El Capitan No Packages Were Eligible For Install

  1. El Capitan No Packages Were Eligible For Installment
  2. El Capitan No Packages Were Eligible For Install Os X
  3. El Capitan No Packages Were Eligible For Install Big Sur

Os x could not be installed on you computer. No packages were eligible for install. What i did so far:-I rebuilt another usb drive from a new El Capitan freshly downloaded from the App store.-I formatted the hard drive, again.-I re tried to install but still the same.-I then held command+r and tried to install from there but I get the same issue. 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.

Mac High Sierra No Packages Were Eligible For Install Sierra, High Sierra & Mojave are available via direct links - see below. Testing the El Capitan installer which has a published URL it will appear in the App Store, but if requested to download no longer says 'not valid for this Mac' it now says 'The requested version of macOS is not available'.

I have an older, MacBook Pro (15-inch, Mid 2009) that I intend to give as a gift.

El Capitan No Packages Were Eligible For Install

For security reasons, I decided that I was a good to format the drive and reinstall OS X El Capitan.

My first effort was thwarted by an error:

This item is temporarily unavailable.Try again later.

After reading Wiped drive, now can’t reinstall El Capitan from Recovery because the “item is temporarily unavailable”, I supplied a different set of icloud credentials, and the process continued.

El Capitan No Packages Were Eligible For Installment

Eventually, however, the installation failed with a different message:

No packages were eligible for install. Contact the software manufacturer for assistance. Quit the installed to restart your computer and try again.

I tried using 'Internet Recovery' (Option+Command+R) and a bootable USB drive that contained El Capitan, both of which ultimately failed with the same message.

Is there a way to get this to work?

To create a bootable USB drive, I needed the Install OS X El Capitan.app package.

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El Capitan No Packages Were Eligible For Install Os X

Using my MBP 16', I used the Download OS X El Capitan link on Apple's support site to get the installer.

Unfortunately, running the InstallMacOSX.pkg package in the DMG failed:

This version of OS X 10.11 cannot be installed on this computer.

El Capitan No Packages Were Eligible For Install Big Sur

I 'found' a Install OS X El Capitan.app package and was able to create the bootable media.