![]() Note: if you are concerned, run the Terminal verification command on the installer as noted by pRose_la above (credit due). Once you have the application put it in your applications folder. Waste of time and may be corrupt / subverted which just causes more frustration. You can either get this off a Mac colleague (who has downloaded it previously), ebay, or Hackintosh (which is an unofficial website dedicated to running OSX on a Windows box). I simply could not get one.ġ) You will need the base installer application for El Capitan (which is what you would download from the app store if allowed). I would gladly pay for an official disc or download. Issues on trying to do this are well documented so I wont dwell, other than to say my last App Store download was 10.8 and so I wasn't 'allowed' to download 10.11 officially, even though it is more appropriate to my Mac than 10.12. For the OS I decided on El Capitan 10.11 since it is reported to have system / performance enhancements and Sierra is a step too far, turns too much off on this Mac. Hardware completed no issues (SSD into optical bay / 2 x 8GB Ram chips). Adobe CS6 and Office 360 are the major software. After 4 years, time to upgrade the MacBook Pro which I run as a graphics workstation through a 27" monitor and standalone full size keyboard. MacBook Pro Quad 2.4GHz i7 Late 2011, 16GB RAM, 500GB SSD, original 750GB HDD. It offers an addition to reach a working solution. Apple may have changed its check routine and date stamp in 2017. ![]() This answer is relevant because: The solutions above did not (completely) work for me.
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