Software update gets stuck checking for updates
It seems to get stuck while checking for updates (I've waited about 20 minutes and the progress bar was still about half way).
I have a limited amount of data download each month from my ISP and it looks like software update used it all up (a few GB) without actually downloading anything! I topped up with my ISP with some more data (an extra 3GB) and only this time could I find that it was responsible. Using activity monitor I can see it receives data from the internet the whole time but this all happens in the "checking for updates" phase.
Has anyone else experienced this? Anyone fined a solution? My DSL connection is probably slow by international standards (384Kbps) and I'm in South Africa so my ping delay is probably not favorable. Still, everything else on the internet works just fine - I'd expect the "checking" phase to take maybe 30 seconds max.
I have a limited amount of data download each month from my ISP and it looks like software update used it all up (a few GB) without actually downloading anything! I topped up with my ISP with some more data (an extra 3GB) and only this time could I find that it was responsible. Using activity monitor I can see it receives data from the internet the whole time but this all happens in the "checking for updates" phase.
Has anyone else experienced this? Anyone fined a solution? My DSL connection is probably slow by international standards (384Kbps) and I'm in South Africa so my ping delay is probably not favorable. Still, everything else on the internet works just fine - I'd expect the "checking" phase to take maybe 30 seconds max.
Mac, Mac OS X (10.6.6)
