I have an old iMac and cannot launch new OSX software updates

i have an old iMac and cannot launch new OSX software updates

We need to narrow down "Old iMac." Please do "About this Mac" from your Apple menu and tell us what the resulting window reports for your Processor type, as in this image:
Please post exactly what your iMac reports at the second red arrow in my example.

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