Comments on: Easy fix for Mac OS X 10.7.3 ‘CUI’ and other issues

By: possumeyes

possumeyes — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 02:26:52 +0000

Used combo update and had no problems for about a week. Now I ‘m failing to reconnect to my airport when waking from sleep: I get “connection time-out” – the airport is visible but I cannot connect. A restart doesn’t guarantee I’ll connect either. I have to shut down, curse for awhile, and start back up.

I don’t get the CUI error – so far, anyway. BTW, I use “re-open on start-up” and Mail and Firefox (normally open) are re-opening even though I’ve closed them prior to shutdown. Weird.

Had major wifi issues with SnowLeopard, solved by getting an Airport and connecting it to my D-Link wifi with ethernet cord then connecting the macbook to that. Here I go again.

Gosh and Goodness Gracious, I’m jolly annoyed, by gum!

By: Terry

Terry — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 19:07:44 +0000

On 15″ MacBook Pro i7 Used software are update. Previously any Adobe Air based software such as Pandora One or Air install/uninstall would only work if Lightroom or Photoshop was running at same time. After updating to 10.7.3 the problem is gone . GREAT for me

By: leodavinci1

leodavinci1 — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:47:54 +0000

re:MDN take “…we didn’t upgrade any of our Macs via Software Update.”

How does MDN (or anyone) upgrade (update?) without using Software Update?

Or is MDN simply saying they didn’t update at all?

By: Rick

Rick — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:33:22 +0000

10.7.3? Let me know when an update makes it work more like a Mac should, and adds missing features from Snow Leopard.

By: Paul Johnson

Paul Johnson — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 04:09:03 +0000

How about a fix for Security Update 2012-001 for Snow Leopard, which makes it impossible to use PPC/Rosetta applications? Thanks for the non-warning, Apple!

By: Think

Think — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:29:33 +0000

It would be interesting if MDN posed the question, “Once you start software update, do you run other programs?”

It would not surprise me that some users do this and “that” is the variable that screws up their update.

By: Think

Think — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:26:13 +0000

You just made me remember crazy things users do.

Years ago I’m trying to help a Mac user get his calendar cleaned up in Now UpTo Date. Back then the PDA of choice was the Palm. Worked great for most users, except this guy. After much time sorting out dups and other crap I have him drop the Palm in the cradle and hit sync. I’m sitting back watching cause I know it will take awhile. He immediately launches the Now calendar on his Mac to add meetings.

I was like, hey, can’t do that, need to wait for the syncing to be done. No wonder his calendars were always screwed up.

I told all the users back then, Palm syncing to calendars was very touchy. Don’t mess with it while syncing.

Of course there was the other guy syncing his Palm to his work and home computers and wondering why it wasn’t working well. But that’s another story.

By: Malonicus

Malonicus — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 23:55:51 +0000

Used Software Update with no problems.

By: Jack

Jack — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 23:35:39 +0000

I remember working for an outfit ages ago that was developing a GUI for our telco customers to use when provisioning systems. It was a replacement for a command-line interface that some wag tried to coin as “CUI” or character user interface. That died a quick death as the terms were so similar in terms of how they were pronounced, how the letters looked, etc.

By: Combo Confused

Combo Confused — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 23:08:05 +0000

What is the difference between the COMBO and the version downloaded from Software Update?

By: John C

John C — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 22:30:09 +0000

Me neither.

By: Prester John

Prester John — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 21:52:26 +0000

Me neither

By: Derek Currie

Derek Currie — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 21:24:59 +0000

I never use either Software Update or the regular client installer for Mac OS X updates. The COMBO update consistently avoids problems induced by the other two methods. It’s a trick i learned yonks ago from good old MacFixIt.com.

And yes kids, it’s just as important as ever to:
1) Repair your boot volume before any OS update
AND
2) Repair your permissions BEFORE and AFTER every MOSX upgrade. (I’ve heard arguments against repairing permissions. i don’t care. I remain correct. So bite me).

By: TowerTone

TowerTone — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 20:44:02 +0000

Updated 27″ iMac i5 with no issues other than some MDN post I make don’t go through.

By: LordRobin

LordRobin — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 20:43:13 +0000

I haven’t bothered using a combo updater since Tiger. Never had a problem.

——RM

By: Hank

Hank — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 20:21:59 +0000

No problems on iMac-2011 and a MacBookPro-2009. I have read many times that using the Combo updater is a good strategy.

By: kenh

kenh — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 19:53:13 +0000

Used Software Update; no problems.

Of course, Lion has done some unpredictable things from the very beginning, so I am by necessity more tolerant of odd behavior these days.

By: Pete

Pete — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 19:25:21 +0000

Used Software Update on my MacBook Pro 2008, no issues.

By: Spade

Spade — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 19:24:05 +0000

Give it a few more hours, the afternoon is young.

By: MacMan

MacMan — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 19:21:57 +0000

Did three systems: iMac 24″ (2009) and a Mac Mini (2006) via SWU without problems. The MacBook went into the CUI and App Crash hell. Booted to recovery partition and chose Re-install Lion. Fixed the problem and installed 10.7.3. So far no further issues with that system.

By: b9bot

b9bot — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 19:21:17 +0000

Used the combo update rather than software update. It’s a good idea to verify your disk using disk utilities before doing any updates. Also running your backup too.

By: JuanGuapo

JuanGuapo — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 18:58:28 +0000

No issues, Early ’11 MBP via Software Update.

By: m159

m159 — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 18:55:51 +0000

I have yet to see any screaming headlines about CUIgate, but then it’s early yet.

By: Rodolfo

Rodolfo — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 18:51:10 +0000

Hi thanks, will try that. There is an issue of Mail quiting at random. It’s in the Apple forums also. Thanks again.

By: castelbuono

castelbuono — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 18:44:54 +0000

Updated via Software Update on 27 iMac. No issues.

By: castelbuono

castelbuono — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 18:44:05 +0000

No Mail instability here. Have you tried rebuilding mailboxes via Menu Bar: Mailbox>Rebuild?

By: yourmombluray

yourmombluray — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 18:41:54 +0000

Always use the “combo” updater. Apple really should make a preference to force Software Update to always grab the combo every time. Would help with novice Mac users

By: Pappy

Pappy — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 18:39:50 +0000

My internal hard drives are shown with an optical disc icon. External drives are as normal.

Nothing else so far. Installed via updater.

By: Jack

Jack — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 18:39:24 +0000

Used software update to install on two Macs, 27inch iMac (2011 model) and 13inch MBP (2009) no problems with either machine. Yet.

By: Tim

Tim — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 18:37:24 +0000

MBP 15″ and 17″ updated by software update. No issues to report yet.

By: Rodolfo

Rodolfo — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 18:33:39 +0000

Does this update fix Mail instability? anyone seen this?

By: WallyW

WallyW — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 18:29:44 +0000

Yes. Got this exact issue updating via Software Update on 24 in iMac.

By: sherman

sherman — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 18:29:06 +0000

Used software update on my early ’09 MacBook pro 17 unibody and got this error. More important than the artwork not being there and saying ‘CUI’ is that it immediately makes every app crash no matter what. Big let down but reinstalled from time machine. I will try the combo later today when I get time to see if it works.

By: lawdcjay

lawdcjay — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 18:27:08 +0000

Used Software Update on three Macs — an iMac, a MacBookPro, and a Mac Pro. No problems.

By: John

John — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 18:26:57 +0000

I downloaded the update (not Combo) and installed on iMac 27″ 2010 and MBA 2011. No issues.

By: Sam

Sam — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 18:24:32 +0000

Upgraded 3 Macs via software update no issues.

By: JR

JR — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 18:22:51 +0000

I always use the Combo Update and I’ve had no issues whatsoever after updating to 10.7.3, nor have I ever had any after any other OS update that I can ever recall. Another good rule of thumb I always follow as well is to quit all open applications and eject any external drives before applying any OS update as well.

By: paul

paul — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 18:15:58 +0000

I updated via SW update. No issues so far!!

By: AppleFanboy

AppleFanboy — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 18:14:00 +0000

Used software update with no issues on iMac 24″