Has anyone had crashes during OS X software updates?
Recently, I've updated my MacBookPro to OSX 10.7 . After a few weeks, the software update program notified me that I had an install pending (security updates, JAVA update and 1 more I think). I dutifully downloaded the updates and Software Update told me that I had to restart the computer. So I did. The computer restarted and began with the "Installing Updates" message and progress bar. Part way through the install, the process hung. An hour later it was still at the same place. Had to leave so shut down. Now can't the computer to start normally. Attached it to home computer via Target Disk mode and used disk utility, but still no luck.
Then today I was reconnecting a old iMac running OSX 10.5 to my home network. All started up normally, I was again notified by software update to install the OS Security update and JAVA updates. After the download and the restart, the install progress bar started up. 1/4 of the way through the entire process hung again! Now this iMac is also unable to start!
So 2 of 3 computers are now out of commission because of installing updates that did not install properly. How very very frustrating. I have now experienced this twice. Has anyone else out there had this issue? Any recommendations? Because it seems that no one knows anything about how to fix this issue except to wipe the disks, reinstall the OS and lose all the data. Help!
HJO
PS Now I'm trying to connect the laptop to my last working computer via target disk mode to copy off the document files, and the transfer is hanging up somewhere in the Firewire system. I got a vew files over but it has taken hours and hours. Aaaarrrrgggghhhh.
MacBook, iMacx2, iBook, 2006