Troubleshoot Solution: OS X Reinstall “No Packages For Install”
Hi Everyone,
I had a really frustrating time trying to figure this one out! 3 long days with Apple Support until they finally said their was nothing more hey could do to help and referred me to an Authorized Apple Technician for further assistance. Well, I am using a MacBook late 2009 which runs El Capitan. When I would go to reinstall...at the end I get a message stating packages are not available. Contact software company. Finally, after searching google for the answer...whal-lah! Like an Angel the answer appeared and saved me money and time! Since it is so simple!
Here’s the Solution that worked for me:
I had to try multiple times but here I'm with my solution. I was trying to factory reset a MacBook Pro 13-inch Retina from Early 2015 with OS El Capitan.
The problem was that today is is a day in March 2020.
The solution was:
- Plug your computer to internet through an ethernet cable.
- Power up your Mac and press Cmd + R
- Setup starts, format your main HD and rename it Macintosh HD or whatever name you prefer
- After this operation exit the Disk Utility and open up a terminal, type date and look at the date of today: you will see the date of today, then type date 101615072016: and thanks to this command you have changed the date to 2016.
- Now start installing your OS. The internet connection will download some files. Then you will see this image, click "continue" so the computer will verify the certificate.
- Then you will now see this image. Open the terminal again, set again the date to date 101615072016 becasue the internet connection has changed that back to your current date and unplug the ethernet cable.
- Click continue and you are now good to go.
Keep in mind that for every OS you might need to set the right date: These examples below set the date to one day after the official release date of each version.
- OS X 10.11 (El Capitan): date 1001000015
- macOS 10.12 (Sierra): date 0921000016
- macOS 10.13 (High Sierra): date 0925000017
- macOS 10.14 (Mojave): date 0925000018
source: https://superuser.com/questions/1495770/upgrade-from-yosemite-to-el-capitan-no-packages-available-for-install-crea
MacBook, OS X 10.11
