[G4] Software update crashing

[Jim Pacyga]

If it doesn't then trash the preferences file (it will also erase your 
download history, but oh well).  That may do the trick. You can also 
clear the PRAM if you want.

Jim

On 2 Jan 2005, at 09:04, Al Poulin wrote:

> Kevin:
>
> I am not an Apple technician, but if I thought that Software Update 
> was the ONLY thing misbehaving on my Mac, I would do what I always do 
> anyway.  Go to the Apple Support web pages and manually download one 
> of the two update packages for OS X 10.3.7.  If I am already at 
> 10.3.6, I would fetch the small updater.  If I were somewhere back 
> around 10.3.3, I would take the Combo version.  I was at 10.3.5 a 
> couple weeks ago, so I just took both 10.3.6 and 7.  Some folks had 
> trouble with 6, but here, everything is fine.
>
> Then repair permissions again.  And run the update from the downloaded 
> package.  Then I would expect the Software Update feature to work 
> properly.
>
> On Jan 2, 2005, at 11:44 AM, Kevin Willis wrote:
>
>> I noticed that I have not received a notification for the 10.3.7 
>> update on my G4 yet, so I decided to do it manually.  However, every 
>> time I launched Software Update, it would crash half way through 
>> checking for updates.  I repaired permissions and tried it again, but 
>> it is still crashing. Even a restart didn't fix it.  Any thoughts on 
>> a cause?
>
> Al Poulin
> Anger, hate, and revenge are for the devil, forgiveness is for God, 
> proactive self-defense is for the rest of us.
>
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