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wimlib is a C library for creating, modifying, extracting, and mounting files in the Windows Imaging Format (WIM files).

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chris1111/Wimlib-Imagex-Package

Wimlib-Imagex-Package

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We use cross-platform Library wimlib to built it in macos.

Important do not mix this program with that of Homebrew! Use Wimlib-Imagex-Package alone.

The files in this repository are from the Official wimlib site Release-v-1.14.1

  • Wimlib-Imagex for macOS, working from macOS Mojave 10.14 to macOS Ventura 13
  • Working for Hackintosh and real Mac
  • This program will built then install wimlib in /usr/local/

Prerequisite: Command Line Tools (CLT) for Xcode (from xcode-select --install or Developer Apple Command Line Tools

  • If you have Xcode installed that's also good
  • A 64-bit Intel CPU

This program will allow you to create a Windows 10, 11 Bootable USB key in macOS

Prerequisite for installing Windows

  • USB key of 8 Gig and more
  • Windows ISO image X64 download from ➤ Microsoft
  • Using ➤ [ Create-Windows-USB.tool ] inside the program
  • Important Note: ⚠️ ➦ Make sure that Windows.iso is on your main disk and not on another disk otherwise you will get an error (47) failed to open file.

See ➤ What is wimlib Usage ➤ Usage: wimlib-imagex

  • Installation
mkdir -p WimlibDev
cd WimlibDev
git clone https://github.com/chris1111/Wimlib-Imagex-Package.git
./Wimlib-Imagex-Package/Build-Package.tool

See Video Demonstartion ➤ Modular Image Creation

Credit:

  • Special thanks to ➤ Wimlib for Wimlib
  • Special thanks to ➤ Homebrew for the build: libxml2, openssl@3 Library
  • Special thanks to ➤ Tester djams
  • Apple for the Command Line Tools (CLT)

SIP Security and Gatekeeper must be disable

  • WINUSB is bootable only in UEFI ( 🚫 Not working in Legacy booting )

Uninstallation of wimlib use ➤ [ Uninstall-Package.tool ]

Other useful tools create from Wimlib-Imagex-Package ⇩

Create-WimlibDev and Create-Windows-USB