Mac Oxs Installtion Error
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Learn what to do if the installer reports "OS X could not be installed on your computer" or "This disk cannot be os x could not be installed on your computer used to start up your computer". When installing OS X, the installer may an error occurred while preparing the installation. try running this application again report one or more of the following: A message appears, "Install Failed: OS X could not be installed os x could not be installed on your computer file system verify or repair failed on your computer. OS X can't be installed on the disk Macintosh HD because a recovery system can't be created. Visit www.apple.com/support/no-recovery to learn more." The installer log shows the message,
Volume Contains An Os X Installation Which May Be Damaged
"Recovery system creation failed with error -69713 (The booter/recovery partition must be grown by a larger amount)." You may be presented with an option to select which disk is the target for installation. In some situations, the disk you want to upgrade may be labelled "This disk cannot be used to start up your computer." If possible, back up and reformat the target an error occurred while preparing the installation el capitan disk before installing. If you aren't able to back up and reformat, try the following steps to resize the partition where you want to install OS X: Restart your Mac from your usual startup disk. Open Disk Utility, located in /Applications/Utilities/ . Select the disk where the volume you intend to upgrade resides. This usually starts with a number representing the total size of the disk. Click the Partition tab. Click and drag the resize corner of your intended install partition to make the size slightly smaller. The blue portion represents used data space. The partition only needs to be approximately 128MB smaller than it was before resizing but it needs to be larger than the blue portion. Example Before: After: Click Apply. When the partition resizing is complete, quit Disk Utility and install OSX. After the OS X installation is complete, you can use Disk Utility to resize the partition back to its original size by dragging the resize corner to make the partition as large as it was before. Last Modified: Mar 22, 2016 Helpful? Yes No Th
Learn what to do if the installer reports "OS X could not be installed on your computer" or "This disk cannot be os x cannot be installed on recovery hd used to start up your computer". When installing OS X, the installer may
No Packages Were Eligible For Install
report one or more of the following: A message appears, "Install Failed: OS X could not be installed
There Was A Problem Installing Mac Os X
on your computer. OS X can't be installed on the disk Macintosh HD because a recovery system can't be created. Visit www.apple.com/support/no-recovery to learn more." The installer log shows the message, https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT203482 "Recovery system creation failed with error -69713 (The booter/recovery partition must be grown by a larger amount)." You may be presented with an option to select which disk is the target for installation. In some situations, the disk you want to upgrade may be labelled "This disk cannot be used to start up your computer." If possible, back up and reformat the target https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT203482 disk before installing. If you aren't able to back up and reformat, try the following steps to resize the partition where you want to install OS X: Restart your Mac from your usual startup disk. Open Disk Utility, located in /Applications/Utilities/ . Select the disk where the volume you intend to upgrade resides. This usually starts with a number representing the total size of the disk. Click the Partition tab. Click and drag the resize corner of your intended install partition to make the size slightly smaller. The blue portion represents used data space. The partition only needs to be approximately 128MB smaller than it was before resizing but it needs to be larger than the blue portion. Example Before: After: Click Apply. When the partition resizing is complete, quit Disk Utility and install OSX. After the OS X installation is complete, you can use Disk Utility to resize the partition back to its original size by dragging the resize corner to make the partition as large as it was before. Last Modified: Mar 22, 2016 Helpful? Yes No
Review OWC SPECIAL DEALS VISIT OWC ARTICLE ARCHIVES NEWSLETTER SIGNUP CloseNewsletter SignupSign up for Rocket Yard Weekly to get expert tips, special deals, commentary, reviews, and tech news delivered to your inbox. Email Address By http://blog.macsales.com/31640-tech-tip-an-error-occurred-while-preparing-the-installation-fix joining our newsletter, your e-mail information will only be used for the purpose of sending the newsletter email of your choice. Tech Tip: ‘An Error Occurred While Preparing the Installation’ Fix Monday, July 6th, 2015 | Author: OWC Robert J. Having worked in Technical Support here at OWC for some time now, I have helped customers handle many different types of errors os x and problems that they have come across. Some such as, “The disk you inserted is not readable by this computer,” might have simple solutions like formatting the disk, and some are more difficult such as “My Mac keeps freezing. Help!”One error that customers often come across while upgrading their machines occurs during the re-installation of OS X, and it has a relatively simple fix.Once booted not be installed into the recovery partition and selecting “Reinstall OS X”, the “Eligibility Verification” window shows up. The error occurs as soon as you click “continue”. An unspecified error shows up which states "An Error occurred while preparing the installation. Try running this application again." Upon doing so, the same exact error pops up. Nothing has been done to have this occur, so what exactly is going on?While this can be frustrating, something quite simple is going on in the background that needs to be addressed. One of the checks that occur during “Eligibility Verification” is to see what time the machine thinks it is. If the computer is reporting the wrong time, an error will occur.While there is a simple fix, it does require using the Terminal to accomplish. Many users might be wary of the Terminal, feeling like something could break and that it’s something only hackers and System Administrators use. While this can be true, the Terminal can be your friend and help you to resolve quite a long list of issues that commonly occur. But with great power comes great responsibility. Terminal can be destructive if it