Software update freezes at "moving items into place"

Do the usual update procedure, but Software Update gets to the "moving items into place" point and hangs. You can't press "stop" you can't quit you can only turn off the machine by pressing and holding the on/off button.

Try booting into Safe Mode, hold down left side shift key when booting, hold untill you see the progress bar (note this will take longer than normal, so be patient)
Log in open disk utilities (Applications>Utilities.Disk utility.app) rhen select (highlght) your volume in the left side bar, click repair permissions.
The run software update again and try the install while in safe mode, if sucessful log out (this will take a little longer as well) and log back normally.
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Irelander,
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This is the 2nd time I have tried this update. I keeps freezing at about 90% progress
Any ideas?
The update fro memory is pages safari etc, its about a week old.

Manually DL them from http://support.apple.com/downloads/ and then try installing them.

My MacBook pro is freezing at the "moving items into place" phase. I have to restore from time machine each time. I'm talking about the 10.7.4 update

I can't seem to get the 10.7.4 update to work. It constantly freezing at the "moving items into place" phase. I let it run overnight and it's still frozen. I have to restore from time machine backup each time. Any help appreciated.

this is somethinng like the third post i have read about that update causing troubles...
But if I read this right- it is still in the install? Had you restarted and repaired permissions BEFORE the download? As well as emptying cache in safari first?
The other troubles I read had to do with after install, and caused by...oh what was it...it was early morning...an article at CNET news had it...google 10.7.4 update trouble and read the cnet one.

After trying to update itunes it now hangs moving items into place.

I get the error that this copy of itunes is corrupted or is not installed correctly. Please reinstall itunes (error -42037). I have attempted to reinstall but the install process hangs at moving items into place. I have left it over night, before manually shutting down and trying again, and then left it all day. Still hangs, whilst hanging the time remaining goes up from less than a minute, to 1 hour 6 minutes, to 2 hours 50 minutes etc. I need to fix quickly as I am setting up a new phone and was able to restore all but my music from icloud. I need my music and playlists set up before tomorrow. Thanks

Hi, reinstalling iTunes should not mess with your music et cetera (however some users have suggested on here that it did), but keeping a backup is always recommended anyway.
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3 days ago, I was unable to open iTunes on my Mac OSX Version 10.9.3. The error message claimed that the file was corrupt and I needed to uninstall and redownload iTunes. I started the download on May 16th in the morning. It got stuck on "moving items into place." After a few hours, I finally managed to force quit and shut down my system. Then, I tried again. It has been stuck on this screen since May 16th. Any idea why I am unable to download iTunes? HELP!

Just found this and it fixed the issue for me, hope it works for you:
- Try booting into Safe Mode, hold down left side shift key when booting, hold untill you see the progress bar (note this will take longer than normal, so be patient)
- Log in and open disk utilities (Applications->Utilities->Disk Utility app) then select (highlight) your volume in the left side bar, click repair permissions.
- The run software update again and try the install while in safe mode, if sucessful log out (this will take a little longer as well) and log back normally.

Upgrading iPhoto stalls at "Moving items into place...."

Upgrading iPhoto stalls at "Moving items into place...."
Right at the end.
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Right at the end.
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anthonymdavis wrote:
Did they at apple actually TRY this update before putting this out and mess up people's systems.
Of course they tried it and so did every developer it was seeded to, which is why so many millions of users are having no issues with the install. If Preview etc. are not working for you, then something seems to have gone wrong during your install. It may well be hardware related or related to third party programs you already have installed. Perhaps anti-virus or other third party maintenance programs? Or perhaps your system itself has been in dire need of repair and the update has simply triggered or magnified the underlying problem. I would be backing up immediately and performing a clean install after checking the condition of your HD before blaming an update that most users have had no issues with. (Note, you will see people with issues here as it is a troubleshooting Forum, so it may look a common problem. The millions of others have no issues thus never come here).
Hope you get this resolved and enjoy the update as most of us are.
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I have an ipad 2, yesterday I updated my ipad going in to settings software update, then the ipad went into resore mode saying it needs to connect to itunes. I did that and itunes said it was goingo to do a resotre and I lost all my info, pictures, contacts. Is there a way to recover all my info?

You should be able to reconnect to iTunes and then you should see an option to restore to your ipad from your last back up in iTunes.

HT4623 Why does my iPhone 4 not have the Software update option when I go into the settings?

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Whenever I run software update, the blue bar freezes at about a fourth of the way across while "Checking for new software..." and then the fans sometimes speed up until I click Cancel. Sometimes it eventually completes "Checking for new software..." but when it does it is usually 45 minutes to an hour later. What gives?

If I reinstall the OS, will that jeopardize my data, docs or photo library?
No. Boot into the Recovery volume (boot with the Command + R keys held down) and first select Disk Utility to repair disk permissions and the disk. Reboot and try the App Store again.
If that fails boot again into the Recovery volume again and reinsatll the system. Your data and photos will not be jeoparadized.
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when I try to install the software updates it freezes at the installation phase even after letting it run for hours. It started with the 2013-001 security update. I tried to Download the file and manually install it but it stops at "waiting for other installations to complete". Please help.

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