- When that message appears, go under disk utilities, click 'terminal,' and once that pops up, type 'date' and hit enter. The date will probably appear as incorrect (mine was set at the year 2000). Type date again and then type in the correct date in the format MMDDHHYYYY (month, day, hour, year) and hit enter. Then try installing again.
- After Installation, open the terminal in the menu bar and launch the PostInst.sh script to patch the partition where you installed OS X. Code: sudo./PostInst.sh. D: If Reboot Fails. If the Mac does not reboot to the El Capitan desktop, boot to the installation drive again and perform the following.
Installing El Capiton on an old Mac Book Pro today, I received the error:
Oct 01, 2015 Go to the Applications folder. Open the program called “Install OS X El Capitan”. Follow the on-screen instructions. If this program is missing or will not run, then move it to the trash and empty the trash, followed by re-downloading it from the App Store. An alternative approach is to create a dedicated installation drive from the El.
OS X could not be installed on your computer Mac os 10.11 6 dmg.
No packages were eligible for install. Contact the software manufacturer for assistance.
Quit the installer to restart your computer and try again. How to play xbox on macbook pro.
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.
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: Macos sierra patcher tool.
- 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
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!