Cant download the additional components needed to install. Yes, if you boot to the recovery hd, you will boot to the menu safari, reinstall os x, disk utility, etc. That digital channel, the recently released mac app store, is the main way in which apple is selling lion. I am using a bootable mac os x lion installation dvd which is fine and previously worked. Downloading additional components lion wont install my macbook early 2011, lion recently crashed and wouldnt boot up past the apple logo screen. I am having a problem where recently mac os x lion clients connecting to a dedicated smb share on a windows server 2003 box will close a file, go to lunch and the server still keeps the file open. How to install mac os x mountain lion virtual machine. I booted up from recovery hd, erased all contents on the macintosh hd, verified the disk, and then repaired the disk. They installed mac os x lion, mac os x snow leopard on the 2010 macbook pro unibody.
I recommend that you use a wired network for best results. We examine whether or not thats possible or, more important, advisable with. Extend your workspace and expand your creativity with ipad and apple pencil. I was downloading os x mountain lion and was faced with the same issue. It seems a bit odd that computers running os x mountain lion wouldnt be able to reinstall the os since the computer is. An installation error occurs sometimes for when upgrading from os x snow leopard to os x lion cant download the additional components needed to install mac os x check your network configuration as the install needs to pull down software over the internet. An email with a content code for the mac app store.
It is such a silly, easy fix, however it worked and seems to have worked for a few other people. Thats the purpose for the recovery hd, giving you access to various utilities, and giving you the means to reinstall your system, which is downloaded over your internet connection. Its stuck in the utility section with the 4 options. Before installing any upgrade, its a good idea to back up your mac. Content codes are usually delivered within 1 business day but may occasionally take longer. Mac os x lion installation stuck on checking all disks fix. Can not download the additional components needed to install mac os x i have also tried to install lion with the usb key and. I have tried it with a standard mechanical hdd as well as the ssd. This is most likely the point at which the lion recovery mode is downloading the install. How to reinstall os x with internet recovery on a mac. Cannot download additional components for mac os x lion. Macos sierra boot error,disk utility error 202 and.
How to redownload the os x lion installer on lion because im pretty sure that when you buy and install an app for the first time, no matter what, the installer run by itself and install the app and then vanished as in, theres no real way to get a complete copy before the first install. If yours is much smaller, then download ml on another mac, and make a new installer, following the instructions on a variety of sites. I held down comand r and it went to internet recovery mode that worked fine after a while it went to some os x unilitys and i clicked install os x mountin lion as it was originally on the computer. Some new mac users cant reinstall mountain lion and how. Apple mac os x snow leopard the worlds most advanced os at the wayback machine archived september 29, 2009 support status. For installation failures that could be due to a corrupt copy of the install mac os x lion app, you should redownload a fresh copy of the app and try again.
How to fix mac bootup problems in recovery mode techradar. Some new mac users cant reinstall mountain lion and how to fix it. Os x lion is now available from the mac app store and we know that many of you are preparing or have already started downloading and. Mac installation errors you encounter and how to fix them. When the users come back from lunch to open the file again it is marked as open and locked.
Installing mac os x on blank hard drive using internet recovery. Os x lion reinstall takes forever apple dslreports. I installed macos but it has a problem cant download the additional components needed to install mac os x. To find your mac model, memory, storage space, and macos version, choose about this mac from the apple menu. Another potential solution is to remove any ram over 4gb run the install and then put the additional ram back in after even then try and limit the ram. On another laptop, everything fell into this drive without problems.
In this project i tried to maximize the use of css3. On the 20th of july 2011, apple released mac os x 10. What is loading installation information during a lion install. I am trying to format and reinstall mac os x and it is. It may seem odd but the usual cause is a corrupt installer, and simply deleting the installer app and downloading a new copy will likely fix the issue. Cant download the additional components needed to install macosx discussion in mac os x guest os discussion started by rebelinblue, sep 4, 2011. What is loading installation information during a lion. Big problems with the installation of operating system on imac. If youre using an earlier macos, use the app store instead. Solved need help reinstalling os x mavericks toms hardware. As soon as you launch the application, it tries to find the os x install program with spotlight. Os x lion recovery hangs on downloading additional.
I had to look for a faster internet connection and it worked. Mac os x lion cannot download additional components. I am trying to format and reinstall mac os x and it is taking about 15. This message usually shows up as a sheet that drops down from the macos or os x installer shortly after you start the install process. After formatting the drive and starting the install i get a timer stating its going to take 2,393,938,938 and 8 minutes. With the release of the os x lion operating system for mac computers, apple ceased traditional distribution of physical retail discs and instead offered the os as a download via the mac app store. I did a factory reset due to wanting a fresh start for the computer. Mac os x lion is definitely a worthy upgrade for all intel mac users.
I have messed up with my partition table, so i rescued my files using ubuntu livecd, reformatted the entire drive and going to make a clean install. I dont think its normal, unless youre using internet recovery which i dont recommend. Macbook air is stuck at downloading additional components. Macbook air is stuck at downloading additional components ask. Ive ever seen in os x, where macintosh hd became stuck in the trash can and. Locate the os x lion installer and rightclick on it. Some mac users prefer to do a clean install of each major new version of os x, erasing their drive and starting over. Cant download the additional components needed to install mac os x. If it happens that you bought a new mac machine between the 6th of june 2011 and the 21st of july, then you are entitled to have mac os x lion for free, as your computer was shipped with osx snow leopard. How to install mac os x mountain lion virtual machine vmware inside windows 7 or windows 8. So i hit reinstall os x and i am stuck at loading installation information. I m installing yosemite os on my macbook air 11, but it stuck at downloading additional components and it says 2 minutes left. Big problems with the installation of operating system on. Diskmaker x formerly lion diskmaker is an application built with applescript that you can use with many versions of os xmacos to build a bootable drive from os xmacos installer program the one you download from the app store.
Cant download additional components apple community. If your mac isnt compatible with macos high sierra, the installer will let you know. If youre using macos mojave, choose apple menu system preferences, then click software update where youll find the upgrade. Os x yosemite installation stuck with minutes remaining. The interface is almost identical to the iphone, ipad, and ipod touch home screen, allowing you to easily view, launch, and manage. Featuring several interface enhancements and useful new features across all the core apps, mac os x. Unsupported as of february 25, 2014, itunes ended in september 2014 and safari terminated as well, though the last security update happened in september 20. Can still access menus, the bar is animated, display dims after x minutes like it should, but its clearly not downloading anything. For the clock and the fake login i used javascript.
Backed up and erased the install partition, tried a third time. Just download the install mac os x lion app from the mac app store and let it walk you through the remaining steps. How to solve the error there was a problem installing mac os x try reinstalling with this tutorial it shows that the time and date are the problem of this er. Experience music, tv, and podcasts in three allnew mac apps.
The following comments are owned by whoever posted them. If interested you can read how for macos mojave and high sierra and sierra. Cant download additional components to install mac os x. Recovery disk included with macbook doesnt work either. After that i did an internet recovery, but when i tried to reinstall os x lion, first it shows that it has 2942831,088410 hours and 39 minutes remaining for installation. Macbook air 2011 os x installer stuck on cannot download. After about 2mins it pops up saying cant download the additional components needed to install mac osx. A notable number of mac users who have gone to update their machines to os x yosemite have discovered something which may seem alarming. Time machine makes it simple, and other backup methods are also available. I like to use lion diskmaker, which currently works with either lion or mountain lion. But on this one it gets to the end and reports cant download the additional components needed to install os x.
At the stage it at its downloading additional components and a network problem could be causing. First of all, the suspicion fell on the hard drive. Os x lion includes a new feature for managing your apps called launchpad. Mac os x lion with css3 experiment i wanted to create with only use of css3 the boot, the login page and finally the desktop of the mac os x lion. Even easier, is to use one of the apps that specialize in creating installer partitions. Seemed to be fine until 90% and now its stuck at about 2 hours and 25 minutes remaining.
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