My Macbook pro is refusing to install any of the recent software updates. Any suggestions?
I have been trying to install the latest software updates that show up when I search for available updates. There are 5 including Safari, iTunes, iWork and iPhoto. I have plenty of memory available. After the software update downloads, it shows an error message that says it was unable to install the update, but gives no codes or further information. I have powered down / powered up, tried on different internet connections. I'm out of ideas. Any help is much apprectiated!
Since you are running Lion, I would suggest that you reboot while simultaneously holding down the Command - R keys, to boot into the Lion Recovery Partition. There you can go into its Disk Utilities, highlight your "McIntosh HD" in the left hand column to select it and then run "Repair Disk". Then run its "Repair Permissions" twice. That may resolve the problem. If not, then from the Lion Recovery Partition I would recommend doing a reinstall of Lion over your current version to further up any other code errors on your drive.
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Thanx!Here's the deal -
1. can you install itunes via the APPLE SOFTWARE updater?
I couldn't so I downloaded ITUNES and tried to install it that way. Hence I got the same error hang as you. Nothing worked, (Multiple attempts at uninstall reinstall, stopping of Services, Reg cleaners etc..)
2. If answer is NO to #1 you must fixe the APPLE SOFTWARE UPDATE Program.
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