- I'm unable to complete the installation of El Capitan. I only have the HD & RAM memory installed (no battery). Other Mac OS-X Versions are installing OK (even Windows). But, when I try to upgrade to El Capitan it never finishes the update. Also, it will not install via USB thumb drive. I have tried everything!
- Most of the Mac models can install and run OS X El Capitan, but in some devices, you can't use full features of this OS due to hardware limitations. For instance, you can't use AirDrop on your Mac if you don't have a WiFi network compatible with PAN.
Follow the onscreen instructions, which will guide you through the steps necessary to install. Begin installation. After installation of the installer is complete, open the Applications folder on your Mac, then double-click the file named Install OS X El Capitan. Also, you won't find any file named El Capitan.exe -that doesn't exist. The name of the installer is 'Install OS X El Capitan'. It's an application, with the extension.app I suggest that you download the El Capitan installer again. Use the steps on this page Notice that you should get a file named 'InstallMacOSX.dmg'. I booted into internet recovery and attempted to re-install OS X El Capitan, however going through the prompts I reach a dead end where it asks me to 'Select the disk where you want to install OS X'. There are no disks listed. Disk Utility in internet recovery also does not list any disks.
El Capitan Won't Install
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.
Reinstall Os X El Capitan
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
Once the Date and time are configured you will be able to install OS X.
El Capitan Os X Download
Easy fix, for a ridiculous error!