Here is the core advantage: Instead of wiping a disk and reinstalling macOS from the internet (which can take hours), a Mac with RestoreTools installed can revert to a known-good APFS snapshot in minutes—even without network access to Apple’s servers.
: Allows you to map specific .img4 or .ipsw components (like the KernelCache, DeviceTree, or Ramdisk) into a unified package. restoretools pkg new
This generates a file named myapp-2.0.1.rtpkg in /backup/packages . Here is the core advantage: Instead of wiping
Next: cd packages/backup-s3 ./src/main.sh # test your entrypoint restoretools pkg build backup-s3 restoretools pkg new