Installing El Capiton on an old Mac Book Pro today, I received the error:
Can't Install El Capitan
OS X could not be installed on your computer
No packages were eligible for install. Contact the software manufacturer for assistance.
See the latest version of this video here:2 of my tutorial on how to overcome El Capitan's hidden expiry d. OS X No Packages were eligible for install repaired. “No packages were eligible for install” is a message that appears when attempting to install OS X El Capitan on older macs. MacBooks are a very popular purchase in Melbourne and around Australia so it is important to understand the reasoning behind why this message appears.
Quit the installer to restart your computer and try again.
Jun 19, 2020 As explained here, OS X 10.11 'El Capitan' fails to install because it is too old (the technical reason being that the signing certificate is no longer valid). But you can trick the OS X installer into thinking that it is 2017 and it will happily run without any errors. You can only install software that has been approved by Apple on the new Mac OS X El Capitan. The premium El Capitan will have to pay an amount that is.
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:
El Capitan Os X Download
- 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!