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

[Chris Andrews]

Huh, glad that the download servers were running slowly last night I guess!

Chris

On 2 February 2012 11:21, Jules <sysjkf at ecs.soton.ac.uk> wrote:

>  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
> http://access.ecs.soton.ac.uk http://seb.skus.es/
>
>  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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> sysjkf at ecs.soton.ac.uk
>
>
>
>
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> sysjkf at ecs.soton.ac.uk
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