Q: CUI CUI CUI error 10.7.3 all apps crashes

I used an sd card but it could be done with any external drive with at least 6gb. Just make sure there's nothing on it you don't want to lose.

And I'm back up and running now.

So, tech support told you that as of today the update available has been fixed and it won't cause the problem, is that right?

No problems after upgrading. I have a mid-2009 Macbook Pro 17".

My Macmini did the same...only solution for me was to restore from backup, a waste of 9 hours!  Apple has lost my trust...

Same problem!!!!!  even I never seen the Finder window after update.

Tom Dignam wrote:

 

A four hour reinstall from a Time Machine back up is rediculous. A clone of your system would have had you up and running in 5 minutes. Take the time to clone your working system to an external drive. You can still use Time Machine for emergency back up of your cloned HD. Use the clone to reformat and do a clean install and update/upgrade of system. 

You'll be back up but it will still take hours to restore something to your old boot drive, whether it's a new install or a clone of your bootable clone.

It's great to have a bootable backup, but unless you want to keep booting from it, you've work to do.

I updated from Apple software update on mid-2011 iMac within hours of the initial release and have had no problems. Phew.

Had "the problem" on my early 2011 MBP. I didn't want to restore from TM since I had finished more than a few important projects at work that hadn't been backed up yet. What worked for me was rebooting into the recovery partition and reinstalling Lion. That put me back to 10.7.2, whereas I was able to once again open Safari without crashing and download the Combo updater and it installed fine. I even feel a little better thinking I now have a "cleaner" install of lion...

I've applied this update to about 25 iMac's and 4 MacBook Pro 15" over the past day, no issues like this so far.

But I have repaired the permissions on every machine before I did the update, same as I always do before applying ANY system update.

Maybe Apple should repair the system permissions BEFORE the installer does it's update.

Be interesting to see what the difference is between the combo update and the main update, it's quite possible that the combo update does nothing different, just the fact that doing a Time Machine restore fixes the permissions in the process.

But I have repaired the permissions on every machine before I did the update, same as I always do before applying ANY system update.

 

Maybe Apple should repair the system permissions BEFORE the installer does it's update.

I've only done four Macs, but I've never Repaired Permissions. For any update or upgrade. ever.

I've got another 25 iMac's to do tonight.

I've been supporting the Macs at the school for the past 3 years, we used to see random results in performing major system updates, sometimes all would be 100% OK, other times we would get random freezes.

This could have been down to the third party drivers for the M-Audio components, but since I've been following the routine as outlined below, In the past 2 years I've never had an issue:

1. Reboot the machine

2. Repair Disk Permissions.

3. Install the update through Software Update.

4. Test

The only thing that I've added in the past 2 years is step 2.

It only takes a few minutes to do and can be done while downloading the installer, but it does seem to stop any grief from happening.

I've probably cursed the project, lets hope all goes well tonight.

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You'll be back up but it will still take hours to restore something to your old boot drive, whether it's a new install or a clone of your bootable clone.

It's great to have a bootable backup, but unless you want to keep booting from it, you've work to do........"

Therein to dispell the myth of no work to do. While the Mac is by far the easiest of systems to administer there is still the chore of general houskeeping. For the "great majority" Apple Udates generally are seamless and function as intended. We can debate Time Machine vs Clone. My argument is intended to minimize downtime for the systems which require more than incremental Software Updates.

And users should be educated that System Updates are not ot be taken lightly even though Apple has successfully made it appear so. Many users will not back up or rely on simple Data Back Up ( Time Machine ) instead of insuring they have a complete bootable copy if their existing System. These precautions are not effortless and still not perfect. So far, it is the best possible insurance to avoid panic and lost productivity. A reasoned thought approach, taken in time will "almost" always assure a successfull outcome.

Every thing hosed on my MB Pro. I am at work and cant restore. This freakin *****............... I knew when Jobs passed, somebody would freak Apple up.

My rules which are commonly known: Always use combo updater; fix permissions and verify disk before, clone system (I use carbon copy cloner and time machine), wait a few days after update comes out to see how the "testers" have faired.  Recommendations are often to also disconnect peripherals (e.g. hard drives) and boot in safe mode, but I don't.  I've yet to apply 10.7.3 though, kind of wish it included ibooks 2 for mac or at least the nuts and bolts to run it if and hopefully when it comes out..