Apple Software Update - "Server could not be found"

Other than the Bootcamp drivers, I have no other Apple software such as Itunes or Icloud installed and I have received the same message as you and others are getting. I am running a 2011 model Imac with Windows 7, maybe Apple will take care of this in a number of days.

How galling that Apple should recommend you should update or change your operating system because its own update system is broken. My Windows Pro 7x64 computer is very up to date and no other software has any kind of internet access problem. I'm tech-pro-savvy and run a clean ship.

This is particularly upsetting because the latest iOS 9.3 upgrade bricked my iPhone 5 (and my old iPad 2 which is not so urgent to fix), and to get the phone back, the latest iTunes is required on the computer for recovery. And of course the Apple bug for updating desktop iTunes software prevented trying to unbrick the iPhone. ASU still not working on my desktop as of 10am Australian Eastern Daylight Time 29th March 2016.

I took a shortcut and it seems to work, folks. I downloaded the full iTunes package from the Apple download site and installed it (without uninstalling the existing version). That's updated iTunes to the latest version, and running ASU doesn't give an error, but that MIGHT only be because everything is up to date. At least ASU doesn't crash now and iTunes is the latest.

Now to see if I can un-brick my iPhone and iPad 2. No thanks to Apple. Please lift your game and test your systems properly before inflicting them on millions. If I can't unbrick my iPhone today I'm off to get a Samsung and it will be Goodbye Apple.

Thank you. This 'fixes' the problem.

Some time ago you could not download a pdf statement from one of the banks (I forget which one) if this flag was set. They eventually fixed it.

As the Apple update relates to encryption I should have remembered to check that setting. However, unsetting this flag is a potential security risk and should not be required by Apple's implementation of the feature. It is ironic that a security enhancement should require you to reduce the security of your machine for it to work.

Hello psyman2016

go to control panel

tap on network and internet

select internet options

select the advanced tab

scroll down till you find security (it has a golden lock as an icon)

THEN UNCHECK '' DO NOT SAVE ENCRYPTED PAGES TO DISK ''

then click apply

then ok

check then for update using '' apple software update ''

hope that this helps

cheers

I'm sorry, but my 'do not save encrypted pages to disk' box was NOT checked in the first place, and I've followed all the other suggestions without success. So I can't update Apple software on my laptop unless I do it manually from the website. 😠

Didn't work for me on my laptop, and when I checked my security settings, my 'do not save encrypted pages to disk' box was NOT checked in the first place. Tried all the other suggestions to NO avail.

If the do not save encrypted pages setting in Internet Options is unchecked and it's still not working for you i suggest hitting the reset advanced settings. This worked for me. I was even able to recheck the encrypted option after resetting the advanced settings

I just encountered the same problem but c0ret3x's solution of enabling encrypted pages to be written onto the disk didn't work for me (like in other reported cases, it was allowed to begin with). BUT, the very same settings window also contains an option to enable SSL 3.0 (located in the "Security" category as well)!

In my case, the problem was that I disabled SSL 3.0, due to security reasons. Apple obviously doesn't care about how insecure SSL 3.0 is nowadays (it's even been officially deprecated for the last two years)...

My setup:

- Latest Windows 10.

- Bootcamp 6.0.

Officially fed up with Apple Inc. and it's lack of caring and respect for it's customers. My Iphone 6 has a software issue that caused all of my messages and photos to be deleted. This is detrimental, considering I'm a businessman in sales that had a lot of important information in those texts and pictures. After spending 2.5 hours on the phone, I was told that not only could they not do anything to get that data back, they also wouldn't be compensating me with an upgrade or a new phone of the same make/model, leaving me with the same broken phone. They told me I should back it up more often. But then said if it's a software issue (which 2 different Apple employees diagnosed it as such), the issue would stay with the backup. This leaves me with no possible solutions, outside of spending even more money on one another one of their products. Apple Inc., is a greedy company that seeks to nickel and dime their customers to maximize their profits. Their insurance, warranties, and customer service is completely worthless, but they've been able to monopolize the market through apps such as iMessage and FaceTime. From this point on, I'll be doing what I can to spread the word about this terrible experience with Apple Inc. and the many more I've encountered.

I'm also receiving this error since installing the 2.2 update. I have both Windows 7 (Enterprise) and Windows 10 (Pro) PCs. Problem is occurring on all upgraded so far

ASU V2.2 back to working state this morning. Does it work again for everyone else?

Just re-downloaded and reinstalled ASU v2.2. Still doesn't work!

The problem is with ASU v2.2. You only need to have that installed to (maybe) have the problem. If you haven't got ALU installed already then you will get it if you install iTunes or iCloud.

Thanks, c0ret3x. I unchecked "Do not save encrypted pages to disk", and Apple Software Update version 2.2 is now working for me!