Long iOS 7 download via iTunes 11.1 (14 hours remaining...)

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Long iOS 7 download via iTunes 11.1 (14 hours remaining...)

Hello all.

I am downloading iOS 7 via iTunes (updated to 11.1) on my Mac. It currently shows as 14 hours remaining: I started just after 7pm UK time, it is now 9pm. 154.4MB of 1.12 GB (gulp) done. The download is moving along, albeit slowly. If I cancel the download and start again is it possible it will go faster or is it best to just leave this running/try again tomorrow? Not in a huge rush; however, as I am already in the "queue" I am happy to have it ticking away in the background as I work.

Thank you for your time.

iMac, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.2)

Posted on Sep 18, 2013 1:16 PM

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svj111

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Sep 18, 2013 1:18 PM in response to Rowan A

Let it run or it'll restart completely. Your internet is probably really slow cause it only took me 12 minutes.

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Rowan A Author

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Sep 18, 2013 1:23 PM in response to svj111

Thanks for your input, it is useful to know how long it has taken/is taking others. I just tested my speeds on www.speedtest.net and the download speed result was 59.83mbps which was in the red (fastest) section. I am the only one connected to my WiFi at the moment.

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Sep 18, 2013 3:24 PM in response to Rowan A

When I initially launched the App Store to download iTunes 11.1 it was very slow as well, my total time was around 5 hours. I just forced quit App Store and re-launch to download and it's now downloading at 'normal' speeds, estimated time of completion 15 minutes.

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Sep 18, 2013 6:04 PM in response to Rowan A

Consider yourself Lucky with 14 Hours. Mine lists 40+ hours remaining...

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Rowan A Author

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Sep 19, 2013 7:25 AM in response to augustwave79

Thank you for your input.

Just to conclude the thread, in the end I accidentally pressed "pause" on that initial download which made it go all the way back to the beginning. So I cancelled it, quit iTunes and when prompted selected "Download now" and the iOS 7 software downloaded in 3 minutes. Obviously the previously started download was corrupted or lagging for some reason, it should never take so long on a reasonable WiFi connection.

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Sep 20, 2013 2:39 PM in response to Rowan A

I still having the same problem ... over 24 hours remaining !!

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Courcoul

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Sep 20, 2013 2:42 PM in response to Abdelelah Sami

It is all due to congestion in your network link. Apple's servers are up and you're really downloading a 1.5GB file.

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