El Capitan Will Not Install

Posted : admin | On 05-10-2021

Installing El Capiton on an old Mac Book Pro today, I received the error:

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OS X could not be installed on your computer

No packages were eligible for install. Contact the software manufacturer for assistance.

Aug 15, 2016 Mac OS X El Capitan 10.11.6 Intel USB Install Download Latest For Mac. Its full bootable ISO image of Mac OS X El Capitan 10.11.6 Intel USB Install. Mac OS X El Capitan 10.11.6 Intel USB Install Overview. With much hyped Windows 10 has become ill-famed due to the privacy concerns all over the world and now people are now almost tilting towards. Download file - Install OS X El Capitan 10.11.6.iso. I'm unable to complete the installation of El Capitan. I only have the HD & RAM memory installed (no battery). Other Mac OS-X Versions are installing OK (even Windows). But, when I try to upgrade to El Capitan it never finishes the update. Also, it will not install via USB thumb drive. I have tried everything!

  • The second method is known as a clean install. Mac OS X El Capitan 10.11 DMG Install and Download. Upgrade install-Follow to below steps-Visit the Mac App Store. Locate the OS X El Capitan Page. Compared to versions of Mac OS X released after El Capitan, such.
  • Sep 30, 2015 EL Capitan is not as fast as Mac OS X versions released after EL Capitan like Sierra. Upgraded from EL Capitan, the Sierra Apple Optimization allows Macs to run smoothly from 2012 onwards and beyond. On the other hand, with EL Capitan from 2008 to 2010 Max could run fast.
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Quit the installer to restart your computer and try again.

I checked Apple’s support Matrix (it is a very old macbook pro) at https://support.apple.com/kb/SP728?locale=en_GB and it was listed as supported.

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After lots of Googling and investigation, I discovered that the date and time were not set to current, the macbook thought it was year 2000.

You can easily reset the time and date by following the steps below:

  • Click Utilities on the menu bar
  • Select Terminal
  • Type date
  • Confirm the date is wrong
  • Type date 062112422016 (example: June 21st 12:42 2016)
  • Exit terminal
  • Click Restart

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Once the Date and time are configured you will be able to install OS X.

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Easy fix, for a ridiculous error!