Apple OSX INSTALLATION ERROR 'AN ERROR OCCURRED WHILE PREPARING THE INSTALLATION TRY RUNNING THIS A

Apple OSX INSTALLATION ERROR "AN ERROR OCCURRED WHILE PREPARING THE INSTALLATION. TRY RUNNING THIS APPLICATION AGAIN"

so you've tried to install a version of Apple OSX and you've hit a speed bump, yep you've gone through each of the steps and then suddenly you've got the error

"An error occurred while preparing the installation. Try running again"

What does this error Mean?

all it basically means is that the current system time and date is incorrect, therefore when your installation of Apple OSX, attempts to download information from the apple servers, it then discovered that the Current time is incorrect and therefore cant proceed to installation

How do we FIX this error

Simple, all we need to do is chance the current date and time your apple product

How to Change the date and time

First of all we need to open terminal within the OSX installer utilities. then enter the command below to confirm that the date is incorrect.

date
The result of this command will be the date that the system currently has been set to. For some reason, it might have been reset to 2001, in which case we need to set it to the right date. To do this, we enter a new command. This command will be entered as follows:

date {month}{day}{hour}{minute}{year}
Every bracket should be replaced with a two-digit number. For example, March 18th 2000 12:00 would become the following command:

date 0318120000
Enter the command and hit return. You can then check if it was set correctly by running the first command again. If the date was wrong, it was likely that which caused the error, and after you quit the terminal it should be able to install OS X just fine.

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[danielbrennan]

this had no effect. updated the time, but still got the error message.

[swozytoozy]

It didn’t work whenever I went to terminal the date was correct but it just doesn’t work every single time it’s just repeating the same text saying error what do I do

[FadzliRealtor]

I am trying to reinstall after deleting it previously for a new owner for my laptop. Now I want to install the OS. It keeps on giving me error saying "an error occurred when preparing the installation".

Changed the date and time still nothing.

So I am trying to start from the beginning by erasing everything again. APFS is greyed out. When I choose Mac OS extended journaled, it gives me an error.

[Chuchbaby]

you are the man... select the disk where you want to install macOS but nothing is there i deleted my accident what do i do?

[alianza]

What if after changing the date the problem persists?

[DTRREAPER]

The time was already correct, why am I still getting this?

[chithlwingchithlwing]

i did similar but its same message " AN ERROR OCCURRED WHILE PREPARING THE INSTALLATION. TRY RUNNING THIS APPLICATION AGAIN"

[Miranneda]

Oh my goodness THANK YOU SO MUCH! I was updating my mom's laptop to Catalina and all it would to was restart and fail to download again and again. Then, when we tried to use the Time Machine, we didn't have a backup saved. I tried this as a last-ditch effort and IT WORKED! YOU ARE THE BEST! Stay safe and healthy!

[israeldaritzo]

I’m struggling with the same issue when trying to install macOS Sierra, please help. The date seems to be correct though

[EsOfficial]

every hardened mac user cringed at 0:07

[tampamad]

Bro you literally just save me a big hassle. I appreciate this. Thank you so much.

[sethplange]

pls i need help, when i type the date it says
date: bind: Permission denied
pls wat shd i do

[c.a.g.]

Thank you, thank you, thank you! You delivered my soul from the pits of despair. Blessings be upon you.

[Maytember]

Omg. I watched another video but it wasn’t as thorough as yours. Thank

[yogieadiel]

can you restore, i get -3001f error can you help me?? i cant restore mymac.

[Violentdreamz]

I know this is kinda late but, I’m getting this message AFTER the installation is complete anyone getting this problem too?

[MotivvationNation]

Guys please help me, what if this error happens after the download? Everything is fine i download it and go through license and agreement but when it reached the end of the download it shows the error? Ive tried everything pls help

[rohanrajput]

Same error occurred even after correcting date

[ricksheat]

Option-Command-R: If you start up your Mac while holding these keys, selecting “Reinstall macOS” within macOS Recovery will allow you to upgrade your Mac to the latest compatible version. Shift-Option-Command-R (for Macs upgraded to

[PeterLunk]

Cool ! Saved me in 2020..
Now able to put this old 2009 Powerbook Pro to good use as a 3D printer server :)
Thanks a lot !!
PL.