Software Update

[kase1025]

My iMac will not connect to Software Update. The internet is working fine, so its not the internet that is messed up. I really need help. Any ideas?

 

[darkpaw]

Are you using any software that might have blocked access? Little Snitch, NetBarrierX? Have you denied Software Update access to the net via the OS X firewall in System Preferences > Security?

 

[OutSpoken]

Do you have little snitch?

 

[kase1025]

i dont have little snitch. ill check the security though

 

[kase1025]

software update is not blocked. any other ideas?

 

[Hellhammer]

Did it work before? Have you changed something? If it worked before and you did nothing, I'd just wait, may be a problem in Apple's server

 

[Morod]

I know since I upgraded to SL, Software Update now asks for the Admin name/password before going and looking for updates. It never did that before SL, and I have always run in a non-Admin account. I'm still not sure if I like it or not.
But it does work. Best of luck to you in finding your trouble.

 

[pulsewidth947]

In terminal, try entering:

softwareupdate -l

And see if it lists updates. May take a while to get the list, so leave it a couple of mins. If it works, try:

softwareupdate -i -a

Cant remember if this must be run as root or not. If it does, add sudo at the beginning of that line.