I get this error when trying to upgrade from ios 10.8.5 to Mavrick "an error occurred while preparing the installation. try running this application again." Whats wrong??

an error occurred while preparing the installation. try running this application again.


Whats wrong. I have tried to redownload and install again but still the same error


Any Solution??

MacBook Pro with Retina display, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.5)

Posted on Jan 10, 2014 10:12 AM

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Sep 28, 2014 9:50 PM in response to Heermaan2002

http://www.techgeekandmore.com/2014/09/26/fix-os-x-reinstall-error-error-occurre d-preparing-installation/


I found that if the time is not correct on your pc / laptop that you will get that error. I have step by step instructions to fix it on my site. Took me a few hours to figure out it was the time causing the issue. Hope that helps


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I get this error when trying to upgrade from ios 10.8.5 to Mavrick "an error occurred while preparing the installation. try running this application again." Whats wrong??

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