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Q: OSX Mavericks - "An Error occurred while preparing the installation.  Try running this application again."

OSX Mavericks - "An Error occurred while preparing the installation.  Try running this application again."

 

I checked and I do have the full Install OS X Mavericks.app - 5.31 GB on my HD under the Applications folder.  Running a late 2011 iMAC with 12GB RAM,quad core, etc.  I've downloaded the program several times, delete the old file and redownloaded and then attempted to install, but keep getting stuck at this point.  Has anyone defeated this error yet?

 

Thanks!

iMac, Mac OS X (10.7.1)

Posted on Oct 22, 2013 7:37 PM

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  • by mooregr,

    mooregr mooregr May 31, 2016 11:25 AM in response to r_scheid
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    May 31, 2016 11:25 AM in response to r_scheid

    I had the same problem, I used the date command to check the date and it was correct! I tried installing again, same problem. On a whim I changed the date to a date in 2014 and of course it did not work. So I changed the date back to the real date and it worked right away.

    I hope this helps someone with the same problem!

    Thanks

    Guy

  • by Truda_0,

    Truda_0 Truda_0 Sep 11, 2016 8:41 PM in response to ojrmusem
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    Sep 11, 2016 8:41 PM in response to ojrmusem

    Same problem here. The date and time fix didn't work for me.

    I have an old macbook mid2011 that I need to run and I can't do a clean install because of this error. I am trying with a bootable drive with mavericks , that I have always used with other macs, and nothing. I even tried to change the HDD, formatted it, and I didn't work either.

     

    Don't really know what to do here anymore. Help please.

     

    thnks

  • by Eric Root,

    Eric Root Eric Root Sep 12, 2016 7:40 AM in response to Truda_0
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    Sep 12, 2016 7:40 AM in response to Truda_0

    You might want to consider starting a new discussion. Since this one is a couple of years old, less people are likely to look at it. A new post would be much more visible. You can link to this one.

     

    Have you tried booting into the Recovery Partition and reinstalling the OS?

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