Software Update not working

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in Genius Bar edited January 2014
Everytime I try to update via Software Update I get this:







Can anyone help? I have attempted to repair permissions and no luck. I also get the same when trying to update Watson.



I know I am the Adminsistrator....I have never had this issue in the past.

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    Originally posted by Jared

    Everytime I try to update via Software Update I get this:







    Can anyone help? I have attempted to repair permissions and no luck. I also get the same when trying to update Watson.



    I know I am the Adminsistrator....I have never had this issue in the past.




    Looks like some permission setting has been messed up. Open up a terminal and enter:



    sudo bash



    ...and hit Enter. If asked, enter your admin password and hit Enter again.



    Then type:



    chmod 777 private/tmp/ [ENTER]

    chmod 755 /tmp/501/ [ENTER]

    chmod 755 /tmp/501/TemporaryItems/ [ENTER]

    chmod 644 /tmp/501/TemporaryItems/com.apple.SoftwareUpdate [ENTER]



    This will set the permissions as they usually are supposed to be. If it still doesn't work, PM me or send me a mail: danB(at)advancedscripting.de



    Greetings,

    Daniel



    [EDIT: Just saw that you already tried repairing permissions - but I suggest you try to do it manually anyway, perhaps some flaw prevented the correct permissions to be set?]
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