Tiger, Software Updates and Quicktime 7.6.4 not clearing the install list

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Tiger, Software Updates and Quicktime 7.6.4 not clearing the install list

I have my G4 mini running Tiger. If I check Quicktime, it is version 7.6.4, however, Software Update keeps insisting to install 7.6.4 as the only update. I believe there are other updates I need, but am unsure because I cannot get it to acknowledge 7.6.4 as being installed. Here is the Installed Log:

2007-12-18 16:21:52 -0600: Installed "QuickTime" (7.3.1)
2008-01-24 09:01:55 -0600: Installed "iTunes" (7.6)
2008-01-24 09:03:20 -0600: Installed "QuickTime" (7.4)
2008-02-07 16:24:32 -0600: Installed "QuickTime" (7.4.1)
2008-04-14 09:11:32 -0500: Installed "QuickTime" (7.4.5)
2008-04-14 09:12:33 -0500: Installed "iTunes" (7.6.2)
2008-04-17 14:03:17 -0500: Installed "iTunes" (7.6.2)
2008-06-13 11:41:47 -0500: Installed "QuickTime" (7.5)
2008-09-02 07:50:53 -0500: Installed "iTunes" (7.7.1)
2010-02-26 23:03:42 -0600: Installed "J2SE 5.0 Release 4" (4.0)
2010-02-26 23:03:55 -0600: Installed "Migration and DVD/CD Sharing Update" (1.1)
2010-02-26 23:04:53 -0600: Installed "QuickTime" (7.6.4)
2010-02-26 23:06:37 -0600: Installed "Safari" (4.0.4)
2010-02-27 09:10:18 -0600: Installed "Java for Mac OS X 10.4, Release 5" (5.0)
2010-02-27 09:12:10 -0600: Installed "QuickTime" (7.6.4)
2010-02-27 11:07:58 -0600: Installed "Java For Mac OS X 10.4 Release 6" (1.0)
2010-02-27 11:25:21 -0600: Installed "Java for Mac OS X 10.4, Release 7" (1.0)
2010-02-27 11:35:24 -0600: Installed "Java for Mac OS X 10.4, Release 8" (1.0)
2010-02-27 11:42:02 -0600: Installed "Java for Mac OS X 10.4, Release 9" (1.0)
2010-02-27 11:50:38 -0600: Installed "QuickTime" (7.6.4)
2010-11-05 14:02:27 -0500: Installed "QuickTime" (7.6.4)
2010-11-05 14:03:13 -0500: Installed "Safari" (4.1.2)
2010-11-05 15:02:04 -0500: Installed "QuickTime" (7.6.4)
2010-11-05 16:08:29 -0500: Installed "QuickTime" (7.6.4)

How do I get this from showing up?

Message was edited by: TonyPlack

Mac Mini, Mac OS X (10.4.9), Quicktime 7.6.4

Posted on Nov 15, 2010 4:49 AM

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BDAqua

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Nov 15, 2010 9:49 AM in response to TonyPlack

Hi Tony, and a warm welcome to the forums! 🙂

Look in...

/Library/Receipts

To see if it's listed there, like...

QuickTime76_Tiger.pkg
QuickTime745_Tiger.pkg
QuickTime755_Tiger.pkg
QuickTime764_Tiger.pkg

Those are nubs of the original PKGs & I think what SW Update uses to check what is installed & find Permissions & such.

Sounds a bit like maybe some Disk corruption one way or the other.

"Try Disk Utility

1. Insert the Mac OS X Install disc, 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. Select your Mac OS X volume.
5. Click Repair. Disk Utility checks and repairs the disk."

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106214

Then try a Safe Boot, (holding Shift key down at bootup), run Disk Utility in Applications>Utilities, then highlight your drive, click on Repair Permissions, reboot when it completes.

(Safe boot may stay on the gray radian for a long time, let it go, it's trying to repair the Hard Drive.)

If perchance you can't find your install Disc, at least try it from the Safe Boot part onward.

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