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Apple Releases OS X 10.7.4 with Fix for FileVault Password Security Issue

Have any UK users verified if this fixes the keyboard issue for UK pounds s(£)?

The initial news mentions it fixes 3rd party USB keyboard issues for UK users.

I am not using 3rd party - I have the Apple wired UK USB keyboard on my 2011 Mac Mini server but cannot get it to print £ whenever I want to use monetary values - it always puts a hash # instead.
a 3rd party (Belkin) bluetooth keyboard works normally.
 
Annoyingly, when you hide an application, it still isn't sent to the end of the application switcher (CMD+TAB).

Argh! This is my only real annoyance with Lion. All previous OS X versions did this, and it was a really useful workflow technique.
 
Eh Ur X User Error?

philjo said:
Have any UK users verified if this fixes the keyboard issue for UK pounds s(£)?

The initial news mentions it fixes 3rd party USB keyboard issues for UK users.

I am not using 3rd party - I have the Apple wired UK USB keyboard on my 2011 Mac Mini server but cannot get it to print £ whenever I want to use monetary values - it always puts a hash # instead.
a 3rd party (Belkin) bluetooth keyboard works normally.
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Have you checked your Language Input Sources in system prefs - I have the same keyboard and have no issues with typing £ - see I just did it there!

Make sure you have your keyboard set to British - not British PC (I always un-tick all the other languages too, as they can switch when using the Command+Space shortcut).
 
Oh. My. God.

I upgraded from 10.7.3 to 10.7.4 thinking everything would be just dandy (as it usually is with Apple's updates). WRONG! After rebooting, my entire user account is reset to factory defaults. And I don't just mean the reboot after the installation. EVERY time I reboot, any settings I change to my desktop, dock, login items, mouse tracking settings, etc. are reset to factory defaults, as if my account is a guest account or something, which it is not (its set to Standard). All my applications are still there, but pretty much everything crashes when I try to launch them, even Text Edit (except Safari, which was also updated).

I've been using Time Machine, but it won't let me restore the System folder (something about the computer needing that to work, or something to that effect). I tried to restore the entire computer from Time Machine, but that failed, as well. Is there any way I can rollback to 10.7.3, or restore from backup just the system files or folders that would fix my system, and not all my user files (pictures, documents, etc.)??

The system that was hosed is a MacPro with 4 internal drives. The boot drive is a single drive, and my user account files are on a pair of striped drives and then I have another single drive I'm using as a scratch disk. The scratch disk and user account RAID drives don't appear to be messed up, so worst case scenario is I would have to reinstall Lion fresh and all my applications on the boot drive, but I'd like to try to avoid that much work if possible.

If I am unable to restore the boot drive from Time Machine, thus starting all over with a fresh install, does anyone have recommendations on Carbon Copy Cloner or Super Duper! ?? Time Machine is nice, but I guess I'm going to need an additional backup/clone solution for preventing this System folder restore limitation in the future. Do they both do the same thing, is one better than the other?

Any help or advice you can provide is GREATLY appreciated!
 
spacemanspifff said:
Have you checked your Language Input Sources in system prefs - I have the same keyboard and have no issues with typing £ - see I just did it there!

Make sure you have your keyboard set to British - not British PC (I always un-tick all the other languages too, as they can switch when using the Command+Space shortcut).
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Thanks - I will give this a try tonight.
 
I updated my iMac and MacBook to 10.7.4 through Softwre Update last night. I was PETRIFIED. Fortunately all went well. It's a shame that I have to be afraid to ruin my machines every time an update comes around :(
 
Does anyone know if 10.7.4 support IvyBridge CPUs or AMD 7xxx GPUs? If not, we'll have to wait for one more OS X update before new iMacs are launched...
 
Is it me or is Terminal also supports Resume feature on 10.7.4...?

I find that I cannot change the Terminal theme without unchecking "Restore windows when quitting and re-opening apps" on System Preferences...? Has it always been that way pre-10.7.4...?
 
Well, when I try and download through Software Update, I get a message that the file is corrupted, try again later; after the fourth time, I downloaded the combo from the Apple website; no luck: "invalid checksum" message when attempting to open it. Did the song & dance with the Recovery HD, permissions, verify HD, etc.; booted into safe mode, rebooted back into regular mode; ran SU once again, with no luck. Screw this.
 
JBunkers said:
I upgraded from 10.7.3 to 10.7.4 thinking everything would be just dandy (as it usually is with Apple's updates). WRONG! After rebooting, my entire user account is reset to factory defaults. And I don't just mean the reboot after the installation. EVERY time I reboot, any settings I change to my desktop, dock, login items, mouse tracking settings, etc. are reset to factory defaults, as if my account is a guest account or something, which it is not (its set to Standard). All my applications are still there, but pretty much everything crashes when I try to launch them, even Text Edit (except Safari, which was also updated).

I've been using Time Machine, but it won't let me restore the System folder (something about the computer needing that to work, or something to that effect). I tried to restore the entire computer from Time Machine, but that failed, as well. Is there any way I can rollback to 10.7.3, or restore from backup just the system files or folders that would fix my system, and not all my user files (pictures, documents, etc.)??

The system that was hosed is a MacPro with 4 internal drives. The boot drive is a single drive, and my user account files are on a pair of striped drives and then I have another single drive I'm using as a scratch disk. The scratch disk and user account RAID drives don't appear to be messed up, so worst case scenario is I would have to reinstall Lion fresh and all my applications on the boot drive, but I'd like to try to avoid that much work if possible.

If I am unable to restore the boot drive from Time Machine, thus starting all over with a fresh install, does anyone have recommendations on Carbon Copy Cloner or Super Duper! ?? Time Machine is nice, but I guess I'm going to need an additional backup/clone solution for preventing this System folder restore limitation in the future. Do they both do the same thing, is one better than the other?

Any help or advice you can provide is GREATLY appreciated!
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Try installing the combo update - sometimes fixes issues by an OS X update. Repaired disk permissions too?


Smartie said:
Does anyone know if 10.7.4 support IvyBridge CPUs or AMD 7xxx GPUs? If not, we'll have to wait for one more OS X update before new iMacs are launched...
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Apple will give any new Macs a special build of 10.7.4, has they have done in the past for new Macs..
 
If you are having issues getting the update to actually install via Software Update (mine restarted and basically got stuck on loading screen until I restarted and then began indexing and running slow and no update , this solution seemed to work for me:

Download the update directly from the Apple website (available in the news story post on this thread) and run the installer. Restart when prompted and you've got the latest update. Run SU once more after the restart and you'll then get the Safari update.
 
Steeley said:
This seemed to reset the font smoothing to be too bold. I had to use defaults -currentHost write -g AppleFontSmoothing -int 2 to get it back to looking how it should. Working well other than that.
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It wasn't just me then, i was wondering why everything looked like ass.
 
Does anyone experience a system lock-up after 10.7.4? Especially, Mac Pro 1.1 or 2.1 owners with ATI 5770.
I sometimes get artifacts on windows & menubar and the system freezes except a mouse cursor or display goes blank.
It seems like Radeon HD 5770 is overheating, which I confirmed that diagnostic LEDs lit when the system freezes.
I reinstalled combo update, cleaned all caches by using Onyx and reset PRAM & SMC but no luck.
Then I boot Windows 7 64-bit (Catalyst 12.4) and run FurMark for an hour and everything is fine.
I reboot OS X in safe mode and no problem at all. So 5770 isn't broken but ATI driver for 10.7.4 is.
I'm gonna do clean install of 10.7.4 to see what'll happen.
 
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We're at 10.7.4 and the Launchpad "reordering apps on restart" bug is still not fixed. Pathetic and inexcusable. Does Apple not have enough cash to hire programmers? What's the problem here?

I would've never upgraded to Lion if I wasn't going to lose MobileMe. I liked it at first but after a month of using it I'm not happy. Been a Mac convert since Tiger and Lion is the buggiest, most unstable version of the OS I have seen.
 
after applying the update none of my extensions in safari work and i cannot reinstall them. in addition i have to keep accepting certificates when browsing certain websites.

what has the update done?
 
So they devote time to creating pretty new icons for things like Automator but they can't fix workflow impacting bugs? If they're so focused on grace notes why not fix the shoddy implementation of assigning windows to all desktops? In Spaces you did not get the epileptic fit inducing window flashing that you have now. I'm starting to worry now that Jobs is gone.
 
As an ADC member I've never used a beta OS X as my main OS. That changed when the latest Mountain Lion finally allowed ungrouping of windows in "Mission Control" to bring an "All Windows" Exposé option into the system. Left Lion for M.L. (but have 10.6.8 and Windows 7). It also seems faster and more stable than 10.7.x, go figure.

I was using 10.7.4 since it's first beta, only bug I experienced was animation distortions on my main display of the two 24" ACD LED LCD's attached to my Mac Pro (opening "Time Machine" or screen saver were main contenders). Engineers asked for a movie; oddly it went away using Quicktime 10.1 to screen record it so I used my iPhone and uploaded it to Apple as recently as last week. They wanted more info. The bug has been around on ADC and MacRumors threads for a while, I'm surprised it's unresolved.

Any ways, loving that 10.8 is bringing back features that many want. With TotalSpaces bringing 10.5/6 Spaces into OS X, ML might be a reasonable upgrade from S.L. (assuming Open GL 4.0+ improves, retina/R.I., improved memory usage, and a Finder rewrite :p).
 
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