OS X V10.7 Lion :: 10.7.3 Upgrade Getting Stuck During Install
Feb 5, 2012
I ran the 10.7.3 upgrade (via Software Update) to upgrade from 10.7.2 on both my iMac and my MBP. Worked fine on my iMac, but the install on my MBP stuck during "Moving items into place...".
After waiting for about an hour I rebooted the MBP and it stuck on the grey Apple screen with the the spinning clock hands (do they have an offiicial name?),
I rebooted in Safe Mode and everything looked fine, but with no Internet connection (my iMac had an Internet connection, so no router problems).
I rebooted again (normal boot i.e. not in Safe Mode) and downloaded the Combo Updater on to my MPB (Internet access now fine - also 'About this Mac' shows the OS level as 10.7.3). I am now running the Combo Updater on my MBP, but it has once again stuck during "Moving items into place...". It says the remaining install time is about a minute - it has been stuck here for about 15 minutes, with no movement on the Progress Bar.
At what point should I give up and reboot? What should I try next? Should I have applied the Combo Updater when booted in Safe Mode?
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May 29, 2012
Mid 2009 MBP here. Original disk was failing so I replaced it with a Seagate Momentus XT and Lion refused to install. Formatted the drive correctly and made sure it was GUID partition. Even went as far as removing a memory module because I had heard that having more than 2 Gigs could cause issues during installation. Also made sure that the drive had the latest firmware.
Flash forward and I returned the drive and got a Western Digital Scorpio Black and have the same problem: Stuck at 21 minutes.
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