Security update in saying it has installed 4 times but is still trying to install repeatedly
iMac, OS X Mavericks (10.9.2)
Sorry. Nope. Sec Update now says it has installed 8 times. IBooks update and Safari update 4 times. App stores has not changed in all this time. Still wants restart. When restart attempted it stops on Softwareupdatelauncher. Hard reboot still needed..
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Hi Linc - just for the attempt, I did all of your above tips at once. I then still had to hard boot. Initially the App Store was showing no updates. I did another install of Maverick and thought everything was good. However after a few minutes App Store popped up with "updates available". If I ignore the update now then I can restart and shut down at least. Below the Terminal info you asked for:
total 17341
drwxr-xr-x 31 0 0 - 1122 May 12 06:20 .
drwxr-xr-x 31 0 0 - 1122 May 12 06:20 ..
-rw-rw-r-- 1 0 80 - 0 May 12 06:07 .DS_Store
d--x--x--x 8 0 0 - 272 Oct 24 2013 .DocumentRevisions-V100
drwx------ 5 0 0 - 170 Oct 8 2011 .Spotlight-V100
d-wx-wx-wt 2 0 0 hidden 68 May 12 06:20 .Trashes
---------- 1 0 80 - 0 Aug 25 2013 .file
drwx------ 11 0 0 - 374 May 12 09:13 .fseventsd
-rw------- 1 0 0 hidden 458752 May 12 06:19 .hotfiles.btree
drwxr-xr-x@ 2 0 0 hidden 68 Aug 25 2013 .vol
com.apple.FinderInfo 32
drwxrwxr-x+ 60 0 80 - 2040 May 12 06:09 Applications
0: ABCDEFAB-CDEF-ABCD-EFAB-CDEF0000000C deny delete
drwxr-xr-x+ 61 0 0 - 2074 May 12 06:20 Library
0: ABCDEFAB-CDEF-ABCD-EFAB-CDEF0000000C deny delete
drwxr-xr-x@ 2 0 0 hidden 68 Aug 25 2013 Network
com.apple.FinderInfo 32
drwxr-xr-x+ 4 0 0 - 136 May 12 05:59 System
0: ABCDEFAB-CDEF-ABCD-EFAB-CDEF0000000C deny delete
lrwxr-xr-x 1 0 0 - 60 Nov 15 2011 User Guides And Information -> /Library/Documentation/User Guides and Information.localized
drwxr-xr-x 5 0 80 - 170 May 12 06:03 Users
drwxrwxrwt@ 5 0 80 hidden 170 May 12 09:18 Volumes
com.apple.FinderInfo 32
0: ABCDEFAB-CDEF-ABCD-EFAB-CDEF0000000C deny add_file,add_subdirectory,directory_inherit,only_inherit
drwxr-xr-x@ 39 0 0 hidden 1326 May 12 06:00 bin
com.apple.FinderInfo 32
drwxrwxr-t@ 2 0 80 hidden 68 Aug 25 2013 cores
com.apple.FinderInfo 32
dr-xr-xr-x 3 0 0 hidden 4331 May 12 09:13 dev
lrwxr-xr-x@ 1 0 0 hidden 11 May 12 05:52 etc -> private/etc
com.apple.FinderInfo 32
dr-xr-xr-x 2 0 0 hidden 1 May 12 09:14 home
-rwxr-xr-x@ 1 0 0 hidden 8393408 Jan 17 11:40 mach_kernel
com.apple.FinderInfo 32
dr-xr-xr-x 2 0 0 hidden 1 May 12 09:14 net
drwxr-xr-x@ 6 0 0 hidden 204 May 12 06:03 private
com.apple.FinderInfo 32
drwxr-xr-x@ 62 0 0 hidden 2108 May 12 06:01 sbin
com.apple.FinderInfo 32
lrwxr-xr-x@ 1 0 0 hidden 11 May 12 05:54 tmp -> private/tmp
com.apple.FinderInfo 32
drwxr-xr-x@ 10 0 0 hidden 340 May 12 06:03 usr
com.apple.FinderInfo 32
lrwxr-xr-x@ 1 0 0 hidden 11 May 12 05:54 var -> private/var
com.apple.FinderInfo 32
Open the App Store pane in System Preferences. If the box marked Automatically check for updates is checked, uncheck it. You may have to unlock the settings to do that.
OK did that. I assume I just need to wait for an update which might sort out the problem?
Try enabling it again when 10.9.3 is released.
Linc. let me know if following the same instructuions confuses you and I'll stop. Just figure it will help if you have two sources of data to compare with. here's my output of your instructions:
total 16621
drwxrwxr-t 39 0 80 - 1394 May 11 13:06 .
drwxrwxr-t 39 0 80 - 1394 May 11 13:06 ..
-rw-rw-r--@ 1 0 80 - 15364 Feb 13 11:30 .DS_Store
com.apple.FinderInfo 32
d--x--x--x 8 0 0 - 272 May 11 00:28 .DocumentRevisions-V100
d--x--x--x 8 0 0 - 272 Aug 5 2012 .DocumentRevisions-V100 (from old Mac)
drwx------ 5 0 80 - 170 May 11 00:29 .Spotlight-V100
d-wx-wx-wt 2 0 0 hidden 68 May 10 16:24 .Trashes
-rw-r--r-- 1 501 20 - 312 Mar 25 2013 .apdisk
-rw-rw-rw- 1 0 20 - 181 May 10 01:24 .com.apple.backupd.mvlist.plist
srwxrwxrwx 1 0 80 - 0 May 11 13:06 .dbfseventsd
---------- 1 0 80 - 0 Aug 24 2013 .file
drwx------ 12 0 80 - 408 May 12 16:35 .fseventsd
-rw------- 1 0 0 hidden 65536 May 11 00:28 .hotfiles.btree
drwxr-xr-x@ 2 0 0 hidden 68 Aug 24 2013 .vol
com.apple.FinderInfo 32
drwxrwxr-x+ 126 0 80 - 4284 May 11 02:05 Applications
0: ABCDEFAB-CDEF-ABCD-EFAB-CDEF0000000C deny delete
drwxrwxr-x 15 0 80 - 510 Oct 30 2013 Incompatible Software
drwxr-xr-x+ 72 501 20 - 2448 May 11 01:25 Library
0: ABCDEFAB-CDEF-ABCD-EFAB-CDEF0000000C deny delete
drwxr-xr-x@ 2 0 0 hidden 68 Aug 24 2013 Network
com.apple.FinderInfo 32
drwxr-xr-x+ 4 0 0 - 136 Oct 30 2013 System
0: ABCDEFAB-CDEF-ABCD-EFAB-CDEF0000000C deny delete
drwxr-xr-x 5 0 80 - 170 Feb 13 00:32 Users
drwxrwxrwt@ 6 0 80 hidden 204 May 12 07:25 Volumes
com.apple.FinderInfo 32
0: ABCDEFAB-CDEF-ABCD-EFAB-CDEF0000000C deny add_file,add_subdirectory,directory_inherit,only_inherit
drwxr-xr-x@ 39 0 0 hidden 1326 Mar 10 04:59 bin
com.apple.FinderInfo 32
drwxrwxr-t@ 2 0 80 hidden 68 Aug 24 2013 cores
com.apple.FinderInfo 32
dr-xr-xr-x 3 0 0 hidden 4409 May 11 12:59 dev
lrwxr-xr-x@ 1 0 0 hidden 11 Oct 30 2013 etc -> private/etc
com.apple.FinderInfo 32
dr-xr-xr-x 2 0 0 hidden 1 May 11 13:00 home
-rw-r--r--@ 1 501 20 - 0 Jul 10 2013 libpeerconnection.log
com.apple.quarantine 41
drwxrwxrwt@ 3 0 0 hidden 102 Apr 30 2012 lost+found
com.apple.FinderInfo 32
-rwxr-xr-x@ 1 0 0 hidden 8393408 Feb 17 18:23 mach_kernel
com.apple.FinderInfo 32
dr-xr-xr-x 2 0 0 hidden 1 May 11 13:00 net
-rw-r--r-- 1 501 80 - 75 Jan 13 2012 nul
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 0 0 hidden 102 May 24 2012 opt
com.apple.FinderInfo 32
drwxr-xr-x@ 6 0 0 hidden 204 May 11 00:21 private
com.apple.FinderInfo 32
drwxr-xr-x@ 62 0 0 hidden 2108 Mar 10 04:59 sbin
com.apple.FinderInfo 32
lrwxr-xr-x@ 1 0 0 hidden 11 Oct 30 2013 tmp -> private/tmp
com.apple.FinderInfo 32
drwxr-xr-x@ 11 0 0 hidden 374 Oct 30 2013 usr
com.apple.FinderInfo 32
lrwxr-xr-x@ 1 0 0 hidden 11 Oct 30 2013 var -> private/var
com.apple.FinderInfo 32
Hi Linc - more for your information than any hope of this getting sorted. The 10.9.3 update now behaves as the Security Update did. The bright side is all the other updates have now accepted that they are updated and no longer appear. The 10.9.3 now says it is installed and once again will hang on the Softwareupdatelauncher requiring hard reboot when I need to restart.
The security Update 2014-002 is now saying it has installed 4 times and is still trying to install again. Anyone else had a problem?
