I have downloaded the El Capitan dmg file (InstallMacOSX.dmg) provided by Apple. The expanded dmg image contains the package 'InstallMacOSX.pkg' which should be run to create the El Capitan installer but fails with the following message 'This version of OS X 10.11 cannot be installed on this computer.' presumably because quite reasonably it would not make sense to install on top of a later version of the OS. However in this case I want to create a boot USB drive for an installation on another Mac.
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I am stuck in a chicken and egg situation where I need another machine running El Capitan or earlier to create and El Capitan boot installer.
If you ever get this error while attempting to install OS X, you will likely need to set the date using terminal.Are you reinstalling Apple Mac OS X in your old laptop but getting error 'OS X could not be installed on your computer' and message appear 'No packages were. I am trying to install the Public Beta version of El Capitan and after about 10-15 mins of trying to install, a message pops up that says 'no packages were eligible for install' and the installation fails. Here's what I've tried so far: Rebooting with CMD + R: I do not have a Time Machine backup.
- Feb 15, 2016 No packages were eligible for install: Target Drive for Install - SATA Drive Thread starter. Just tried installing El Capitan for the first time today.
- However, if the model Mac is too new to allow the installation for El Capitan, then message given below will occur when trying to create the Install OS X El Capitan application. This version of OS X 10.11 cannot be installed on this computer.
- Here in Belgium schools are locked down due to #coronavirus. With the school of my two oldest kids now switching to remote teaching, I took the time to set up my old MacBook Pro (model late 2008) for my two oldest kids to use. That didn’t go without any hiccups though: the OS X installer Continue reading 'Installing old OS X versions: fixing “OS X could not be installed on your.
The simplest way to set it (if you have no OS installed on the machine) is to boot the install media, open the terminal and check the date (type date). The following information was found on someones site (sorry I forget which), but I have included it here to make it easier to correct this issue.
Use the following command in terminal to set the machine to a time and date of your choosing:
date {month}{day}{hour}{minute}{year}
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For example, to set it to 8pm on the 2nd October 2018
date 100220002018
The command below will output the current date in a format suitable for use on another machine:
date '+%m%d%H%M%Y.%S'
Further, the following (mouthful of a command) will let you specify a date and time in a more readable format and set it in one go:
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