'OS X could not be installed on your computer' I'm trying to install El Capitan onto a 2008 iMac. I'm installing it onto an SSD that has been installed in place of the internal optical drive using an iFixit enclosure. MacOS could not be installed on your computer - HERE IS FINAL SOLUTIONThe path /System/Installation/Packages/OSInstall.mpkg appears to be missing or damaged. 'OS X Could not be installed on your computer. But I was confident that 11 would make running El Capitan as guest OS a piece of cake.
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Was trying to instal el capitan on my macbook, the installation starts and after a few minutes stops and a messaging saying the os x could'nt be install on the computer, please contact the software editor to get help. I called apple and they said they can't give me any tech support, i guess cause my computer is too 'old'. ' OS X could not be installed on your computer' 'No packages were eligible for install' Can someone tell me what's going wrong? Is my bootable USB capable of installing El Captain only on a USB drive and not on a SATA drive?
Installing El Capiton on an old Mac Book Pro today, I received the error:
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.
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:
- 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!