Mac Updates refusing to load
When I go into software update, it shows 3 updates for my Imac running Leopard. Mac OS I Tunes plus another. I can down load them all ok, I can download them all on there own, but no matter which way I try, they will not install. I am left with a fire storm screen and the installation bar shows about 1 cm worth of install. Can any one help me please
You can download the updates manually from apple.com/downloads and there you can find the Mac OS 10.5.2 update, the itunes update, and the other update you have.
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the firs thing, that I saw is, that you are using a realy old version of TVSU. You are using 3.13.0009.
Go to following link and download the latest version of TVSU: <3.14.0024>
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