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

[Jules]

Search for "CUI Lion 10.7.3" on the web and you'll find lots of people 
with the same problem as I had.

So yes, your mileage may vary. :)

On 02/02/2012 11:14, Sebastian C Skuse wrote:
> FYI upgraded my MacBook Pro last night and iMac this morning via 
> Software Update with no issues.
>
>
> Seb
>
> -----------------------------------------
> Mr Sebastian Skuse
> ECS Accessibility Team
> Web and Internet Science
> University of Southampton
> Tel: +44 (0)23 8059 8867
> Skype: sebskuse
> Email: s at ecs.soton.ac.uk <mailto:s at ecs.soton.ac.uk>
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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
>>
>> -- 
>> sysjkf at ecs.soton.ac.uk <mailto:sysjkf at ecs.soton.ac.uk>
>>
>

Jules

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