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xcode 4.1 installation alert stuck, like forever, on Lion

I'm tyring to install xcode on Lion and it gave me an alert to quit itunes which is already not running. So i laucnhed it from the spotlight like icon the alert window has and quit it several times but it wont recognize the event. so i decided to close the xcode installer. however, even after quitting the installer the alert window is stuck and wont budge from the desktop!


how do i get rid of it?


Neerav

MacBook 7,1, Mac OS X (10.6.7), iPhone 4

Posted on Jul 20, 2011 4:21 PM

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Posted on Jul 20, 2011 4:49 PM

i had this too. here is my solution:


1. launch terminal.app

2. run: ps aux | grep iTunes

3. there should be a process running with name: iTunesHelper

4. find the process number (in the second column)

5. run: kill -9 "number" !!! take caution here


this is what fixed it for me.

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Jul 20, 2011 9:38 PM in response to tolatomeow

It used to be straight up 'on your own, sucker'...you either knew to quit Xcode, Simulator, Application Loader, iTunes etc. on your own, or the progress bar would just sit and sing until you figured it out. There are hundreds of threads still around from those days.........


Having an alert/kill switch is actually a recent improvement, but like all things dev related, it's never safe to sit on your hands.

Jul 21, 2011 11:25 PM in response to leizeQ

Just follow your instruction to check wether is iTunes Helper ! but it show not relative App were executing ! but when i start to install Xcode 4.1 from this morning up to now (About nearly 6hours) but still unable to complete update ! where could it be the problem ? if any of you know the solution please tell me ! thank you so much!

xcode 4.1 installation alert stuck, like forever, on Lion

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