Cannot Install Catalina

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Cannot install catalina on imac

Douira changed the title Latest Clover fails to install with 'cannot install without ensuring file system is read-write' on Catalina Clover r5098 fails to install with 'cannot install without ensuring file system is read-write' on Catalina Oct 28, 2019. This is the recent list of macOS 10.15 Catalina problems. See the solutions and workarounds collected from top Apple forums. Fix your macOS Catalina in 5 minutes. Took a screenshot of my current Catalina 10.15.6 version; I downloaded the Microsoft package (.pkg) from office.com, login to my university account, click 'install office' and choose 'Office 365 apps' Once I downloaded the Microsoft package (.pkg), its version is 'MicrosoftOffice1000BusinessProInstaller.pkg'. That you can not only install on Macs but also install Catalina on any version of Windows.

'Why can't I download macOS Catalina?: I have a MacBook Air 13-Inch, 2017 model but whenever i try to install it, it says that my mac is up to date. I even used the system preferences to search for a new update but it came up empty. What should I do?'

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Try these Three Methods...

A. Create a New Administrator User:

See if you can install this, through use of a new Administrator user.


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B. Resetting the SMC and NVRAM:

Sometimes operations are performed and then the keyboard settings become manipulated, technically. So... Try resetting the SMC and NVRAM. Then reboot, trying this once more.


C. Scan your Mac for Malware:

Malware, which makes you Mac, run in malicious manor. Use Malwarebytes Anti-Malware for Mac

Macbook
  1. Download it
  2. Install it
  3. Update it
  4. Scan with it
  5. Remove what is Found
  6. Reboot the Mac
  7. Remove it, if desired: Malwarebytes uninstaller

Cannot Install Catalina 10.15.7

Dec 25, 2019 8:32 PM

At the time of output mac os 10.13 was removed support for boot from RAID 0 drives.

I was looking for a solution. Post on apple developer remained unanswered.

The @taruga solution on real macs needed to be run in single user. In Catalina, the system disc is read-only, which makes the task even more difficult

The entry describes step-by-step installation process

  • Download Patcher from @dosdude1 site (@dosdude1 great job! ).
  • Create a bootable flash drive. If you need step-by-step instructions on how to create a bootable Flash Drive see the video:

If you’re using a Hackintosh. After creating the installer, install Clover on efi partition on usb installer. If your config and kext work with normal installation, they will also work with Raid. (If you need help with clover configuration you will find it on insanelymac)

  • After creating the usb installer Reboot.
  • Holding down the alt (option) key
  • Run the installer from the flash drive
  • Open the terminal remove the current raid and create the new one (the diskutil and gpt commands)
  • Exit the terminal and open the disk utility and format the array APFS
  • Exit disk utility and install macOS Catalina.
  • The installer will continue again after the restart.
  • At the end you will see that the system cannot be installed. Remove installer & Reboot
    • this is necessary to continue with the internal drive and not with the installer on the usb
  • The installation error will pop up again.
  • click on the menu bar (call up by clicking on wifi) select the terminal from the utilities menu and type
  • Restart
  • Select the flash drive installer again and boot
  • Choose Post Install patch.
    • check Apfs patch
    • SIP patch
  • Be sure you rebuild caches too, the option will show itself after the patches been apple is and its counting down
  • Finally Restart & Whala!

Post Install patch not working? Run in recovery mode Terminal and type:

Restart


Post install

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  • (Trim support) Open Terminal and type:
  • (Update dyld shared ) Open Terminal and type:
  • (Update Preboot ) Open Terminal and type:
  • (Delete Recovery HD It doesn’t work on raid anyway.) Open Terminal and type:
  • Open Terminal and type:

MacOS Catalina developer Beta10.15 – 10.15.7 ( 19H1213 )

Download the update. Install, you will see bless to place boot files failed. Just restart everything will work 🙂

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