"OS X Update Combined can't be installed ..." MBPro 8,3; 10.8.5

thanks; I already tried Recovery -- no problem doing that, but reinstalling didn't stop the crashes, and the message about being unable to install the Combo update continues.

No hardware problems detected.

Nothing unusual in the log file that I can see.

I'm hoping someone knows where this error message comes from and what it means.

I'm _guessing_ something that got updated recently is involved, but have no evidence.

OK, as requested, I waited for the next crash, copied the log, and here's an attempt to be selective, not post huge amounts, and post some part of the crash log. I confess I don't know what "selective" means to you; ask again and I will give more if you need more.

Process: Finder [446]

Path: /System/Library/CoreServices/Finder.app/Contents/MacOS/Finder

Identifier: com.apple.finder

Version: 10.8.3 (10.8.3)

Build Info: Finder_FE-808003001000000~4

Code Type: X86-64 (Native)

Parent Process: launchd [427]

User ID: 501

Date/Time: 2013-11-16 13:43:16.993 -0800

OS Version: Mac OS X 10.8.5 (12F45)

Report Version: 10

Crashed Thread: 0 Dispatch queue: com.apple.main-thread

Exception Type: EXC_BAD_ACCESS (SIGSEGV)

Exception Codes: KERN_INVALID_ADDRESS at 0x0000000000000020

External Modification Warnings:

Thread creation by external task.

VM Regions Near 0x20:

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__TEXT 0000000102075000-0000000102530000 [ 4844K] r-x/rwx SM=COW /System/Library/CoreServices/Finder.app/Contents/MacOS/Finder

Thread 0 Crashed:: Dispatch queue: com.apple.main-thread

0 com.apple.HIToolbox 0x00000001037aa4e5 AutoScrollMenu(OpaqueControlRef*, Point, unsigned char*) + 214

1 com.apple.HIToolbox 0x00000001037aa3b0 AutoScrollObserver(unsigned int, OpaqueEventRef*, void*) + 108

2 com.apple.HIToolbox 0x00000001036404f0 _NotifyEventLoopObservers + 155

3 com.apple.HIToolbox 0x0000000103671daf AcquireEventFromQueue + 561

4 com.apple.HIToolbox 0x0000000103667bc7 ReceiveNextEventCommon + 217

5 com.apple.HIToolbox 0x0000000103667ae3 BlockUntilNextEventMatchingListInMode + 62

6 com.apple.AppKit 0x0000000105611533 _DPSNextEvent + 685

7 com.apple.AppKit 0x0000000105610df2 -[NSApplication nextEventMatchingMask:untilDate:inMode:dequeue:] + 128

8 com.apple.AppKit 0x00000001056081a3 -[NSApplication run] + 517

9 com.apple.AppKit 0x00000001055acbd6 NSApplicationMain + 869

10 com.apple.finder 0x000000010207ab56 0x102075000 + 23382

11 libdyld.dylib 0x0000000107a187e1 start + 1

Thread 1:: Dispatch queue: com.apple.libdispatch-manager

0 libsystem_kernel.dylib 0x0000000107bfcd16 kevent + 10

1 libdispatch.dylib 0x00000001079e8dea _dispatch_mgr_invoke + 883

2 libdispatch.dylib 0x00000001079e89ee _dispatch_mgr_thread + 54

Thread 2:: com.apple.CFSocket.private

0 libsystem_kernel.dylib 0x0000000107bfc322 __select + 10

1 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x0000000104ad7f46 __CFSocketManager + 1302

2 libsystem_c.dylib 0x0000000107a82772 _pthread_start + 327

3 libsystem_c.dylib 0x0000000107a6f1a1 thread_start + 13

Thread 3:: CVDisplayLink

0 libsystem_kernel.dylib 0x0000000107bfc0fa __psynch_cvwait + 10

1 libsystem_c.dylib 0x0000000107a86fb9 _pthread_cond_wait + 869

2 com.apple.CoreVideo 0x0000000109af72a1 CVDisplayLink::runIOThread() + 689

3 com.apple.CoreVideo 0x0000000109af6fd7 startIOThread(void*) + 148

4 libsystem_c.dylib 0x0000000107a82772 _pthread_start + 327

5 libsystem_c.dylib 0x0000000107a6f1a1 thread_start + 13

Thread 4:: Dispatch queue: TFSVolumeInfo::GetSyncGCDQueue

0 libsystem_c.dylib 0x0000000107a70cc4 OSAtomicCompareAndSwap64Barrier$VARIANT$mp + 8

1 libsystem_c.dylib 0x0000000107a87d84 pthread_mutex_lock + 463

2 libsystem_c.dylib 0x0000000107ad5d96 readdir$INODE64 + 34

3 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x0000000104b411fe _CFBundleReadDirectory + 638

4 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x0000000104b409bc _CFBundleCreateQueryTableAtPath + 700

5 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x0000000104b3d277 _CFBundleCopyQueryTable + 279

6 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x0000000104b41919 _CFBundleCopyURLsOfKey + 361

7 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x0000000104b3ee0d _CFBundleCopyFindResources + 1709

8 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x0000000104a9f1b7 CFBundleCopyResourceURL + 71

9 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x0000000104abaf2c CFBundleGetLocalInfoDictionary + 60

10 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x0000000104adcc24 CFBundleGetValueForInfoDictionaryKey + 36

11 com.apple.desktopservices 0x00000001026f165d TFSInfo::FetchPlistVersion(TVersionData&) const + 81

12 com.apple.desktopservices 0x00000001026f490d TFSInfo::FetchVersionMetaData(unsigned int) const + 219

13 com.apple.desktopservices 0x00000001026eb923 TFSInfo::GetShortVersion(TUString&, unsigned int) const + 33

14 com.apple.desktopservices 0x0000000102674a9f TFSInfo::Fetch(unsigned int) + 261

15 com.apple.desktopservices 0x000000010267498c TFSInfo::FetchAdditionalProperties(TCountedPtr<TFSInfo> const&) + 164

16 com.apple.desktopservices 0x00000001026643b3 TNode::SynchronizeChildren(unsigned int, TNodeEventPtrSet&) + 5523

17 com.apple.desktopservices 0x00000001026601c1 TNode::HandleSync(unsigned int) + 2629

18 com.apple.desktopservices 0x0000000102673988 TNode::HandleSync(TCountedPtr<TNodeTask> const&, TNodePtr const&) + 42

19 com.apple.desktopservices 0x000000010264ff8b TNode::HandleNodeRequest(TCountedPtr<TNodeTask> const&, TCountedPtr<TVolumeSyncThread> const&) + 757

20 com.apple.desktopservices 0x00000001026c313f __block_global_1 + 82

21 com.apple.desktopservices 0x000000010264fc40 ExceptionSafeBlock(void ()() block_pointer) + 12

22 com.apple.desktopservices 0x000000010264fbe1 __PostNodeTaskRequest_block_invoke_0 + 91

23 libdispatch.dylib 0x00000001079e9f01 _dispatch_call_block_and_release + 15

24 libdispatch.dylib 0x00000001079e60b6 _dispatch_client_callout + 8

25 libdispatch.dylib 0x00000001079e747f _dispatch_queue_drain + 235

26 libdispatch.dylib 0x00000001079e72f1 _dispatch_queue_invoke + 52

27 libdispatch.dylib 0x00000001079e71c3 _dispatch_worker_thread2 + 249

28 libsystem_c.dylib 0x0000000107a84cdb _pthread_wqthread + 404

29 libsystem_c.dylib 0x0000000107a6f191 start_wqthread + 13

Thread 5:

0 libsystem_kernel.dylib 0x0000000107bfc6d6 __workq_kernreturn + 10

1 libsystem_c.dylib 0x0000000107a84f1c _pthread_workq_return + 25

2 libsystem_c.dylib 0x0000000107a84ce3 _pthread_wqthread + 412

3 libsystem_c.dylib 0x0000000107a6f191 start_wqthread + 13

Thread 6:

0 libsystem_kernel.dylib 0x0000000107bfc6d6 __workq_kernreturn + 10

1 libsystem_c.dylib 0x0000000107a84f1c _pthread_workq_return + 25

2 libsystem_c.dylib 0x0000000107a84ce3 _pthread_wqthread + 412

3 libsystem_c.dylib 0x0000000107a6f191 start_wqthread + 13

Thread 7:

0 libsystem_kernel.dylib 0x0000000107bfc0fa __psynch_cvwait + 10

1 libsystem_c.dylib 0x0000000107a86fb9 _pthread_cond_wait + 869

2 com.apple.finder 0x00000001020d7467 0x102075000 + 402535

3 com.apple.finder 0x00000001020bb2ff 0x102075000 + 287487

4 com.apple.finder 0x000000010207c4b6 0x102075000 + 29878

5 libsystem_c.dylib 0x0000000107a82772 _pthread_start + 327

6 libsystem_c.dylib 0x0000000107a6f1a1 thread_start + 13

Thread 8:

0 libsystem_kernel.dylib 0x0000000107bfc6d6 __workq_kernreturn + 10

1 libsystem_c.dylib 0x0000000107a84f1c _pthread_workq_return + 25

2 libsystem_c.dylib 0x0000000107a84ce3 _pthread_wqthread + 412

3 libsystem_c.dylib 0x0000000107a6f191 start_wqthread + 13

Thread 0 crashed with X86 Thread State (64-bit):

rax: 0x0000000000000000 rbx: 0x0000000001165cc3 rcx: 0x00007fff5db8a353 rdx: 0x00000000000000bf

rdi: 0x00007fff5db8a2d8 rsi: 0x00007fff5db8a2c0 rbp: 0x00007fff5db8a330 rsp: 0x00007fff5db8a260

r8: 0x00007fcacbd612f0 r9: 0x0000000000000000 r10: 0x0000000051447074 r11: 0x0000000068697074

r12: 0x00007fff5db8a2c0 r13: 0x0000000000000000 r14: 0x00007fff5db8a200 r15: 0x00007fcacbd612f0

rip: 0x00000001037aa4e5 rfl: 0x0000000000010246 cr2: 0x0000000000000020

Logical CPU: 4

[...]

External Modification Summary:

Calls made by other processes targeting this process:

task_for_pid: 314

thread_create: 1

thread_set_state: 0

Calls made by this process:

task_for_pid: 0

thread_create: 0

thread_set_state: 0

Calls made by all processes on this machine:

task_for_pid: 49888

thread_create: 15

thread_set_state: 28

VM Region Summary:

ReadOnly portion of Libraries: Total=218.0M resident=217.0M(100%) swapped_out_or_unallocated=1088K(0%)

Writable regions: Total=511.2M written=237.9M(47%) resident=343.0M(67%) swapped_out=0K(0%) unallocated=168.2M(33%)

REGION TYPE VIRTUAL

=========== =======

ATS (font support) 31.9M

ATS (font support) (reserved) 4K reserved VM address space (unallocated)

CG backing stores 1776K

CG image 2300K

CG raster data 164K

CG shared images 224K

CoreAnimation 4144K

CoreImage 12K

CoreServices 10.9M

IOKit 18.2M

MALLOC 388.3M

MALLOC guard page 48K

Memory tag=240 60K

Memory tag=242 12K

Memory tag=249 156K

Memory tag=250 256K

Memory tag=251 68K

OpenCL 64K

OpenGL GLSL 1936K

OpenGL GLSL (reserved) 128K reserved VM address space (unallocated)

SQLite page cache 96K

STACK GUARD 56.0M

Stack 11.6M

VM_ALLOCATE 26.5M

__DATA 20.7M

__IMAGE 528K

__LINKEDIT 45.5M

__TEXT 172.7M

__UNICODE 544K

mapped file 76.8M

shared memory 163.5M

=========== =======

TOTAL 1.0G

TOTAL, minus reserved VM space 1.0G

and a new one. Again, tell me please how much of these reports you want to see:

Or, did you mean this leading up to that crash?

11/17/13 11:32:43.664 AM com.apple.launchd.peruser.501[427]: (com.apple.CalendarAgent[98273]) Exited: Killed: 9

11/17/13 11:32:43.000 AM kernel[0]: memorystatus_thread: idle exiting pid 98273 [CalendarAgent]

11/17/13 11:32:50.491 AM com.apple.launchd[1]: (com.apple.sleepservicesd[98280]) Exited: Killed: 9

11/17/13 11:32:50.000 AM kernel[0]: memorystatus_thread: idle exiting pid 98280 [SleepServicesD]

11/17/13 11:33:39.598 AM com.apple.time[432]: Interval maximum value is 946100000 seconds (specified value: 9223372036854775807).

11/17/13 11:35:19.498 AM firefox[95622]: invalid context

11/17/13 11:41:37.557 AM librariand[98298]: MMe quota status changed: under quota

11/17/13 11:42:16.239 AM WindowServer[225]: dict count after removing entry for window 0x15f9 is 0

11/17/13 11:42:16.371 AM com.apple.launchd.peruser.501[427]: (com.apple.Finder[92716]) Job appears to have crashed: Segmentation fault: 11

11/17/13 11:42:26.049 AM ReportCrash[98311]: Saved crash report for Finder[92716] version 10.8.3 (10.8.3) to /Users/ankh/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/Finder_2013-11-17-114225_HankMBP.cra sh

(I see other mentions that "Segmentation fault 11" started happening to people recently associated with Mavericks -- as noted I haven't updated to Mavericks yet, but I had started updating software to prepare for that.

Somewhere in that process, after I started updating anything that would be needed with Mavericks, these crashes increased and I found I couldn't reinstall the Combo Updater for 10.8.5, which brought me to this question.

red herring I'm afraid -- no Google Drive here, no finder twiddles, same error with safe boot, same error booting from an external drive). The problem is this error message:

"OS X Update Combined can't be installed on this disk. This volume does not meet the requirements for this update."

I can live with sporadic crashes -- doesn't everybody get those?

But what usually clears things up for a while is reinstalling the latest Combo update.

And I suddenly can't do that -- even with safe boot, even from other boot drives, my internal drive on the MBPro comes up "does not meet the requirements" -- just in the last week or so.

And I've installed Combo updates on this drive before. I'm sure I've installed one of the earlier 10.8.x Combos, within the last six months or so.

Now I can't.

(I'd be happy to chase Finder etc. crashes in another topic, but I do have the impression (and confirmation from the last time an Apple guy looked at it at the store) that it's not crashing more than the average, he said these things just happen)

Problem is, is there a way to reinstall the Combo update.

I can just surrender to Mavericks,

but

I'd rather know the current install was good before doing that system change to Mavericks.

New crash, just for the record, in case anyone has a clue to offer:

11/19/13 10:18:01.997 AM mdworker[12649]: zip importer encountered an error (2) scanning "/Users/ankh/Downloads/iCab_5.1-2.1_Intel.zip".

11/19/13 10:22:21.842 AM librariand[12713]: MMe quota status changed: under quota

11/19/13 10:23:02.352 AM mdwrite[12724]: [ERROR] [0.000s] com.apple. UBItemStatusNotification.c:805 _do_UBItemStatusNotificationRegisterURLs() can't find realpath for "/Users/ankh/Library/Mobile Documents/com~apple~system~spotlight/mdlabels", was blocked at "/Users/ankh/Library/Mobile Documents": 2 (No such file or directory)

11/19/13 10:23:02.352 AM mdwrite[12724]: [ERROR] [0.001s] com.apple. UBItemStatusNotification.c:805 _do_UBItemStatusNotificationRegisterURLs() can't find realpath for "/Users/ankh/Library/Mobile Documents/com~apple~system~spotlight/mdlabels", was blocked at "/Users/ankh/Library/Mobile Documents": 2 (No such file or directory)

11/19/13 10:23:04.595 AM com.apple.launchd.peruser.501[349]: (com.apple.metadata.mdwrite[12724]) Job appears to have crashed: Segmentation fault: 11

11/19/13 10:23:04.746 AM ReportCrash[12725]: Saved crash report for mdwrite[12724] version 563 to /Users/ankh/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/mdwrite_2013-11-19-102304_HankMBP.cr ash