Problem getting a copy of the right OS installer for Monterey

[Hardcore-fs]

the new monterey installed does not produce an installer image "install os.app"
instead it produces "installassistant.pkg" and so cannot be selected.

[ITzTravelInTime]

This needs to be tested, can you please make a detailed description of all the things you did?

EDIT: I just downloaded the Monterey installer from the app store and it's a .app installer and one it works with TINU, so i don't know what you did to end up with a .pkg installer.

Edit 2: Try to execute the .pkg package first, it might actually install the .app installer in your applications folder.

[Hardcore-fs]

ok...
first i tried with mac pro 2010, but it said the machine would not take the update & blocked download
so i switched to a mac pro 2015 10.15.7 and went into the store
search-> montery (utils)->get->finding updates...blocked..... needs mojave
go to crapple site
says i can click the link if not on mojave.. hangs sw update

eventually i got a dl, but on checking the extension it was a .pkg
it seems it depends on your region,

I tried multiple times on multiple machines with 10.15 and it definitely gives a .pkg installer
In the end i gave up trying to use the 'normal' apple route.

instead used the python script to build the packages and down load via the terminal.

This gave me:
Install_macOS_12.3-21E230.dmg

and inside was
Install macOS Monterey.app

maybe they are "testing" something out in Asia first....... it won't be the first time.

[ITzTravelInTime]

So i changed the title to make more clear what's the problem, for people browsing the repo, the old title can make people think that the app doesn't work on Monterey which is absolutely not the case.

[ITzTravelInTime]

it seems that macos 13 is being released like that, so i will have to use alternative methods to get a complete and compatible installer out of apple's servers. Probably i will have to let tinu do the download, extract and put together the installer, since its would be complex for the target users of this app to do it.