license agreement MacOS Catalina

HFT612 wrote:

Drive went on my Mac Book Pro 2015. replaced drive and and installing the OS. it will not let me accept the license agreement. Looking for a work around.

Is this the OEM PCIe/NVMe SSD that shipped with your Mac when new, or you replaced it at some point with a third party?

Apple macOS may not recognize 3rd party drive as valid...

replacing the original drive, upgrading that for the firmware update, then swapping back in the 3rd party drive maybe a work around.

OWC/Macsales makes a NOTE:

Aura N2 is designed for APFS file system available on macOS 10.13

High Sierra or higher. Upgrade to macOS 10.13 or higher before Aura N2 SSD install.

ref: https://eshop.macsales.com/shop/ssd/owc/macbook-pro-retina-display/2013-2014-2015

HFT612 wrote:

This was a third party replacement drive. I was able to format it and install MacOS Catalina. I rebooted and it was walking me through the start up process i.e. country, Wifi, apple ID and password. I get to the license agreement and the agree button is greyed out. It will not allow me to accept the agreement and I am stuck there. Looked for missed check boxes and did not see any. Not sure how to move past this.

right— i believe this is part of the issue.

was there a macOS on it before your Catalina?

if upgrade firmware did not get installed prior, reinstall the OEM drive and upgrade that macOS. Then reinstall the new drive and run the macOS install on that drive the upgraded firmware will be in place to accept the macOS on your machine.

Apple has only distributed firmware updates as part of macOS updates for many years now.

HFT612 wrote:

Issue resolved.. When going through the set up pages skip signing into apple with your apple ID and hit next and the button is usable for the license. Sign in from system preference

Good report— I remember now that you mention it.

The Firmware issue came about with Monterey and 2017 MBP...

onward and upward