2 methods for telling the build number of InstallAssistant.pkg BEFORE installing it.
So for example suppose you have a link to a InstallAssistant.pkg file purporting to be Ventura 13.2.1 and you want to make sure it is that before you install it.
Suppose you are told the link is
http://swcdn.apple.com/content/down...imb7cjiy47cytps0gm7m0z5l/InstallAssistant.pkg
So how to tell exactly what that is?
Method 1 - Product ID - from the link itself
The forum shortened the link which makes this hard. If you hover over it you can see the full link in the status bar.
I will use an unshortened version without the http part so that you can see it more clearly.
You can see the number 032-48342 in the link swcdn.apple.com/content/downloads/26/15/
032-48342-A_OG2YEE7OSX/8sd3qpy79cimb7cjiy47cytps0gm7m0z5l/InstallAssistant.pkg
That number is the Product ID
You can look at mds and it lists that product ID as being associated with Ventura 13.2.1 build 22D68:
This method can also be used for betas in the same way.
Method 2 - use data in the pkm file.
Replace the last letter g with m in the link and download the pkm file
http://swcdn.apple.com/content/down...imb7cjiy47cytps0gm7m0z5l/InstallAssistant.pkm
Open this InstallAssistant.pkm file with textedit and .you will see
....... version="22.3.68" ......
The middle number could be 0, 1, 2, 3, 4 etc. standing for A, B, C, D, E, etc.
So in this case 3 is D and the build number is 22D68 which again you can see from mds is Ventura 13.2.1.
Method 2 slightly harder to do for betas, but still works:
The same can be applied to beta versions but you may have an extra number at the end standing for a lower case letter.
This number at the end is slightly different as it now goes like this: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 etc. standing for a, b, c, d, e etc.
If you download the pkm file for the Ventura 13.3 beta it will say
....... version="22.4.5219.5"............
so the second number 4 is E and the last number 5 is e and the build is 22E5219e which again from mds you can see is Ventura 13.3 beta
