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I'm trying to install El Capitan onto a USB stick using UniBeast and keep running into the same problem. From a machine running Snow Leopard, I download the OS X El Capitan installer from Apple's website (https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT206886) and run it to have the "Install OS X El Capitan" installer show up in the Applications folder. I then try to create the bootable USB with UniBeast 6.2.0, but when I select El Capitan and press Continue, it says "Selected Mac OS X Installer is Incomplete".
I have tried downloading the installer several times and each time I made sure to delete any previous downloads (and empty Trash), so I'm fairly certain that multiple copies of the installer isn't the problem. I even did a fresh install of Snow Leopard and downloaded El Capitan (and UniBeast) but got the same result, so there definitely shouldn't have been multiple copies of the Installer. I read that it could also be an issue with the Installer certificate being out-of-date, so I tried changing the system time to several suggested dates with no luck. I also read that the Installer certs were very recently updated (they previously expired Oct 24 2019 I think and are reupped until 2029, according to this: https://tidbits.com/2019/10/28/redownload-archived-macos-installers-to-address-expired-certificates/) so I tried several dates both before and after Oct 24, 2019 (including into the future) with no luck. I couldn't figure out how to find out what the expiration dates were for my specific installer but couldn't find it (I'm assuming it would be the most recent ones, since the most recent I've downloaded is today). I'm wondering if Unibeast isn't compatible with this newer installer from the Apple site (rather than from the App Store, where you used to download previously) for some reason? Is there some way I could check if it's actually incomplete (like running a hash on a certain file) or the certs are out of date or some other problem?
I'm ultimately trying to go from the Snow Leopard Install DVD to get to either Mojave or Catalina, and El Capitan seemed to be a good stop-gap in between them, but so far no luck upgrading to anything from Snow Leopard. Any help or further troubleshooting steps would be appreciated!
I have tried downloading the installer several times and each time I made sure to delete any previous downloads (and empty Trash), so I'm fairly certain that multiple copies of the installer isn't the problem. I even did a fresh install of Snow Leopard and downloaded El Capitan (and UniBeast) but got the same result, so there definitely shouldn't have been multiple copies of the Installer. I read that it could also be an issue with the Installer certificate being out-of-date, so I tried changing the system time to several suggested dates with no luck. I also read that the Installer certs were very recently updated (they previously expired Oct 24 2019 I think and are reupped until 2029, according to this: https://tidbits.com/2019/10/28/redownload-archived-macos-installers-to-address-expired-certificates/) so I tried several dates both before and after Oct 24, 2019 (including into the future) with no luck. I couldn't figure out how to find out what the expiration dates were for my specific installer but couldn't find it (I'm assuming it would be the most recent ones, since the most recent I've downloaded is today). I'm wondering if Unibeast isn't compatible with this newer installer from the Apple site (rather than from the App Store, where you used to download previously) for some reason? Is there some way I could check if it's actually incomplete (like running a hash on a certain file) or the certs are out of date or some other problem?
I'm ultimately trying to go from the Snow Leopard Install DVD to get to either Mojave or Catalina, and El Capitan seemed to be a good stop-gap in between them, but so far no luck upgrading to anything from Snow Leopard. Any help or further troubleshooting steps would be appreciated!