDrive firmware included in either the Install disc or the software updates one has to install to reach the latest version of OS X, namely 10.6.6.
This can be fixed by flashing the SuperDrive’s stock firmware using free command line tools that one can find for free online (I will write about this process also, but at a later time because this article only focuses on allowing you to create your own alternative USB boot disc).
If you are reading this last bit of information with skepticism, than you should know that it happened to me too. Despite all my tries to make it work properly, the SuperDrive kept on munching any inserted DVDs and just popped them out in about twenty seconds.
The workaround to this issue was to create my own Leopard bootable USB memory stick. I am not suggesting a Snow Leopard bootable stick mainly because there are lots of users that have decided to buy the cheaper, Upgrade version, which I have not tested and, therefore, I’m not sure if it will work properly once written to a USB disk.
And now, here are the exact steps you should follow in order to obtain a fully bootable Leopard (or Lion) Install disc.
Step 1 (If you already have the Leopard install disc DMG file you can skip to Step 2)
Launch Disk Utility (you can find it inside /Applications/Utilities). Here select the Leopard Install disc in the list of drives on the left and click on the New Image menu entry at the top of the window. A save message will appear where you will have to select the Desktop as a destination.
Step 2
After Disk Utility has finished creating the Leopard DMG, insert your USB stick and erase all data and reformat the disk. To do this select the USB in the list of drives on the left and, after clicking on the Erase tab on the right side of the window, choose the Mac OS Extended (Journaled) format and click the Erase button beneath.
Step 3
After the USB has been reformatted, download the SuperDuper app from HERE and launch it. Once SuperDuper starts, you will only have to select the DMG in the Copy drop-down menu, your USB memory stick on the right and hit the “Copy Now” button.
One can also use Disk Utility for this task but creating a bootable USB stick failed 2 out 4 times when copying the DMG to the stick (with the exact same settings each time). Creating the bootable stick using SuperDuper proved to be the perfect way to do it because it worked each of the 4 times I tested it.
The steps above can also be used to create a bootable Mac OS X Lion USB by using the InstallESD.dmg image you can find inside the Lion installer (named “Install Mac OS X Lion.app”) downloaded from the Mac App Store in the /Applications folder.
To locate the InstallESD.dmg right click the Lion installer, select the “Show Package Contents” entry, go inside the “Contents” folder, and from there into the “SharedSupport” folder. Inside this folder you can find the InstallESD.dmg you can use to create your own bootable Mac OS X Lion USB stick. To do so, go to the third step described above and use the InstallESD.dmg as the DMG to be copied to your USB disc.
That’s it! Once the process ends you will have a fully bootable Leopard (or Lion) USB disk that you can use as an alternative to the Apple’s DVD Install disc that comes bundled with all Macs.
To use your newly created bootable disk you will have to restart the Mac, press and hold the OPTION key until the StartupManager appears. Here, select the Mac OS X Install disk using your keyboard arrows and press return to start from the selected drive.

Unable to install "InstallESD.dmg" file from OS X Mounstain Lion?

Hi,
Unable to install "InstallESD.dmg" file from OS X Mounstain Lion, i've downloaded OS X Mavericks and installed on other machine. However, i took backup of "Show Package Contents" before installing.When i try to install ""InstallESD.dmg" file some other Mac machine. When i double click on it its open Packages folder instead of installer.
Please suggest me, how can i install OS X Mavericks for My Mac machines.
Thanks in Advance,
Suresh Balakrishnan.

Unfortunately with OS X Mavericks you can't use the InstallESD.dmg file as an installer. You have to use either DiskMaker X 3.0.4 or Mavericks Bootable Disk Creation Tool or do an Internet search for the Terminal command that can be used to create a bootable Mavericks installer on an external drive (e,g, USB thumb drive).
You will need the Install OS X Mavericks.app from the Mac App Store to use with all of the above solutions.

Macmini 2012, Mountain Lion, Logitech C600 webcam USB Mic...

OK.
So I got the new macmini 2012(base model). Got 10.8.2 on it and a webcam Logitech C600.
Everything works fine (no additional drivers needed). The problem comes when sometimes (randomly) the mic stops working. It is a USB mic integrated in the webcam. I am thinking it has something to do when the monitor goes to sleep, but still cannot find the reason. It sometimes happen after fresh restart. When I disconnect and reconnect the webcam it goes ok. Any ideas?

BDAqua is right Hristokirev. I solved this problem myself with this issue before. Coz I also have a C600. Also if your C600 video display resolution is crap, go to quicktime player then go to movie recording and click on high recording quality on it so you can manually adjust the resolution. So yeah when I first plug this camera it didn't had a 720p quality feature, but its just that you have to manually change the settings in it itself.

Is it safe to delete installesd.dmg in mavericks?

Is it safe to delete installesd.dmg in mavericks? It takes up 5.3GBs and I'd like to free up the space.

Yes, it's safe.
Mavericks has a different way to create a USB thumb drive installer where the Install OS X Mavericks.app file is used instead of just the InstallESD.dmg file. So, if you have the full installer file (Install OS X Mavericks.app) around, hang onto it. You can use DiskMaker X 3.0.3 to create the Mavericks USB thumb drive

Where is the Lion InstallESD.dmg file?

Hya
I have bought Lion from from the App Store and installed it on my MacBook with the intention of installing it on more than one device. However now that I go to search for the Installesd.dmg file it is nowhere to be seen.
Did it get removed on successful install on my machine? If so how can I recover it so that I can use it on my other devices? Or is it now a hidden file?
Mike B

Two ideas for you.
1. If you have a time machine backup of your app folder, use that to go and get it again. The actual install DMG is found in the package contents in shared support.
2. Open the Mac App store, hold down the option key and tap purchased at the top. Keep option key held down and install should appear next to lion. Clicking it will re download it all being well.
Hope this helps.

What is the MD5 or SHA1 checksum for Mac OSX Mavericks 10.9.2 InstallESD.dmg

As like in title, What is the MD5 or SHA1 checksum for Mac OSX Mavericks 10.9.2 InstallESD.dmg ?
I see a strange dates in installation files, so I ask, for security.

If You can help me, but You dont know how
open terminal
write:
openssl md5 (place on disk where You have installation app)Mavericks.app/Contents/SharedSupport/InstallESD.dmg
enter and wait for md5 long number

Install mac os x lion 10.7.3 InstallESD.dmg corrupt

Is anyone else getting problems verifying or restoring from the latest ESD from the app store for Lion 10.7.3 ?
I have downloaded twice now ( on 2 different Internet connections, work and home ) and both images dont verify or disk utility restore.
I am assuming it is a bad image on the app store.
anyone had better luck ?
thanks

Hi
I had problems with the latest 'Install Mac OS X' app from the app store. Two of the downloads proved to be corrupt but the third was good. I think my first post may have confused you. When you have the app downloaded into your /Application folder, you can right click it to 'show contents'. Inside here theres a folder called 'Shared SUpport' and inside that is 'InstallESD.dmg' of 4GB size. This dmg can be restored to a partition on a hard drive or flsh memory drive to be used to boot a Mac and re-install (or simply for utilities).
Now I have a good copy of the app, I can now install with more confidence.

How to install Lion over Leopard if I already have the InstallESD.dmg file?

How can I install Lion over Leopard? I know everyone keeps saying you have to have Snow Leopard, but it seems that you only need it to actually download the file. I have the file and I've created a back-up disk and drive (using a 4gb card) and nothing worked. I don't understand why I can't install even if I have the file. The computer doesn't even recognize the disk when I press option at start up but it recoginizes it as Lion when fully logged in. I can't install using the .pkg file because it says it can't be installed on the running system. I have tried to use the drive and it gives me a EFI Boot when I press option at start up and so I click on it and It goes to the apple grey screen with the circle circling below it. But after a while, that apple turns into a No sign basically. So what else do I need to change or edit to install Lion over Leopard. The startup disk nor the drive are working.

The Lion installer is not a bootable device. You must run the installer like any other application. Since the installer will only upgrade Snow Leopard it may refuse to run. What you might try is putting a bootable Snow Leopard system onto a 16 GB USB flash drive, drag the Lion installer application into the Applications folder, boot the computer from the flash drive then run the Lion installer.
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Make Your Own Lion Installer
1. After downloading Lion you must first save the Install Mac OS X Lion application. After Lion downloads DO NOT click on the Install button. Go to your Applications folder and make a copy of the Lion installer. Move the copy into your Downloads folder. Now you can click on the Install button. You must do this because the installer deletes itself automatically when it finishes installing Lion.
2. Get a USB flash drive that is at least 8 GBs. Prep this flash drive as follows:
Open Disk Utility in your Utilities folder.
After DU loads select your hard drive (this is the entry with the mfgr.'s ID and size) from the left side list. Note the SMART status of the drive in DU's status area. If it does not say "Verified" then the drive is failing or has failed and will need replacing. SMART info will not be reported on external drives. Otherwise, click on the Partition tab in the DU main window.
Under the Volume Scheme heading set the number of partitions from the drop down menu to one. Set the format type to Mac OS Extended (Journaled.) Click on the Options button, set the partition scheme to GUID then click on the OK button. Click on the Partition button and wait until the process has completed.
Select the volume you just created (this is the sub-entry under the drive entry) from the left side list. Click on the Erase tab in the DU main window.
Set the format type to Mac OS Extended (Journaled.) Click on the Options button, check the button for Zero Data and click on OK to return to the Erase window.
Click on the Erase button. The format process can take up to several hours depending upon the drive size.
3. Locate the saved Lion installer in your Downloads folder. CTRL- or RIGHT-click on the installer and select Show Package Contents from the contextual menu. Double-click on the Contents folder to open it. Double-click on the SharedSupport folder. In this folder you will see a disc image named InstallESD.dmg.
4. Plug in your freshly prepared USB flash drive. You are going to clone the InstallESD.dmg disc image to the flash drive as follows:
Open Disk Utility.
Select the USB flash drive from the left side list.
Click on the Restore tab in the DU main window.
Check the box labeled Erase destination.
Select the USB flash drive volume from the left side list and drag it to the Destination entry field.
Drag the InstallESD.dmg disc image file into the Source entry field.
Double-check you got it right, then click on the Restore button.
When the clone is completed you have a fully bootable Lion installer that you can use without having to re-download Lion.

SHA-1 value for InstallESD.dmg for 10.7.4

I have had many issues downloading Lion from the App Store. I finally got a completed download but I want to verify that the InstallESD.dmg file inside is not corrupted in any way. What is the SHA-1 checksum for the InstalESD.dmg for the 10.7.4 image? I have tried searching online but all I get are torrent sites.

AFAIK, that's not been published. However, mount the dmg file, if it does that, then it's fine. Alternatively, use Disk Utility to do the checksum: Images->Checksum->choose your poison.

When I attempt to re-download Lion to my MacBook Air I get the following error: localhost Install Mac OS Lion[436]: Retrying pisa://1183a0570:::/InstallESD.dmg after 1 failure(s). I am trying to re-install the OS after erasing having erased the drive.

When I attempt to re-download Lion to my MacBook Air I get the following error: localhost Install Mac OS Lion[436]: Retrying pisa://1183a0570:::/InstallESD.dmg after 1 failure(s). I am trying to re-install the OS after erasing having erased the drive. Any ideas?

I had the exact same issue; Lion recovery from Command + R would hang with the logs showing the same message. To resolve, I used Disk Utility to remove the recovery partition. My Air then used Internet Recovery to load all the tools. When using Reinstall via Internet it worked just fine.

Can I copy installESD.dmg to DVD or Flash and install on a different Mac?

I have downloaded Lion to my Macbook Pro. We live in a rural area and are on a "low speed" high speed internet connection, so it took me ~24 hours to download. I have not yet begun the installation process, and have copied the installesd.dmg from the install folder to my desktop. We have 3 macs in our house, and I don't want to have to try to download again, as the process is so slow. Can I just copy the installesd.dmg to a DVD or flash drive to install it on the other 2 macs?
If this is possible, do I have to do anything special? Can I install from the flash or DVD or do I need to copy onto the target mac first? Although both other macs are backed up using time machine, I'm a little nervous about just launching an installation without really knowing what I'm doing.

toyvin wrote:
Can I just copy the installesd.dmg to a DVD or flash drive to install it on the other 2 macs?
If this is possible, do I have to do anything special? Can I install from the flash or DVD or do I need to copy onto the target mac first? Although both other macs are backed up using time machine, I'm a little nervous about just launching an installation without really knowing what I'm doing.
No, you can't just copy the InstallESD.dmg file to a DVD or USB thumb drive IF you want to boot from those media and install Lion. You can follow the instructions here to burn a bootable DVD or restore a bootable USB thumb drive. You have already completed some of the steps. Just follow the steps to create a bootable DVD or USB thumb drive. The bootable media allows you to use Disk Utilities or the other Mac OS X Utilities if you need to prepare the volume you're installing on.

Deployment Guide - Branchcache 2012 with Windows 7 clients

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Hi,
Thanks for your post.
Windows Server 2012 is compatible with Windows 7.
But BranchCache in Windows Server 2012 and Windows 8 provides substantial performance, manageability, scalability, and availability improvements. And there are some group policy only applied to client computers that are running Windows 8 not Windows 7.
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Error message trying to burn InstallESD.dmg

I was trying to burn a backup copy of the Installesd.dmg to a dvd. Using disk utility to burn the file to the dvd, I received a message after the burning process and the ejection of the dvd:
"Unable to burn "InstallESD.dmg *(The disc didn't respong properly and can't recover or retry)
Is this a problem with my dvd burner? or another problem?
Thanks
Brett

Don't have a clue, but try this: mount the dmg file and then use Disk Utility to restore it to DVD. Better, restore it to a 10 GB empty partition. Using that results in significantly faster installs than using anything DVD or USB.

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