IMac 2012 upgrade to ssd
I have an older iMac (late 2012) that had a hard disk failure but all other components were fine when diagnosed. Since this machine is generally used for web browsing by the entire family, I decided to try and replace the old drive with a new solid state drive myself (bought the replacement kit from OWC), considering the cost of a new replacement, I thought it was worth a try for 150 bucks. I successfully got the iMac operating and installed mountain lion OS X. I wanted to get a more recent OS so we could still use keychain ...and for other obvious reasons. I get to the installation screen for OS X El Capitan but it won’t install. Keep getting error message:
”OS X could not be installed on your computer
No packages were eligible for install. Contact the software manufacturer for assistance....”.
I am by no means an expert at this but I’ve kind of come to a standstill on how to install this OS X.
iMac 21.5″, OS X 10.11