HELP. I have been unable to download software updates for a year. Recently I took advice on line and entered a string of code in my Terminal. Now my disk utility does not work. And I am still unable to download software updates. I have OS 10.5 running on an early iMac Intel.
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Jump to PostsDjh is probably right but the hotline is probably going to tell you to do an archive and install on your system. Any idea what code you typed into the terminal? Did you patch the kernel with something you shouldn't have?
any additional information could help.
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Jump to PostA line of code and no updates for a year. Wow, where do we start. You state that you cannot run Disk Utility. That (hopefully) points to a permission problem. Create another account with administrator privilege and try to run Disk Utility. Should that not work, enable the root account …
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