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OSX Install Dates

Various Versions of macOS/OSX will fail on install for various reasons. You can fix them by disconnecting from your wifi or network or resetting your NVRAM. Booting from your USB stick, opening terminal and doing: date ########## where the # nubers are below. Format is: MMDDhhmmYY

10.16 - 0.5 Leopard   - date 0101010121 <- Currently not needed
10.15 - Catalina      - date 0101010120 <- Currently not needed
10.14 - Mojave        - date 0101010119 <- Currently not needed
10.13 - High Sierra   - date 0101010118
10.12 - Sierra        - date 0101010117
10.11 - El Capitan    - date 0101010116
10.10 - Yosemite      - date 0101010115
10.9  - Mavericks     - date 0101010114
10.8  - Mountain Lion - date 0101010113
10.7  - Lion          - date 0101010111
10.6  - Snow Leopard  - date 0101010110
10.5  - Leopard       - date 0101010108
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cperson commented Jun 16, 2025

This right here is clutch!

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macOS Tahoe (16.0) – date 0915000025
macOS Sequoia (15.0) – date 0916000024
macOS Sonoma (14.0) – date 0926000023
macOS Ventura (13.0) – date 1024000022
macOS Monterey (12.0) – date 1025000021
macOS Big Sur (11.0) – date 1112000020
10.15 - Catalina – date 1007000019
10.14 - Mojave – date 0924000018
10.13 - High Sierra – date 0925000017
10.12 - Sierra – date 0920000016
10.11 - El Capitan – date 0930000015
10.10 - Yosemite – date 1016000014
10.9 - Mavericks – date 1022000013
10.8 - Mountain Lion – date 0725000012
10.7 - Lion – date 0720000011
10.6 - Snow Leopard – date 0828000009
10.5 - Leopard – date 1026000007

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