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-March 202 here and I’m (of course) the one poor sod out here that none of this date reseting is working for…
+I’m (of course) the one poor sod out here that none of this date reseting is working for…
Picked up a mid 2009 MacBook Pro 17”. It has the latest firmware on it. It came with El Capitan installed and I hadn’t realised it was a slightly older model that I couldn’t upgrade.
I’ve tried everything imaginable to get this %#*@ thing back to El Capitan but nothing works.. I get this same infuriating message every time. I ‘m going to bin the bloody thing in a minute!
I’ve tried dates between 2015 and 2018 nothing… same same same…
I’ve run the installer from a bootable USB drive. set the time and date numerous times in terminal.. nothing works.

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Edit by: Dan

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-March 202 here and I’m (of course) the one poor sod out here that none of this date reseting is working for.. Picked up a mid 2009 MacBook Pro 17”. It has the latest firmware on it. It came with El Capitan installed and I hadn’t realised it was a slightly older model that I couldn’t upgrade.[br]
+March 202 here and I’m (of course) the one poor sod out here that none of this date reseting is working for
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+Picked up a mid 2009 MacBook Pro 17”. It has the latest firmware on it. It came with El Capitan installed and I hadn’t realised it was a slightly older model that I couldn’t upgrade.
-I’ve tried everything imaginable to get this %#*@ thing back to El Capitan but nothing works.. I get this same infuriating message every time. I ‘m going to bin the bloody thing in a minute![br]
+I’ve tried everything imaginable to get this %#*@ thing back to El Capitan but nothing works.. I get this same infuriating message every time. I ‘m going to bin the bloody thing in a minute!
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+I’ve tried dates between 2015 and 2018 nothing… same same same…
-I’ve tried dates between 2015 and 2018.. nothing… same same same…[br]
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-I’ve run the installer from a bootable USB drive.. set the time and date numerous times in terminal.. nothing works.
+I’ve run the installer from a bootable USB drive. set the time and date numerous times in terminal.. nothing works.

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open

Original post by: Mathew Meyer-White

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March 202 here and I’m (of course) the one poor sod out here that none of this date reseting is working for.. Picked up a mid 2009 MacBook Pro 17”. It has the latest firmware on it. It came with El Capitan installed and I hadn’t realised it was a slightly older model that I couldn’t upgrade.[br]

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I’ve tried everything imaginable to get this %#*@ thing back to El Capitan but nothing works.. I get this same infuriating message every time. I ‘m going to bin the bloody thing in a minute![br]

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I’ve tried dates between 2015 and 2018.. nothing… same same same…[br]

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I’ve run the installer from a bootable USB drive.. set the time and date numerous times in terminal.. nothing works.

Status:

open