OS X 10.7.3 Update 'CUI Error' Fixable in Many Cases with Combo Version

[RKO]

For some reason, delta updates always seem to have more issues than combo updates. Remember when Snow Leopard 10.6.7 caused a massive slowdown in the graphics performance of the MacBook Air? Apparently installing the combo update fixed it.

In general, I prefer combo updates. I've been running 10.7 since last July when I purchased my 2011 MacBook Air and have had no issues with it. 10.7.3 works well.

I'd just go with the combo and install it now. No sense waiting until 10.7.4, because undoubtedly someone will find an issue that affects a small number of users, and it will get a lot of publicity, too.

I can do without the hassle as 10.7.2 isn't giving me any grief. MBP runs fast and no issues so far. I'll wait it out for a bit until we find out a bit more as there too many issues on here and over at apple forums. I am always first to update but not this time.

 

[Kranchammer]

I don't know why exactly, but this thread reminds me of those old [sexist] movies where the female lead and/or the 'old biddy' character is reacting to something dramatic... you know, arm thrown over her face, swooning, etc.

Eek... a bug!

 

[coolfactor]

http://www.tuaw.com/2012/02/02/safari-users-seeing-random-404-not-found-on-valid-support-appl/

Yup, that's the problem... wow, Apple's own browser doesn't work right with their own site... that's egg-in-face.

 

[kiljoy616]

Absolutely no issues here, good as gold and safari now is even faster. Sweet.

 

[Can't Stop]

I had every beta of 10.7.3 and i don't see this issue.

 

[linux2mac]

Upgrade to Windows already, it just works.

No thanks. Not interested in malware.

"Windows — which is the absolute king of malware,"

 

[caprica13]

- installed 10.7.3 last night, rebooted everything seemed fine on my MBP
- this morning I was greeted with my wife saying "wtf did you do the the little computer ? (MBP) I can't do anything on it
- turns out I can't do schnitt either. can't launch finder, safari, terminal, firefox not even system preferences pan. even crash reporter is crashing when trying to submit a crash report and then (smarta$$) suggests I submit a crash report about crash reporter.

anyway. just a warning to folks out there. I am going to try the combo updater ... which I have to use my Windows PC to download since I can't launch anything on my MBP !

I wonder if this has to do with the "disabling application state" hack that I did a few months back.

 

[Winter Charm]

No thanks. Not interested in malware.

"Windows — which is the absolute king of malware,"

Windows Isn't malware. Malware is compact, efficient, and capable of functioning on all systems.

Windows is bloated, inefficient, and crashes on almost all hardware configurations.

Windows is a BUG.

 

[coder12]

Entirely true. How do you think the eggs got into the carton?

Chickens that were engineered for more efficiency--they have no shells in the first place--it's a lot like... uh.. milking cows?

I dunno, but that seems plausible.

 

[StrudelTurnover]

Oh noes, it's 10.3.3 all over again! *cries*
But yeah, not overall impressed with Lion for reliability. Still can't get my printer drivers working, incoming Screen Sharing causes instant kernel panic, etc. etc. Shouldn't have these issues out of the box with a 2011 iMac. Not removing 10.6 from my MBP anytime soon.

Entirely true. How do you think the eggs got into the carton?

I think the more pertinent question is how did the 1% Not-Eggs get in the carton.

 

[D.T.]

I think the more pertinent question is how did the 1% Not-Eggs get in the carton.

They mated the chickens with 1% not roosters ...

 

[linux2mac]

Windows Isn't malware. Malware is compact, efficient, and capable of functioning on all systems.

Windows is bloated, inefficient, and crashes on almost all hardware configurations.

Windows is a BUG.

A more accurate description. I like it.

 

[Rafterman]

Wirelessly posted (Mozilla/5.0 (iPhone; CPU iPhone OS 5_0_1 like Mac OS X) AppleWebKit/534.46 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/5.1 Mobile/9A406 Safari/7534.48.3)

No one ever points out the million things they do right......

It does't matter if they do a million things right. It only takes one wrong thing to muck up a system.

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Windows Isn't malware. Malware is compact, efficient, and capable of functioning on all systems.

Windows is bloated, inefficient, and crashes on almost all hardware configurations.

Windows is a BUG.

Windows works fine for people who know what they are doing.

 

[Taz Mangus]

I downloaded and installed the combo update. Things seem to be running great. I didn't notice any slow down on bootup. Safari seems to be more responsive. The 10.7.3 did resolve two issues for me, one having to do with wake on network access and the other having to do with screen sharing. One interesting thing to note, the first time I downloaded and attempted to run the combo update, I got a checksum error when the package was verified. Just did a download again without issue. Three Macs updated to 10.7.3 and all running nicely.

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Windows Isn't malware. Malware is compact, efficient, and capable of functioning on all systems.

Windows is bloated, inefficient, and crashes on almost all hardware configurations.

Windows is a BUG.

LOL! The best response of the day.

 

[linux2mac]

Windows works fine for people who know what they are doing.

Too bad all those elderly folks I used to see getting taken advantage of by the Geek Squad at Best Buy don't "know what they are doing."

Buggy Windows = $$$$ for the Geek Squad/Best Buy

 

[Taz Mangus]

Windows works fine for people who know what they are doing.

And to think all this time I must have been using it wrong at work

 

[Peace]

This is starting to sound like a corrupt Delta package.

 

[Gemütlichkeit]

...yet another reason I'm sticking with SL

Lion is a bag of hurt.

lol, you're making it out to be like everyone has this issue. who knew apple had the same type of person scared to update their software. XP or death right? lol

 

[segfaultdotorg]

Not entirely true.

I hope you're not eating those, they expired in 2004.

 

[ZipZap]

Nothing like an update that needs a fix.

I am still on 10.7 and have no confidence in Apple.

 

[Taz Mangus]

I hope you're not eating those, they expired in 2004.

It's the other 1% non-real egg that concerns me the most.

 

[Black107]

I'll hold of a few days to come up from 10.7.2, but to all of you who are holding off on Lion in general until "Apple gets it right": you're wasting your time. 10.7.2 runs flawlessly on all three of my computers of varying vintage (2-5 years)

 

[ZipZap]

Windows Isn't malware. Malware is compact, efficient, and capable of functioning on all systems.

Windows is bloated, inefficient, and crashes on almost all hardware configurations.

Windows is a BUG.

And so is every release of Lion. Apple deserves the same designation above.

While I do like my MBA.......Windows rules.

 

[Taz Mangus]

Nothing like an update that needs a fix.

I am still on 10.7 and have no confidence in Apple.

You could create a bootable copy of your system on a external hard drive, install the update on the external hard drive and test it out for a few days. If it is a problem then don't use it and you have really lost nothing by trying it out. This is what I do sometimes.

 

[linux2mac]

And to think all this time I must have been using it wrong at work

You and me both (as I have been told numerous times here). I guess after almost two decades of Windows use, having been a Microsoft trained .NET developer at a Fortune 100 company along with the MSDN license I held for numerous years giving me access to every Mirosoft application (i.e. SQL Server, Windows Server, Visual Studio, etc..) still doesn't qualify me as "using Windows correctly." Time for me to go back to school and enroll in a jet propulsion PhD program.