Installing El Capiton on an old Mac Book Pro today, I received the error:
OS X could not be installed on your computer
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. Oh dear When trying to install OS X 10.11 (El Capitan) you may encounter this message. No packages were eligible for install. Contact the software manufacturer for assistance. Funny thing is while performing an install of an older OS X version a. Apr 18, 2016 “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.
No Packages Were Eligible For Install Os X El Capitan App Download
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.
No Packages Were Eligible For Install Os X 10 11 4 Or Later
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.
No Packages Were Eligible For Install Os X Catalina
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.
No Packages Were Eligible For Install Os X Operating System
Easy fix, for a ridiculous error!