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Remove macOS Installer?

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MBX

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Hi there

The last supplemental MBP 2018 update for macOS left over the installer files somewhere and now I have an additional disk at start up of my MacBook Pro next to my Mac & Bootcamp called "macOS Installer". It's annoying because sometimes it boots into the installer partition when I have my TimeMachine disk hooked up.

I'm surprised that Apple didn't remove it automatically after the update. Where can I find and remove it to get rid of the "macOS Installer" disk?
 
I noticed the folder on my HD called "macOS Install Data" but it's protected and can't delete it.

So annoying.
 
I don't have it, I think the supplemental update didn't clean itself up in your case.

Does it show up in Disk Utility?
 
No it doesn't show up in disk utility. Except one small size of 2.5GB that says "VM" which could be exactly that.

However it's not directly a disk to select in the partitions thus can't delete it there.

I guess I will have to wait for 2 more weeks until Mojave is out and hopefully that will overwrite it and delete afterwards.
 
It boots into kind of a "CMD-R" type of thing and then says installer couldn't install or something as it already has installed successfully.

It just seems a bug or something that it didn't remove the residue files.
[doublepost=1535717558][/doublepost]I also came across this which seems exactly this issue or similar: https://www.tonymacx86.com/threads/...from-partition-from-clover-bootloader.185201/

But his suggestions don't work in High Sierra as the "IABootFiles" is nowhere to be found even when showing all files in finder.
 
MBX said:
It boots into kind of a "CMD-R" type of thing and then says installer couldn't install or something as it already has installed successfully.

It just seems a bug or something that it didn't remove the residue files.
[doublepost=1535717558][/doublepost]I also came across this which seems exactly this issue or similar: https://www.tonymacx86.com/threads/...from-partition-from-clover-bootloader.185201/

But his suggestions don't work in High Sierra as the "IABootFiles" is nowhere to be found even when showing all files in finder.
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I'd try downloading the manual installer for the supplemental update and running it again. The post install process should take care of it.
 
chrfr said:
I'd try downloading the manual installer for the supplemental update and running it again. The post install process should take care of it.
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Thanks, going to try that now. Hope it resolves it.
 
Yay doing the re-install again worked. Case resolved. Thanks
 
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Riwam said:
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Yeah but there's no drop down menu next to title. Like I said the function seems gone for me on this thread.
 
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