Q: Reset to public software update sever
After doing a clean install of Mavericks and getting back all the data from a time machine transfer. I can update all the software fine for example imovie and iworks and all the apps, I did that at my school. But then I find when I am at home I can still update all the apps but when it comes to system update like mail or firmware, it comes up as Didn't get a response from the Software Update sever (10.60.8.40). I figure out that my mac is trying to contact the school sever but can't at home. But then when I am at school the school's sever don't offer the newest update which is faustrating, I like to keep up to date as soon as possible.
Before I upgrade to mavericks, I had mountain lion. Everything runs fine, it uses the school sever and the public sever when I am at home to update, it worked seemlessly, but now it keep trying to contact to school but not the public one. How can I reset the setting and set it to the public sever. I try delting the file com.apple.SoftwareUpdate.plist like some website I search up said. But that didn't change anything.
Please help
MacBook Pro, OS X Mavericks (10.9), Late 2011 2.4ghz i5 16Gb RAM
Posted on Nov 16, 2013 10:23 PM
I don't want to seem impolite, but I need to make this statement as definite as possible.
You must not install a profile posted on a public message board by a random stranger. That kind of behavior is extremely dangerous, and so is trusting a used computer in an unknown state. You need to erase the drive and start over with a clean system and only your documents, nothing else.
Good luck.
Posted on Nov 19, 2013 12:25 AM


