New Update Will Not Install.

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New Update Will Not Install.

I am trying to install the latest 10.5.5 Update but when I click restart and the installation hangs at "configuring installation" what can I do? All of the other updates installed smoothly. I tried to download it directly from the Apple website and tried to install it on my desktop but it says "it can't install on this volume"

Any help/suggestions would be appreciated!
skeeeto

MacBook, Mac OS X (10.5.4), MacBook, iPhone 8GB

Posted on Sep 19, 2008 12:41 PM

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V.K.

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Sep 19, 2008 1:04 PM in response to david_bowlin

skeeeto wrote:
I tried to download it directly from the Apple website and tried to install it on my desktop

what exactly do you mean by that? try downloading 10.5.5 combo (not delta) update from the apple site and installing it manually.

Any help/suggestions would be appreciated!
skeeeto

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david_bowlin Author

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Sep 19, 2008 3:11 PM in response to V.K.

I did download the Combo Update. It still does not want to install. Thanks for the suggestion though!

skeeeto

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david_bowlin Author

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Oct 11, 2008 5:29 PM in response to david_bowlin

Any other suggestions?

Thanks!

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Oct 11, 2008 8:11 PM in response to david_bowlin

Got enough room on your hard drive for this?

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david_bowlin Author

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Oct 23, 2008 7:46 PM in response to Donald Palmer

I think so. How much room do I need? Other suggestions would be helpful too!

thanks!

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nerowolfe

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Oct 23, 2008 8:45 PM in response to david_bowlin

Combo update is 600 MB, probably takes up that much room again during install. Figure you need ove 1GB to install it.

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KJK555

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Oct 23, 2008 9:49 PM in response to david_bowlin

Here are some things you can try:
1. Back it up first!

2. Run disk utility from the install DVD - repair disk

3. Clean caches with leopard cache cleaner and rebuild prebindings

4. Check combo update sha1 digest (checksum) to be sure it is sane.
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1652

5. Be sure no startup software (login items) is running when beginning install.

Kj

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