There is no way to install macOS 12.x Monterey (released yesterday) without an internet connection. If you have an offline M1 mac and you hook up a USB with the full 13GB installer .app on it (created with the ./createinstallmedia tool from it), even when you specify --downloadassets, it cannot be used to upgrade an airgapped machine.
There's now no way for me to know precisely what OS is running on my computer. And I just gave these pigfuckers $6.6k for a new one. :(
@sneak And people will rant on Windows 11’s OOBE assistant, wanting exactly the same thing (esp. for Home edition) to create a MS user account…
@sneak Well, I’m waiting to read similar rantings from Macists: it could be funny.