Software Update- Now impossible to restore?

I just updated the software on my iPone 4 and then it told me I needed to restore my phone so I clicked "Restore" then my options were "Update & Restore" or "Cancel". I tried the "Update & Restore" it it began to download the software again then tell me once again that I needed to restore. How do I restore without updating too? I am stuck in a continuous cycle and my screen is frozen on the "connect to iTunes". I have the latest version of iTunes.

Your playlists are also in your iTunes library, so you shouldn't lose any of them. Even if you created an On the Go Playlist on the iPod itself, it will still sync back to iTunes with "On the Go Playlist 1", "On the Go Playlist 2", etc.

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Hello,
Where can I find the size of a download for a software update now?
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I found the download size (often hundreds of megabytes for an individual update and sometimes a set of updates might amount to a few gigabytes) to be very helpful, and now that it seems no longer available (I can't even see it on the web page I came to for more information, thinking the download size would surely be specified there), it is frustrating. My current example is iTunes 11.0.3
I would greatly appreicate having this information back in the software updates listing, but since it is no longer available there, and I don't know where else to find it, if anybody can enlighten me to its whereabouts, I'd be grateful.
Thanks and cheers!

stewedapples wrote:
I would greatly appreicate having this information back in the software updates listing, ...
You can leave Feedback for Apple here...
http://www.apple.com/feedback/
stewedapples wrote:
... I don't know where else to find it...
http://support.apple.com/downloads/#

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Victoria

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Although you may have lost the account settings as a result of some preferences file corruption, you shouldn’t have lost any actual messages or mailboxes. Have you tried searching for them in Spotlight? In the Finder, go to ~/Library/Mail/. Can you see the missing mail there?
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And you should also verify/repair the startup disk (not just permissions), as described in the following article, in case there is something amiss in the filesystem that has a bearing on what happened:
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put it into recovery mode
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http://www.apple.com/support/ipodtouch/assistant/restore/
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http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1414

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I updated software yesterday and didn't pay attention to what was updating. I always just install the updates when they come up.
Now I can't login to my administrator account or change the password. I could log into another account, but iTunes won't stay open. It opens for about 10 seconds then closes.
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Hi jamendan, and a warm welcome to the forums!
Could be many things, we should start with this...
"Try Disk Utility
1. Insert the Mac OS X Install disc that came with your computer, then restart the computer while holding the C key.
2. When your computer finishes starting up from the disc, choose Disk Utility from the Installer menu. (In Mac OS X 10.4 or later, you must select your language first.)
*Important: Do not click Continue in the first screen of the Installer. If you do, you must restart from the disc again to access Disk Utility.*
3. Click the First Aid tab.
4. Click the disclosure triangle to the left of the hard drive icon to display the names of your hard disk volumes and partitions.
5. Select your Mac OS X volume.
6. Click Repair. Disk Utility checks and repairs the disk."
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106214
Then Safe Boot from the HD, (holding Shift key down at bootup), run Disk Utility in Applications>Utilities, then highlight your drive, click on Repair Permissions, reboot when it completes.
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Some people get away without Repairing Permissions for years, some for only days.
If Permissions are wrong before applying an update, you could get mixed OS versions, if Directory is the slightest messed up, who knows!
If many Permission are repaired, or any Directory errors are found, you may need to re-apply some the latest/biggest updates.
May even need to do an Archive and Install if you have room on the HD...
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=107120
I only use Software Update to see what is needed, then get them for real via...
http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/
That way I can wait a week or so, check the forums for potential problems, and get Permissions & such in order before installing.

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They should be. They both worked until just now. Also I checked again and realized that everything in the software update had indeed been downloaded. So now its just a chrome/skype problem.

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It disgusts me that companies like Nokia release software before it has been fully tested just because its cheaper to let the paying public do the tests and give them a greater spectrum of results. Souns to me like they're basing their business strategy on Microsoft.
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IPOD 2.0 SOFTWARE UPDATE "NOW AVAILABLE" U.S ONLY ATM

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I have to wait me in Australia.

Lol, it says it's available, but it's not. Apple has had a major server crash and now everyone who was looking forward to the update being out by this morning needs to wait longer...they're trying to fix the problem but people have been told the update might not be available until later tonight or tomorrow morning...

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http://support.apple.com/kb/TS2518
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Did you download the correct Combo for PPC, since it
appears you do not have an Intel Mac?
If the correct Combo version, then I think you should
run Disk Repair from the original Tiger install disk
to check out your hard drive.
How much free disk space do you have on your hard
drive, or if partitioned, on the boot partition?
Ernie
Ernie,
thanks for the suggestions. I'm not quite the Mac expert I'd like to be, so bear with me please. How do I know if I downloaded "the correct Combo for PPC, since it appears you do not have an Intel Mac?" Wouldn't my computer automatically download the correct one? How can I check if it's the right one? ALSO,
How do I "run Disk Repair from the original Tiger install disk to check out your hard drive"? Do I need to insert the original startup disk again, or can I do it without it?
When doing info on my mac, it says I only have 6.1 GB left available. THANKS FOR YOUR HELP!!!!
Wade

I Idownloaded software update, now phone will not let me into some apps

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Software Update- Now impossible to restore?

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