Restarting from scratch on Snow Leopard

[Bill Cole]

On 1 Mar 2019, at 20:08, Ken Cunningham wrote:

>>  No network and fiddle the date?
> Sounds likely.
>
> The internet seems to have no shortage of suggestions.
>
> I can’t really say macports could or would recommend a site called 
> “LIfeHacker”

It's a sibling site to Gizmodo, Jezebel, and the other remnants of what 
used to be Gawker Media. It's pretty solid editorially.

> but ...
>
> https://lifehacker.com/psa-an-expired-certificate-means-youll-need-to-remake-1762704972 
> <https://lifehacker.com/psa-an-expired-certificate-means-youll-need-to-remake-1762704972>
>
> has a suggestion near the bottom that would be my first try.

That links to 
https://tidbits.com/2016/03/02/previously-downloaded-os-x-installers-no-longer-work/
TidBITS is the eldest of all Mac tips publishers, going back to ~1990, 
so: even more reputable than LH. THAT page boils down to: spoof the date 
during installation.

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