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Software Update won't open
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maxintosh
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Nov 6, 2004, 12:47 PM
 
Ever since 10.3.5 (I think) I can't get Software Update to open. It appears in the dock for about 1/20th of a second and then disappears. No error messages or anything. I know I have a few updates which haven't been done yet. I had to get 10.3.6 manually. Any ideas? I tried trashing the plists.
     
metfoo
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Nov 7, 2004, 01:47 PM
 
make sure you are not managing the apple provided fonts. software update requires apple fonts, not a third party font with the same name
See my mac mini at http://ribitch.com/mini/
     
fisherKing
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Nov 7, 2004, 02:18 PM
 
try creating a new user account, see if you can open it from there (you will need admin name&password, of course).

not sure, but if it works...perhaps you can download the update & install it from there.

OR...

go to apple's support site & simply download the update, from your admin account.
THEN install it...& see if it fixes software update as well...
"At first, there was Nothing. Then Nothing inverted itself and became Something.
And that is what you all are: inverted Nothings...with potential" (Sun Ra)
     
maxintosh  (op)
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Nov 7, 2004, 03:09 PM
 
I have 10.3.6 already...

Any way to revert to Apple fonts?
     
   
 
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