[FIXED] An error occurred while preparing the installation! macOS Sierra Recovery Error!
Are you trying to install macOS Sierra from recovery or internet recovery and getting the error "An error occurred while preparing the installation. Try running this application again" ? I will show you 3 ways to fix the issue. NOTE: THIS IS A NEW ISSUE & NOT THE DATE & TIME OR CERT ISSUE! CHAPTERS BELOW
Instructions download URL
curl -L https://archive.org/download/sierraur...
Youtube keeps cutting off the url, I've added spaces below so you can see the url.
curl -L https:// archive.org / download / sierraurl / sierra.txt
If above command still does not show properly, visit my website fix link below
Main article link on now to fix the macOS Sierra Recovery & Internet Recovery
https://mrmacintosh.com/fixed-an-erro...
0:00 Welcome and intro
0:30 MrMacintosh.com Article link
0:40 That is the root problem of this issue?
1:53 Quick review of the 3 different ways to fix this issue
2:07 Fix Option #1 Boot to a newer version of macOS Internet Recovery
2:28 Fix Option #2 Create and boot to macOS Sierra USB Drive
3:27 Fix Option #3 Download Sierra from Apple to recovery & use it to install Sierra!
3:35 Make Sure you are connected to WIFI or Ethernet Internet
4:10 Make sure your date and time are correct in macOS terminal with the date command
5:17 Using curl to download a custom instructions txt file to follow along!
6:30 Backup your hard drive data (if needed) & Erase Macintosh HD in disk utility
8:06 Downloading Sierra InstallOS.dmg from Apple.com via curl command
9:51 Mounting the InstallOS.dmg file
10:17 Installing the InstallOS.pkg file to get access to the Install macOS Sierra app
10:47 Kicking off the macOS Sierra installer with installassistant_springboard
11:12 DONE! Walking through the fresh installer.
12:07 Thank you!
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