Installing El Capiton on an old Mac Book Pro today, I received the error:
Install Mac OS X El Capitan 10.11 on Vmware. There are several kinds or versions of Mac OS X, as we have talked about installing about Mac OS X Yosemite, Mac OS X Mavericks. Install macOS High Sierra 10.13 on VMware Step by Step; Before starting the installation, you need to download Mac OS El Capitan iso image and unlocker 208 from the. The installation of El Capitan is a dual-stage process. You first have to create a Yosemite VM and then update to El Capitan. The script below apparently doesn't work with El Capitan. A 'bootable' El Capitan iso boots to an EFI command line only. The intermediate step of creating a Yosemite.iso seems to be inevitable. I am using VMware Fusion 7.1.2. USB connectivity has been very unreliable since upgrading to El Capitan 10.11. Basically USB devices will not connect to Mac or VMware when plugged in unless I follow a very specific set of steps to workaround the issue. Has anyone experienced this?
The installation process of mac os el Capitan includes two methods. The first method is termed as an upgrade install, also known as the default method. The second method is known as a clean install. Mac OS X El Capitan 10.11 DMG Install and Download. Upgrade install-Follow to.
OS X could not be installed on your computer
No packages were eligible for install. Contact the software manufacturer for assistance.
Quit the installer to restart your computer and try again.
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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!