10.9.2 update stopped with "less than a minute"

My wife just updated her mid-2012 MBP to 10.9.2 and we went out to dinner, when we came back a couple hours later it was at "less than a minute..." but there was no indication that the hdd was writing or anything. If you tried to move the mouse via touchpad nothing would happen but the Magic Mouse seems to be working. Because it's not actually running at this point, is it safe to manually shut it down or restart it?
I'm just gonna leave it overnight and see if it pulls itself together but my wife is super worried that she's borked her lappy.
Any advice?

If the 10.9.2 update is frozen, hold the Power button to turn off the computer, and turn it on again. Then, open  > About this Mac, and check that 10.9.2 is installed.

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http://support.apple.com/kb/TS3681
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http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1867
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How Do I Get Rid Of The “Other” Data Stored On My iPad Or iPhone?
http://tinyurl.com/85w6xwn
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http://www.igeeksblog.com/how-to-remove-other-data-from-iphone/
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Ok.
I am new to this forum. I just wanted to report my experience but ask about the final step hanging, and APPARENTLY the mac being ok. Seeing what other got with this level of a problem. IS it OK? Whups I had to go through several hours of updates, which I was not prepared, but fortunately no inconvenience. Would there have been a screen that advised me that now the restore is complete, the user had better run Updates?
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Didn't mean to scold you. It seemed you were making a suggestion to Apple, not us civilians.
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