El Capitan No Packages Were Eligible For Install

08-10-2020, 01:19 PM
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rsion 2 of my tutorial on how to overcome El Capitan's hidden expiry date while using Internet Recovery to install it on your Mac. If you have the error message on screen skip to You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view..
Fixes the 'install failed' and 'No packages were eligible for install' error while installing macOS El Capitan with Internet Recovery by setting the date back to the year 2014 with a quick Terminal command. PLEASE HAVE A BACKUP BEFORE FOLLOWING THIS PROCEDURE.

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El Capitan No Packages Were Eligible For Install

After restarting several times, OS X is still on screen telling me that 'no packages were eligible for install'. Oct 24, 2019 OS X El Capitan remains available for Mac computers that can't upgrade to macOS Catalina, Mojave, High Sierra, or Sierra, or that need to upgrade to El Capitan first. Mac Os X El Capitan 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. Audio Interface For Mac El Capitan.

El Capitan No Packages Were Eligible For Install Os X

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El Capitan No Packages Were Eligible For Installation

Sep 24, 2021 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. My end goal was to install macOS 10.13 High Sierra. I read online that one must upgrade to OS X 10.11 before upgrading to macOS 10.13 if one is starting from OS X 10.6. This upgrade route did not work for me no matter how many solutions I attempted.