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limhk
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Q: Problem reinstalling OS X Lion

Ok, so my MacBook Air becomes unresponsive when logging in, and I decided to reinstall OS X Lion. When running the installer from OS X Recovery, it gave the error message "An error occurred while preparing the installation. Try running this application again."

 

Checking in the log revealed the following error:

 

Can not connect to /var/run/systemkeychaincheck.socket: No such file or directory

Error!! Error Domain=NSURLErrorDomain Code=-1202 "UNTRUSTED_CERT_TITLE" UserInfo=0x1086bec80 {NSLocalizedDescription=UNTRUSTED_CERT_TITLE, NSLocalizedFailureReason=UNTRUSTED

 

The rest of the line is cutted off. Does anyone know what went wrong and how to fix it?

 

Thanks,

lhk

MacBook Air (13-INCH, MID 2011), Mac OS X (10.7.2)

Posted on Aug 8, 2012 4:36 AM

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Q: Problem reinstalling OS X Lion

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  • by Shootist007,

    Shootist007 Shootist007 Aug 8, 2012 4:54 AM in response to limhk
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    Aug 8, 2012 4:54 AM in response to limhk

    Are you running this from a USB stick containing the Lion install and Recovery files or from the Recovery HD partition on the internal drive?

     

    Also the Recovery HD system included on the internal drive is called Lion Recovery and if you upgraded to Mt Lion then it is called OS X Recovery. So if you are looking at a screen that says OS X Recovery did you at one time install Mt Lion on that system?

     

    If you did the only way to ge back to Lion is to Wipe the drive and reinstall Lion clean. It can't be installed over the top of Mt Lion.

  • by limhk,

    limhk limhk Aug 8, 2012 5:42 AM in response to Shootist007
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    Aug 8, 2012 5:42 AM in response to Shootist007

    I've already wiped the drive and I'm running the Internet Recovery.

  • by snevas,Helpful

    snevas snevas Jan 20, 2014 1:36 PM in response to limhk
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    Jan 20, 2014 1:36 PM in response to limhk

    Wow guys, after a hour of trying I finally figured out what the problem was!

     

    The certificate couldn't be verified because a wrong system time (mine was reset to 31/12/2000). You can check by executing `date`  from the terminal (is located under the utilities).

     

    To fix the date execute: `date MMDDHHMMYY` (M=Month, D=Day, H=Hour in 24-hour notation, M=Minute and Y=last 2 digits of year).

    After this you can install Mac OS X (in my case Mavericks).

     

    It surpises me that there arn't alot of poeple who encounter this issue. I encountered it during web install and a USB installation I created from the InstallESD.dmg/BaseSystem.dmg .

  • by Nat64,

    Nat64 Nat64 Aug 26, 2015 4:05 PM in response to snevas
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    Aug 26, 2015 4:05 PM in response to snevas

    Could you explain how to do this in greater detail? Struggling with it!!

  • by raboley,

    raboley raboley Oct 10, 2016 9:26 PM in response to snevas
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    Oct 10, 2016 9:26 PM in response to snevas

    I am ****** this was the problem, but just happy to have a solution.  Thanks OP!