- This Item Is Temporarily Unavailable El Capitan Reinstall Free
- Trying To Reinstall Os X El Capitan This Item Is Temporarily Unavailable
Firstly, Im a long time intermediate Windows user with little knowledge on the Mac systems. so any help and clear direction would be great.
Back story- I recently purchase a secondhand 2007/8 Mac PC that was running El Capitan OS X, for my wife as she is about to start Uni again.
My first instinct was a fresh install, to clear any old stuff from the previous user. I don't have any OS Disks, So with a bit of googling and went ahead with the process.
I was able to clear the main HD (Macintosh HD) and everything was good until i went to re-install.
The Issue: When trying to reinstall the El Capitan OS X though the OS X Utilities. I am getting a 'This item is temporarily unavailable, try again later' message, after signing in with my apple ID (which i had from ipads).
What i have tried:
1. Change the date through Terminal to 2016. - Failed
2. Get help online and log into iCloud on the Mac, then go back and try to install. - Failed
On another note - all attempts to use internet boot install (CMD, Option, R) have failed. i think this may be due to using a wireless keyboard and it not syncing until after the Mac has 3/4 loaded.
I also do not have access to any other Mac system.
Any help or guidance would be great.
Burjo
This Item Is Temporarily Unavailable El Capitan Reinstall Free
Trying To Reinstall Os X El Capitan This Item Is Temporarily Unavailable
Something I'm trying to do at the moment. I don't often use macs but i'm trying to fix one that needs an OS reinstall, but only have a windows machine to do it on. I'm looking at tutorials online but I can't seem to find a Mac OS Image file online, Id rather avoid torrents if at all possible. Once you’ve done that, here’s how to install, reinstall, or upgrade to El Capitan, step by step: Boot from your Recovery HD partition by restarting your Mac while holding down the Command+R keys. The OS X Utilities window appears. Select Reinstall OS X, and click Continue. The OS X El Capitan splash screen appears. Internet Recovery mode is available on any Mac newer than 2010 models, so neither of your 'new' Macs are new enough for that. I suspect that the iMac is a mid-2007 model (which would originally have shipped with 1 GB of RAM (newer ones would have come with more RAM installed) The latest OS X system for that one is OS X 10.11.6 (El Capitan). I held down COMMAND + R, went to Disk Utilities and unmounted then erased the harddrive. Then I went to reinstall mac os. It was on El Capitan. It asks me to connect to WiFi, I do. Then after a few clicks it asks to login Apple ID. After I try to do that, it says This Item is Temporarily. I did already I message said this item is temporarily unavailable. Then you can upgrade to 10.11 El Capitan using. Pressing CMD/R and choosing reinstall.