On my mac whenever I try to install something to my hard drive it says:?

Question

(!) You cannot install ... onto this volume. This volume does not meet the requirements for this update.

I have:

> Sufficient memory
>A normal OS (mac OSX)
>A normal hard drive

And it is the same with every program I try from OSs to just apps

Answer 1

Firsat, let's be sure you are talking about the original internal hard drive that came with your Mac, right? If not, you're on your own. If yes, read on.

There are two possible reasons for this. If you say it happens with "just apps", I wonder about the "update" part of the message. Usually, the word "update" is related to some Apple install. Is that it? Well, that's simple. The update has requirements that haven't been met. Try to use the Software Updates pane of System Preferences first. Click to have it check for available updates. It will find the ones that are correct for your current system. If it doesn't find the update you want to install, that is because it is not appropriate for your system. Just complete all the updates that it actually shows and restart after the last of them is done. When the computer is fully started again, open Software Updates and click to check for updates again. Hey, son of a gun, it finds more available updates. That's because after the first round of updates, the system changed and more updates are now appropriate. But maybe you have chosen an update that will NEVER install. For example, if your system is version 10.3.9 and you downloaded a 10.4.9 update. That's a no-go. You have to have 10.4.whatever installed first, in other words, you need to buy a set of Tiger install disks.

The other possibility is that your hard drive is basically not in the condition that Apple wants it to be. Either it is formatted for UFS (UNIX file system) or it has corruption. Click once on your hard drive icon to highlight it. Then go to File > Get Info. The small window will show the format. Should be "Mac OS Extended" or "Mac OS Extended (journaled)". If that is OK, boot to the Mac OS install CD/DVD but don't install anything. Click on Installer or Utilities in the top bar and open Disk Utility. Don't repair permissions. Just select the "First Aid" tab and choose to repair the hard drive. Does it find anything wrong? If it "appears to be OK", repair permissions on the hard drive, quit Disk Utility, restart and try the updates again.

Answer 2

i researched a bit on this problem and please check for the following
* Make sure you meet the minimum requirements
* Reinstall and downgrade problems (if u reinstall the same software, this problem is most likely to occur)
* External drives (check if u have any external drives connected) please remove them.
*update ur MAC OS x
* Check console.log (check ur console.log for recent updates and check for any errors.)
* check with the appl website (http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106692) and if u still got problems, check in to a apple store if ur MAC is under warranty.

Hope this helps :)