It seems that the Rube-Goldberg fetishists at Adobe want to remain king of the arm-down-the-throat-and-out-the-hiney-hole software update - and they retain their title with no competition in sight. Instead of just letting you download (like everyone else) a simple .dmg file that you can mount and from which you can run a patching application, Adobe decides to build an elaborate front end that needs to communicate with Central Command via various HTTP ports, then downloads the necessary .dmg files and sticks them in a place you cannot see during the process (unless.... read on)... THEN, after the update runs, successful or not, the updater script DELETES these .dmg files so that in order to take another stab at it, you would have to download them ALL OVER AGAIN!!!

Well, let me tell you how to bypass part of their insanity. While the updater is downloading to your computer, open the User/Library/Acrobat User Data/7.0/Updater folder. You will see the .dmg file(s) there. When the download is complete, but before running the update, drag-copy these files to another location (because the end of the update process DELETES them completely, not just throws them in the trash).

Quit the Adobe process and go to the copies you put somewhere else, mount, then run the simple patch program that works like all other patch programs work (asks you to locate and select the application you wish to update). Why Adobe needed all the subterfuge and false front end on this process is beyond me. Running the patch this way also lets you keep the update .dmg file for archive/update purposes.