I’m getting error during Reinstall OS X Installation on MacBook Air 2010

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Johnhouseman wrote:

Same issue. Updating the date in the Terminal didn’t work. Still getting the 403 error.

imac early 2008

Create and use a bootable installer.

If you’re booting recovery, which does not work particularly well on old versions, ONLY boot the latest version of macOS available for the Mac. Option-Command-R. And the old Macs don’t necessarily support that.

403 is likely an error at the Apple servers. Older versions are harder to get.

The problem is that an older date has to be entered (via Terminal; e.g. 0101010115; see respective instructions) upon booting from the bootable USB stick while the internet connection is trimmed and remains to be trimmed until installation is completed.

I am get the same error message too; I have no interest in trying to solve this problem anymore. I just wanted to wipe it clean and maybe give it to someone who could use it... Any suggestions as to what I do with this machine now that I can't easily reinstall the OS?

Thanks. Any additional guidance other than holding down the "N" key at start up? Tried this above and same outcome while on Ethernet connection. This is for a 2008 iMac. Should it be "Command+N" key?

Turned off WiFi and still getting same error. I tried every Apple ID my daughter gave me, and even my own and still no luck. We bought it for her when she went to college. She no longer uses it and gave it to us to use.

I'm heartbroken we may have turned this into an anchor.

I’m also having this problem on my 2007 iMac error 403 it got reset before I purchased it and can’t reinstall the restore disk at all then says error connecting to store also any suggestions would be appreciated

model: 2011 macbook air

upgraded to High Sierra, bootcamp installed. everything has been working well for years.

problem: one day battery drained and all the problems started.

wouldn't recharge, lag from kernal_task, wiped the osx drive for reinstall ended up reverting back to lion, no battery icon anymore, cant connect to appstore apple servers, cant upgrade to el capitan to try to upgrade back to HS, still no battery icon.

tried solution: smc/pram reset, cmd+r recovery doesn't work for el capitan, only lion can recover and reinstall(back to no apple servers, no battery icon) bootable usb el cap no luck option + installer, took out battery plug in back reset smc no luck however charge color stayed orange for a little still no battery icon after replug and reset, cant put hs on usb even from other mac (sonoma) tried the change date terminal, couldnt find the command in installer log to change to connect appler servers.

imo this is def software issue. just trying to get back to hs to see if charging will work again.

can get back to lion np but atill no battery still cant connect apple servers.

help need a fix.

Ozcanuck wrote:

Gave up and installed Linux Mint on my 2011 Macbook Pro. Took 15 minutes and it works great. Tried many times to install 10.8 without success.

I usually run FreeBSD on older Macs, but Linux is certainly an option.

Running newly-installed old versions of OS X is less than easy, and particularly if a newer OS X or macOS version is also supported on the older Mac. In this case, macOS 10.13 would be the preferred install, not OS X 10.8. Probably via a bootable installer, as Internet Recovery as far back as this Mac can be dicy.

The following YouTube instruction worked fine for me: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0HBA9Nov17Q

Be sure to follow the instruction.

And rename the app in the app-folder to "Install OS X El Capitan" if it has a different name.

I did it but did not work.

I still have the error after put my iCloud email and passsword

This doesn't work, just gives exactly the same error

Same issue. Updating the date in the Terminal didn’t work. Still getting the 403 error.

imac early 2008

The date doesn’t work. And my desktop has the correct date. How do I get around this 403 error without that intel regarding changing the date?

This actually worked for me - thank you!