MacBook Air early 2015 Catalina Install

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I have a MacBook Air 13″ Early 2015 with MacOS Majave 10.14.6.

I get the below message when trying to install MacOS Catalina – any ideas?

“you must be running macos catalina 10.15 or later to install on this volume”

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Where did you get this OS from & how? Recommended: go to System Preferences and then Software update.
Delete what you have and run the above.
 
SGilbert said:
Where did you get this OS from & how? Recommended: go to System Preferences and then Software update.
Delete what you have and run the above.
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The installer file was from going via system pref then software update.

I just removed the previous install and downloaded a fresh installer but still have the same message?
 
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Strange! One more place to try. Go to App Store and search for macOS Catalina and download it from there. Quit everything before you attempt to install.
 
You maybe downloading an update file, not the full install. An update will need 10.15 installed already in order for the update to install.
In the App Store search for MacOS Catalina full install - not update.
 
Booting to the installer, and reinstalling macOS through that method (booting to the installer) does not erase your hard drive -- unless you choose to do that. There could have been circumstances that prevented you from doing a normal reinstall, such as an error of some kind, and you were forced to erase the drive first. That would be relatively unusual.
 
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