• Download file - Install OS X El Capitan 10.11.6.iso.
  • El Capitan Not Eligible For Install Data; El Capitan Install Loop; Oct 24, 2019 I was able to install El Captain on another USB Drive (64GB) connected GIGABYTE PC. This went absolutely fine and I now have a fully indepentent USB Drive which i can simple connect to the PC and the El Captain OS boots up.

Installing El Capiton on an old Mac Book Pro today, I received the error:

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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.

Ios El Capitan Will Not Install

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.

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OS X El Capitan won't install on these two MacBook Pros (8,1). Let's find out!Support the show and get in the credits http://Patreon.com/KrazyKenWant.

If you’re running Mountain Lion 10.8, you will need to upgrade to El Capitan 10.11 first. How to download and install MacOS Big Sur? If you’re running any release from macOS 10.13 to 10.9, you can upgrade to macOS Big Sur from the App Store, just search ‘macOS Big Sur’ in App Store to download and install. If you're interested in running Mac OS X, but you don't want to pay ridiculous prices for a normal Mac, then a Hackintosh just might be fo.

Os x el capitan will not install

You can easily reset the time and date by following the steps below:

Ios El Capitan Will Not Install

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  • 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.

Easy fix, for a ridiculous error!