[OSX-Users] Re: Lion 10.7.3 update --- Beware!

[Sebastian C Skuse]

FYI upgraded my MacBook Pro last night and iMac this morning via Software Update with no issues.


Seb

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On 2 Feb 2012, at 11:13, Jules wrote:

Do *not* upgrade to Lion 10.7.3 by using "Software Update". You will wind up with a broken mess in which all the buttons have the word "CUI" written all over them, and no applications will work.

However, you can upgrade to Lion 10.7.3 perfectly safely by downloading and installing the "Combo Update" package from here:
   http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1484

*If* you have already broken your system, here's briefly how to get out of the mess:
1. Find another Mac (laptops are easier for this)
2. Download the Combo update from the link above on to the working Mac.
3. Boot the broken Mac into Target Disk Mode (hold down T while you switch it on, and keep it pressed until the big grey Firewire icon appears on the screen).
4. Connect the 2 Macs together with a Firewire cable.
5. The broken Mac's hard disk will appear as a disk (orange icon) on the working Mac.
6. Run the Combo update on the working Mac, but remember to "Change install location" to the disk that is the broken Mac.
7. Sit back and wait a few minutes.
8. When it's all finished, Eject the broken Mac from the working Mac, unplug the Firewire cable and power-cycle the broken Mac.

You should now have 2 working Macs!

Jules

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