Otherwise faster way is to do it on the device itself.
Go to Settings - General - Software Upate. Then you can do it via OTA Update 
(Over The Air Update), and it's generally much smaller. :)

Kind regards
Daniel

Sent from my iPhone 5

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On 12/07/2014, at 4:49 PM, Ronda Brown <ro...@mac.com> wrote:

> Hi Blitto,
> 
> Yes, it is quite a large file. iOS 7.1.2 update is 1.4GB file size if 
> downloaded via iTunes.
> 
> Cheers,
> Ronni
> 
> Sent from Ronni's iPad4
> 
> 
> On 12 Jul 2014, at 4:20 pm, rb...@iinet.net.au wrote:
> 
>> If you connect your phone to your mac and open iTunes 
>> File menu
>> Devices
>> Transfer purchases (might just be an app you downloaded on your phone)
>> cheers
>> Blitto
>> 
>> ps
>> it seems to be a huge download - at my slow Internet speed it was going to 
>> take 11 hours! 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From:
>> wamug@wamug.org.au
>> 
>> To:
>> <wamug@wamug.org.au>
>> Cc:
>> 
>> Sent:
>> Sat, 12 Jul 2014 16:04:45 +0800
>> Subject:
>> Can't download latest iPhone software, 7.1.2 to iPhone 5c
>> 
>> 
>> Hi all
>> Everytime i connect my iPhone 5c to my iMac I get the following message:
>> 
>> A new iPhone software version (7.1.2) is available for the iPhone “Denise 
>> Williams’s iPhone”. Would you like to download it and update your iPhone now?
>> I then press OK
>> There are purchased items on the iPhone “Denise Williams’s iPhone” that have 
>> not been transferred to your iTunes library. You should transfer these items 
>> to your iTunes library before updating this iPhone. Are you sure you want to 
>> continue?
>> How do I know what these 'Purchased Items' are?   I would happily transfer 
>> these items if I knew what  they are and how to do it?
>> 
>> Any help much appreciated - clear & simple would be appreciated.
>> Thanks
>> Denise Williams
>> 
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