Hard drive is partitioned and I cant download new OS update due to lack of room on main drive
My hard drive has two drives. The smaller drive has the startup programs etc. Ive tried to download new Iphone OS but not enough memory on main drive. How do I resolve this?
Have you considered downloading to a external hard drive or purchasing a larger internal hard drive? The latter suggestion would seem the best option.
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i get this as a pop up message also
There was a problem downloading the software for the iphone xxxx. The network connection timed out.
Make sure your network settings are correct and your network connection is active, or try again later.
im stil on O.S. 4.3.2 as this was the last one i have been able to update to. Please help=)try taking Thunderbird offline File menu (Alt+F) > offline > workoffline
Close Thunderbird
reboot your computer
Restart Thunderbird and try compacting while Thunderbird is still offline. -
Macbook cannot install OS X update due to lack of available space on drive
My wife tried to install an update to OS X for a game. Now her computer is stuck at the install screen. When we try to select the Macintosh HD, there doesn't seem to be enough room to install the update. Never backed up HD with time machine or anything like that. Here are the options that I now have:
a. To repair your disk using Disk Utility, restore your computer from a Time Machine backup, or perform other tasks using utilities, choose an option from the Utilities menu.
b. Continue the setup of the installation of OS X- however, there is not enough room on the HD to perform this.
That is where the computer is stuck at...help!Sorry for the late reply. I have not looked at the MacBook forum for a while.
Try rebooting in Safe Mode. That will clean out some files as it boots and may give you just enough space to boot.
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1564
Empty the trash.
Immediately delete some files to gain disk space.
Empty the trash.
For hints on how to free disk/SSD storage see https://discussions.apple.com/thread/5872318?tstart=0
If it will not boot in Safe Mode, post back for more instructions on how to get it booted.
There are more options. You can get there from here. -
I cant download any software updates please help!
I have had my Mac less than a week and I cant download any software updates.
I am using Mac OS X 10.6.6 everytime I try to update the software I get either this message
'The update could not be expanded and may have been corrupted' or 'An error occurred during installation'
I have tried to download each update separately with no luck.
I have also tried turning off screen saver and energy saving settings with no luck and I have tried downloading it at different times of the day.
Not sure what else I can do!
Please Help! :/Boot with the install disc that shipped with the machine, launch Disk Utility, and repair the disk. If that's successful, reinstall the OS, repair permissions, and try Software Update again.
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i had to replace my hard drive so just got computer back and had to download new i-tunes soft ware but none of my purcased t.v. shows or movies will show up how do i get"em back.....?
Welcome to the Apple Community.
You can re-download content purchased from the iTunes store (availability varies depending on location) using the purchased option from the Quick Links section in the top right corner of the iTunes homepage in your iTunes application on your computer. -
have reformatted my Imac using original discs (installed leopard (10.5)) tried to do the software update but it cant download the itunes update and when it gets to the configure update screen after restart for main update, it just gets stuck. HELP!
The configure bar gets about an 1/8 full and then just does nothing. I think its lists the update as combo update? cant remember with out checking.
I have tried to do the disk verify and repair but this has made no difference.
Please let me know what i need to do, I have reformatted the mac just to start over as was clogged with a lot of useless data, I had installed lion (10.7) from the app store previously and now cant seem to find a way to re install lion. I hope I dont need to pay for it again?If you erased your hard drive, you'll need to reinstll OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard to access the App store. You won't have to pay for OS X 10.7 Lion again. Did you try booting to the recovery partition by holding the command and r keys down? If that's still there, you can reinstall OS X 10.7 from there.
If you're looking to install the current iTunes, you need OS X 10.6.8 at a minimum.
If you're still trying to update OS X 10.5 Leopard, you can download the combo update from here. Download, use Disk Utility to repair permissions, apply the update, then repair permissions again. That will take you to OS X 10.5.8. -
trying to download itunes and keep getting message 'the system administrator has set policies to prevent this installation' and therefore cant download - any ideas
Let's try something relatively simple. Download and save a copy of the installer to your hard drive (don't run the install on line and don't start the install just yet):
http://www.apple.com/itunes/download/
Now right-click on the iTunesSetup.exe (or iTunes64Setup.exe) that you downloaded and select "Run as administrator".
Does that go through any better for you? -
My ipod touch is disabled and i cant download itunes because every time i try an error message pops up on my screen that says apple application suport is missing
With the Error 2, let's try a standalone Apple Application Support install. It still might not install, but fingers crossed any error messages will give us a better idea of the underlying cause of the issue.
Download and save a copy of the iTunesSetup.exe (or iTunes64setup.exe) installer file to your hard drive:
http://www.apple.com/itunes/download/
Download and install the free trial version of WinRAR suitable for your PC (there's a 32-bit Windows version and a 64-bit Windows version):
http://www.rarlab.com/download.htm
Right-click the iTunesSetup.exe (or iTunes64Setup.exe), and select "Extract to iTunesSetup" (or "Extract to iTunes64Setup"). WinRAR will expand the contents of the file into a folder called "iTunesSetup" (or "iTunes64Setup").
Go into the folder and doubleclick the AppleApplicationSupport.msi to do a standalone AAS install.
Does it install properly for you? If so, see if iTunes will launch without the error now.
If instead you get an error message during the install, let us know what it says. (Precise text, please.) -
I cant download anything including Updates, when i try to download a black box appears saying in 4 different languages that i have to power off the laptop using the button, and it freezes, so i have no option but to power off. Please HELP
Well, at least it's good that there are no hardware issues - that's a relief and one problem area that you can check off.
OK, so let's summarize so I can get a clear picture of what's going on. If you try to download something from your web browser, what happens? What if you try to download a small utility such as "EasyFind" from the App Store? Or is the problem specifically linked to downloading updates?
I'm just trying to get a feel for if anything really means anything?
Usually what you download from, say, a website, goes into your Downloads folder. It's the default folder for things like that. Apps from the App Store are downloaded to your Applications folder. And software updates are generally, I believe, held in a temporary folder so that they can be installed (in many cases) when you're asked to restart.
It could be something as simple as repairing permissions on your start-up disk. You're running Snow Leopard, right? (That's what your profile says.) Try opening Disk Utility from your Utilities folder, selecting your boot disk and try verifying permissions. If you come up with some errors, try repairing permissions. After that, go ahead and verify your boot disk - you won't be able to repair it at this point, but at least you can see if you have any errors.
Let me know about the anything and get back to me after you've verified and repaired permissions and verified your boot drive.
Good luck,
Clinton -
My apps wont open and i keep downloading new apps, hard resetting, syncing and nothing works! PLEASE HELP
Then restore the iPod. First from backup and if problem persists, restore to factory defaults/new iPod.
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I have an iphone 4S and i cant download apps onto it. Everytime I click to install, the icon appears on the homescreen with 'waiting' under it and then disappears. Can anyone help? Its driving me mental!
I found this very good
http://ipadhelp.com/ipad-help/iphone-ipad-apps-stuck-waiting/ -
i just updated my ipod 4g to ios 5.1 and i cant download apps a message pops up saying to type in password for caldav something something the thing is that i have no idea what my password is i never made an account for that so please help
Go to iTunea>Preferences>Devices and see if there is a backupright at the time you did the update. Then try restoring from that backup. If the apps are in your iTunes library, any app data will be restored to the iPod.
When restoring from an iOS 4 (or later) backup, if the device had a passcode set, iTunes will ask if you want to set a passcode (and remind you that you had protected your device with a passcode). iTunes will not ask you to set a passcode when restoring from iOS 3.x and prior backups.
Therefore, remembe the passcode that you enter this time.
It appears that if you restore from a backup, that backup is not subseqyently overwritten by the next backup. -
My macbook pro hard drive went bad and i bought a new one and installed it. Now i have the old corrupted hard drive in my hand and i am looking to recover my files from it, any suggestions please? too bad i never backed them up.
After you have installed the OSX on the new HDD in your MBP, install the old HDD in an enclosure and connect it to your MBP via USB. Then try to drag and drop your data to the new HDD.
If this proves unsuccessful, you may look for data recovery software on the Internet. There will be free trails to see if it will work or not. If the trial suggests that it will work, then you will have to purchase the software.
The last resort is a professional data recovery service that will offer NO guarantees and charge a lot of money.
As you now can appreciate, backups eliminate such predicaments.
Ciao. -
i cant download new application on my Iphone everytime i open app store then searching for the application i want to download when i Tap the FREE sign it become half square and never downloaded.
Sometimes this happens because the app won't run on the iOS version of the device you are trying to install it to. Go to the app store and make sure it will run on iOS 3.1.3 (many only run on iOS 4 or higher).
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I have tried to download a digital copy that came with a movie I purchased and I keep getting the an error about HD purchase vs. SD purchase. I push redeem again and it has the same message and I cant download the movie. What can I do?
- Reset the iOS device. Nothing will be lost
Reset iOS device: Hold down the On/Off button and the Home button at the same time for at
least ten seconds, until the Apple logo appears.
- Unsync all music and resync
- Restore from backup. See:
iOS: How to back up
- Restore to factory settings/new iOS device.
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