Apple drops Mac OS X 10.7.3 regular update in favor of combo
updated 03:20 pm EST, Sat February 4, 2012
Apple fixes Lion upgrade issue with combo switch
Apple has temporarily solved problems with the CUI bug in the Mac OS X 10.7.3 update by changing the download users get. Anyone who checks Software Update, along with seeking the usual download, now gets the combo update to Lion (1.3GB, link may not work) instead. The full installer is known to work properly at the expense of a much larger file size.
It's not known if or when the smaller, standard update will return.
The initial 10.7.3 release saw some, though not all, users report missing interface elements and frequent if not universal app crashes. Installing the combo update, when an option, has usually fixed the problem.
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Joined: Jan 2010
Combo works fine
Combo update worked just fine here.
Good luck everyone.