OS X Update 10.9.4 won't install on restart

http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1755

Did you ever get an answer that solved your problem? The exact same thing happened to me point by point, and About this Mac

still shows 10.9.3.

The answer given by Linc Davis is a good one. It is a link to the stand alone download. I would download that and run it to install the update. This should clear out the issue. There are other troubleshooting steps that could clean out the files etc, but they are more complex.

Ludeth,

Any chance you can point me to the other troubleshooting steps to clean out the files? I am concerned that since Software Update is showing 10.9.45 installed today, yet About this Mac still shows10.9.3 that there may be either a partial install or a few files now in my system. I just completed a complete reformat and install of 10.9.3 a few days ago and really would like to avoid having a bunch of fragmented c--p in the system so soon! Appreciate any help.

p.s. I have downloaded the manual installer but don't want to proceed yet.

Thanks

senbariki,

Most of the time OS X does a great job clearing out cruft. I have had to locate some App store files from time to time for friends and it was pretty tedious.. if memory serves it involves using terminal to remove some folders in

/private/var/folders/dw

I would suggest this is almost certainly not needed. I would install the update, and reboot. The Mac has cron job scripts that run daily, weekly and monthly to clean out un-needed things.

Thanks,

Ludeth

I had the same problem, on top I was unable to shut down the system to a complete power off, it always ended prompting for user name and password. Even with the full manual downloaded installI it did not update. I manually switched off the system and after the reboot I started the manual update again - and it worked!

I had this issue and I was able to fix it by powering completely off and resetting my PRAM. I'm not sure which of the two fixed it, but after I logged back in, I was able to go to the App Store and apply the 10.9.4 update. This allowed me to skip downloading the standalone update.

Immediately after the update, I was unable to launch iMovie because it said it was still being updated, but after a few minutes that problem went away by itself.

Same issue but not solved by suggestions here. I update routinely by combo update, but this time it is not installing on Macbook Pro 5,2. I am seemingly stuck on 10.9.3. App store method acting strange as well. I constantly get " restart to finishing installing software". Restarts rapidly like it's done nothing and volia... it has done nothing (about mac showing 10.9.3). I ran cocktail, I have reset PRAM, and am currently standing on one leg and re-downloading combo update to try that again (incase corrupted?). Insight appreciated - Thanks!

Re-download did not work.

This solved my question by Linc Davis on Jul 8, 2014 9:14 AM

http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1755

I have had the same problem. Have reset PRAM, fixed permissions, powered down, downloaded the manual update package, cleared the Library install cache...and always the same result. The install will cycle through, but then after the restart I get the message "Some updates not installed"...

Any advice welcome - but please don't just point me to the Apple support page, which I've read countless times, and followed the link (and tried redownloading the manual update package several times).

Are you able to provide details on this? I have seemingly tried everything else recommended in these threads...

Okay - hoping this helps someone else...

After exhausting all other published options: manual install, cache clearing, PRAM zap, safe boot, permissions fixing, and basically seemingly everything short of sacrificing small animals...

What worked for me was establishing an additional administrator account, downloading the manual update and doing the install from that account. All went well at the first attempt, and my Mac is now [finally!] running the latest update.

This worked for me (Error 513) :

Re: Mavericks unable to apply software updates

1. Open Terminal

2. cd /var/folders/zz

3. sudo chown -R _softwareupdate:_softwareupdate zyxvpxvq6csfxvn_n00000s0000068

4. Type your password

5. Run the update via Appstore again

Updated 10.9.3 to 10.9.5 successfully. I had no success with the following solutions:

- reset PRAM

- new Adminuser

- checked the permissions with the disk utility

- checked the disk with the disk utility

- checked with onyx the permissions and cronjobs

- downloaded the update as standalone installer (10.9.4 and 10.9.5)

I hope it helps.