The recent update is  "stuck" installing for many hours now, why?

Recently did the update for my MacBook and it seems to be stuck on installing software? It has now been 12 plus hours. Any ideas?

I would power off and boot into the Recovery Partition (RP). From there, open Disk Utility and run Repair Disk.  You could then exit RP and try a normal start, to see what happens and what build you are in,( in About this Mac).
If the computer will not start, go back to the RP and download a re-install of the OS.
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4718?viewlocale=en_US&locale=en_US

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