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.
- Mar 22, 2020 Question: Q: El Capitan - no packages were eligible for install Hi, I've just had to wipe my mac book pro and I'm now trying to reinstall OS X El Capitan but every time I try I get a message saying OS X could not be installed on your computer, no packages were available for install.
- No packages were eligible for install SOLVED!!! A friend gave me his 2008 iMac for a clean install of the latest OS X that his iMac could have (El Capitan). I got into my app store from my MacBook pro mid 2010 and i downloaded El Capitan.app into my app folder.
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}
Mac Os X No Packages Were Eligible For Install Disk
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:
date -f '%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S' '2016-07-09 15:20:10' I have an older, MacBook Pro (15-inch, Mid 2009) that I intend to give as a gift.
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.
Eventually, however, the installation failed with a different message:
Mac Os X No Packages Were Eligible For Install
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.
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.
I 'found' a Install OS X El Capitan.app package and was able to create the bootable media.