A mid 2009 Macbook, launching El Capitan (OS 10.11.x) install from a bootable flash drive. Newer MAC OSX will not work on this older MAC. Install gets most of the way then mysteriously complains: no packages were eligible for install.
Also mysterious errors when trying Command-R Recovery Partition re installs.
Remade bootable Flash drives (Instructions elsewhere) and much more, many Trials and Errors.
I DID notice that the re install seemed to require Internet Access and did on couple occasions actually want an Apple ID for some reason during the re install. the conditions seemed to vary due to unknown factors but at one point I saw
“Checking Eligibility with Apple”
I later found that just like the IOS on iPhones, etc, a check-in with the Apple Mothership is performed, and some sort of Certificate is used to verify I really have an Apple, I suppose..
Someone out there noted there is a DATE problem with Apple’s Certificate- Or maybe the one in the El Capitan software.
The Workaround was to go into Utilities– terminal during the stage right before the files start to Install and using the Terminal Date command to FAKE A DATE WHEN El Capitan would have been considered Current Software. (I am guessing here)
So Here Is What Worked
date 0418171516
the ORIGINAL ARTICLE is here as well as many others that allude to this issue. You then need to RE BOOT and try again (Date should NOT updated despite Internet Access, but CHECK)
Depending on which particular version of the Apple El Capitan installer you use. the date may vary but it was originally released September 30, 2015 with half a dozen incremental updates.
No Luck? Mess further with the Date!
Once things are ‘happily’ Booted from the local hard drive is shoudl be possible to set the date normally.
Good Luck. your Comments are welcomed!
Odds Of Death In The United States By Selected Cause Of Injury, 2017 (1)
I copied this data from the social security administration site for use in the Nevada county Altar Show– a commemorative exhibition for over 100 ‘artists’ to present what they thought was important.
i thought this was important as it commemorated a life as yet not over but Sure to Happen: But how?
Which way would you choose if you could?
“Natural Disasters?” “All Other CAuses”?
Just Saying, as they say right here in California!
Cause of death
Number of
deaths, 2017
One-year odds
Lifetime odds
Accidental poisoning by and exposure to
noxious substances
64,795
5,027
64
Drug poisoning
61,311
5,313
68
Opioids (including both legal and illegal)
43,036
7,569
96
All motor vehicle accidents
40,231
8,096
103
Car occupants
7,248
44,939
572
Motorcycle riders
4,832
67,409
858
Pedestrians
7,450
43,721
556
Assault by firearm
14,542
22,399
285
Exposure to smoke, fire and flames
2,812
115,832
1,474
Fall on and from stairs and steps
2,493
130,654
1,662
Drowning and submersion while in or
falling into swimming pool
723
450,511
5,732
Fall on and from ladder or scaffolding
569
572,441
7,283
Air and space transport accidents
385
846,024
10,764
Firearms discharge (accidental)
486
670,204
8,527
Cataclysmic storm (3)
132
2,467,570
31,394
Flood
27
12,063,673
153,482
Lightning
19
17,143,115
218,106
Earthquake and other earth movements
13
25,055,321
318,770
Bitten or struck by dog
36
9,047,755
115,111
(1) Based on fatalities and life expectancy in 2017. Ranked by deaths in 2017.
(2) Includes all types of medications including narcotics and hallucinogens, alcohol and gases.
(3) Includes hurricanes, tornadoes, blizzards, dust storms and other cataclysmic storms.
Source: National Center for Health Statistics; National Safety Council.