/Bombardier

A Mac utility that downloads and extracts Boot Camp drivers with a single click.

Primary LanguageSwiftMIT LicenseMIT

Bombardier

A Mac utility that downloads and extracts Boot Camp drivers with a single click:

Bombardier

Bombardier is my homage to brigadier, a command-line utility that has saved me countless hours troubleshooting Boot Camp driver packages.

Features

  • One click download of Boot Camp drivers
    • The Boot Camp driver disk image (DMG) is automatically extracted from the downloaded Package (PKG)
    • You can sort / filter / search any way to help narrow down the Mac Models / Boot Camp Packages you are looking for
    • Boot Camp drivers are downloaded to a folder of your choosing (default: ~/Downloads/Bombardier)
  • Launching Bombardier will automatically update:

    • The list of Mac Models

    • The Apple Software Update Catalog (SUCatalog), used to determine Boot Camp drivers

      Note: The catalog can be overridden / reset via Preferences:

      Preferences

Build Requirements

  • Swift 5.3.
  • Xcode 12.0.
  • Runs on macOS Big Sur 11.0.

Download

Grab the latest version of Bombardier from the releases page.

Note: Version 3.0 requires macOS Big Sur or later.

If you need to run Bombardier on an older operating system, you can still use version 2.x.

Credits / Thank You

  • Project created and maintained by Nindi Gill (ninxsoft).
  • Tim Sutton (timsutton) for his amazing work on brigadier.
  • Adrien Le Mière (@Moutok) for the awesome app name.

Version History

  • 3.0
    • Complete app rewrite - visual design overhaul and modern SwiftUI App Life-Cycle
    • Boot Camp Packages now display versions
    • Added filter and sort options in addition to search
    • The Software Update Catalog can now be reset to the Apple default
    • You can now specify a downloads directory (default: ~/Downloads/Bombardier)
    • Menubar items have been cleaned up
    • Shiny new app icon!
  • 2.0.1
    • Fixed a bug where a package would attempt to download when a Mac row was double clicked
  • 2.0
    • Specify a custom Software Update Catalog URL via the Preferences!
    • Results can be filtered either via Mac Models or Boot Camp Packages
    • Search will now also detect dates and file sizes
    • General UI improvements
    • General code cleanup
    • Shiny new app icon!
  • 1.0
    • Initial release

License

Copyright © 2020 Nindi Gill

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of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
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to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
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