OS X Beta install "Cannot find install information"

[boovish]

I used my friends dev account to download it, but I kept getting this error. Do I need to put in my serial number on their account?

 

[kch50428]

Yes, your device needs to be registered...

 

[HankAZ]

Piracy sucks.

 

[boovish]

OK, added my serial and it is prepping now

 

[kch50428]

I don't gunk you need to register for OS X betas? At least you didn't need to last year.

I downloaded/ran a program to enroll my MacBook in the Public Beta program for Yosemite before getting the first beta...

 

[HankAZ]

I don't gunk you need to register for OS X betas? At least you didn't need to last year.

In order to get the updates, you need to register with the beta/AppleSeed programs to get an AppStore redemption code - which is then managed via the Mac AppStore. If the OP got a copy of the installer, it will not install unless the AppStore account has the beta associated with it. As far as I remember, that has always been the case.

And with the AppleSeed program you have to go through the registration process with each new "dot" release (10.10.3, 10.10.4, 10.11, etc).

 

[boovish]

That is correct. It started working after registering my MacBook with my friends dev account. Although for some reason it says OS X Yosemite instead of El Capitan