My problem. Does anyone have an answer to updating from iTunes 7.1 to iTunes 7.1.1? I have iTunes 7.1 loaded on a Power Mac G5, PowerPC G5 (2.2) machine. I was using the iTunes auto updater for the iTunes 7.1.1 and the following happened. iTunes downloaded the update and started the installation. Then it froze in the middle of the download. I could hear the harddrive writing. It was stuck there for 15 min or so. I stopped the process and tried it again after I restarted the Mac. Same thing happened. Cheers.
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?
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!
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.
(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!
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:
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 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.