Spays there is an error installing El Capitan. I have to keep restarting and it has an error every time and won't work. How do I get out of installer? I get get my computer back!, Help!, waaaaaaaaaaa!!
Mac mini, iOS 7.1.1
You could try & see if the Startup Manager can see the older OS X on the HDD:
How to choose a startup disk on your Mac - Apple Support
You may try & see if by starting up in OS X Recovery, you can use the OS X Utilities
and select a different startup volume (such as existing pre El Capitan OS X) from there.
OS X: About OS X Recovery - Apple Support
If there isn't an undamaged or existing original OS X version installed or available on
the computer hard drive, the OS X Recovery may choose to try & get your original
computer OS X. The older system should be there; but it may be damaged.
If you have a time machine backup for the system previously running in the Mac before
this failed upgrade attempt, you could use that to attempt to restore the former OS X.
Various good ideas and suggestions are covered here:
http://pondini.org/OSX/RecoveryHD.html
Usually you can attempt a startup and force the mac to look for any OS X installed by
use of keyboard command shortcuts. Startup shortcuts and others, are available.
Startup key combinations for Mac - Apple Support
Most other keyboard combinations for Mac:
Mac keyboard shortcuts - Apple Support
Hopefully these ideas may help. There are several possibilities so they may serve to
confuse; read round the issue/topic before attempting.
Good luck! 🙂
And what does the error message say?
It says: OS X could not be installed on your computer. File system verify or repair failed. Quit the installer to restart your computer and try again.
I Can't do anything except restart and try again and it always fails.
The only prompts I have are the OS X Installer, file, edit, utilitipies, window. None of these do anything to help me or I just don't know how.
I Can't get back to the normal stem because it won't leave the error telling me it can't be installed. My coverage with Apple Care has expired also.
how do I fix this? Thanks!!
Problems installing El Capitan
