Macbook air won't install updates

I am sure this has been covered before ... but help! My Macbook Air (purchased Jume 2012, UK) won't install updates. It downloads them, and then when it tries to install it says that an unexpected error occured. I have checked Disk Utility, and its says that Macintosh HD sppears to be OK. Any words of wisdom, folks?
Thanks in advance.

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