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It requires VMware Fusion.\n\n## Usage\n\nRun `prepare_iso` to create a new installer VMDK. This relies a tool that's bundled with VMware Fusion:\n\n```\n./prepare_iso /path/to/a/10.15.3/installer/app installer_10.15.3.vmdk\n```\n\nRun `create_bootstrap_pkg.sh` to generate a post-install package that we'll eventually pass to the macOS installer:\n\n```\n./create_bootstrap_pkg.sh\n```\n\n\nNow we can run packer to build it, passing our installer VMDK as a variable:\n```\npacker build -var iso_url=installer_10.15.3.vmdk packer.json\n```\n\n## Additional options\n\nSee the `variables` section of `packer.json` for more configuration options. 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