Iphone 3GS won't update from 4.1 to 4.2

I've seen other results for this question but they all recommend turning off your firewall and antivirus on your PC. I am on a mac and, as far as I know, don't have these and wouldn't have a clue as to how to turn them off. Is there any other solution? Thanks!

You need itunes 10.1 which requires Mac OX 10.5 or later.
Do you have these?
Based on your profile you only have 10.4.

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