Q: App Store stuck at "checking for updates"
When I view available updates on the App Store (in OS X Yosemite), a spinner appears at the top left of the application, next to the message "checking for updates". After that the App Store becomes unresponsive.
If I force quit and restart the App Store no content is loaded, and the navigation menu (featured, top charts, etc.) is grayed out. I have to restart the computer for the app store to become responsive again, but it still crashes after I navigate to the "updates" tab.
As a result of this issue I cannot install OS X updates.
The only troubleshooting I have done so far is to repair disk permissions and look in the Console for possible errors (nothing jumped out at me, but I didn't really know what to look for.)
Any advice on how I might resolve this issue?
Thanks.
MacBook Pro with Retina display, OS X Yosemite (10.10.2), null
Posted on Jun 16, 2015 9:27 PM
I have resolved this issue by bypassing the App Store and installing all system updates via terminal.
List all available updates:
sudo softwareupdate -l
Install all available updates:
sudo softwareupdate -i -a
After performing the updates the App Store no longer displays a "checking for updates" spinner, and I can successfully install updates to third party applications, quit and relaunch the app store, etc.
I will hazard a guess that the OS X 10.10.3 update, which I installed via the command line, fixed the issue with app store.
Posted on Jun 17, 2015 3:32 PM