iTunes update from 7.1 to 7.1.1 will not update.

I have the same exact issue. The update will download automatically via Software Update, but when it comes to installing, it will simply stop. I let it go for about half an hour, it's still stuck at the same step... Doesn't Apple test their updates as well as they used to before? First with iTunes 7.1 and the iPod issues (random error popping up when hooking up an existing ipod to itunes) and now this... what's going on?

iMac G5 2.0 GHz Mac OS X (10.4.8)

I have the exact same thing... but not only for 7.1.1, but also for the previous update. Upon the update - it freezes and will not go any further within the "software update" window. I've left it there for as long as an hour... no dice.
I'm still running 7.0.1.
Any answers would be appreciated!

just adding my vote... this install greys out and stalls about halfway thru.

Download the full iTunes installer. Repair permissions. Install the full installer. Repair permissions again.

anytime you update or install new program..

REPAIR PERMISSION. DO UPDATE/INSTALL. REPAIR PERMISSION

I've been using Macs for the last 8 years... i've never heard of "repairing permissions" before... what exactly is that?

You are hilarious. You are not alone evidently in not knowing it or certainly not ever doing it.

it is in the Utilities folder/disc utlitity/ repair disc permission button.

it is always a good idea to do this before any upgrade and or install.

I'm at the same point as 'Photecs' is - updates 7.1 and 7.1.1 just stop before the process is complete, and I eventually have to force quit. I've used Macs for years too, but don't know about 'permissions'. Using 'Help' doesn't help! Does anyone have time and patience to explain this more fully? Thanks.

it is in the Utilities folder/disc utlitity/ repair disc permission button.

it is always a good idea to do this before any upgrade and or install.

what are the differences between "varify" and "repair"? Should one be done after the other?

SOLUTION!!

(for me anyway) - I'm sure the repair permissions is great - but all I did was download the full version of iTunes from www.apple.com or www.apple.ca and then installed it.

It realized I had an older version to upgrade - which it did, an now i'm set!

Hope that helps!

Hi Photecs And Others Who Asked,

Info here About Disk Utility's Repair Disk Permissions feature.

TO REPAIR PERMISSIONS ON THE STARTUP DISK

1.Open Disk Utility, located in Applications/Utilities, and select the startup disk in the left column.
2.Click First Aid.
3.Click Verify Disk Permissions to test permissions or Repair Disk Permissions to test and repair permissions. (I never "Verify". Just run "Repair".)

Rerun RP until the only messages reported are listed inthese links:

Spurious Permissions Errors Using: 10.2.x, authored by Michael Conniff
Spurious Permissions Errors Using: 10.3.x, authored by Michael Conniff
Spurious Permissions Errors Using: 10.4.x, authored by Michael Conniff

When "Repair Permissions" is complete. Quit "Disk Utility".

ali b

I have followed the advice of above by running RP on disc utility, then downloading the new version (again!), then installing it. I get to 38% complete and it crashes. This exact pattern has occurred multiple times.

Any thoughts? I can't run iTunes at all now and don't want to lose my library.

Thanks.

Thanks to everyone who contributed here. After a couple of weeks of messing about, I finally have 7.1.1 successfully downloaded and installed.
The 'disc permissions' were probably fundamental, but I also had to go back to the full download from the itunes site before I could progress (just using the Update never worked). As luck would have it, the first of these downloads on Safari, downloaded with and error - I tried again, using Firefox and got the lot without an error. Maybe that was just chance.