Has anyone gotten past "Moving items into place" with MAC lion 10.7.4 Combo download? I have been stuck there for over 4 hours.

I did the download and install but it gets to this point and hangs. After 4 hours, I doubt it will ever complete. I tried stopping Bluetooth and my Wifi, getting out of all browsers and still no joy. Any Ideas? Joe Owen

anthonymdavis wrote:
Did they at apple actually TRY this update before putting this out and mess up people's systems.
Of course they tried it and so did every developer it was seeded to, which is why so many millions of users are having no issues with the install. If Preview etc. are not working for you, then something seems to have gone wrong during your install. It may well be hardware related or related to third party programs you already have installed. Perhaps anti-virus or other third party maintenance programs? Or perhaps your system itself has been in dire need of repair and the update has simply triggered or magnified the underlying problem. I would be backing up immediately and performing a clean install after checking the condition of your HD before blaming an update that most users have had no issues with. (Note, you will see people with issues here as it is a troubleshooting Forum, so it may look a common problem. The millions of others have no issues thus never come here).
Hope you get this resolved and enjoy the update as most of us are.
Pete

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