Apple OS X 10.5.6 Update Breaks Some MacBook Pros

Newscloud writes "As PC Mag reported last week, Apple OS X 10.5.6 can break some MacBook Pros leaving some users (like me) with a dead backlit black screen after the Apple logo appears. While I initially thought I had a hardware failure, it turns out that there is a fix as long as you have an external display, keyboard and mouse. The problem only appears on the second restart, so if you sleep your MacBook a lot as I do, you might not realize the problem is related to the OS update you did the week before. The problem was related to older, incompatible firmware that Software Update wasn't flagging before the upgrade. This definitely gives weight to the argument for waiting a bit to run software upgrades."

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Hi, I'm a Mac!

[Anonymous Coward]

Hi, I'm a Mac! Look at me, I can update myself! Hi, I'm a PC! Wow look at that, he's updating himself! So how's the update going, Mac? Hello? Hello? Hellooooo!

Re:Hi, I'm a Mac!

[Anonymous Coward]

What do "I'm a Mac", "I'm a PC", and "Can you hear me now?" have in common? They are all phrases uttered by characters that I would tremendously enjoy brutally killing in the longest, most agonizing fashion possible.

Re:Hi, I'm a Mac!

[madsenj37]

A windows install?

Re:Hi, I'm a Mac!

[apostrophesemicolon]

it's nice to know that you, sir, owns FIVE computers that you listed tidily (with bullet points, no less).

It's like someone who says:
I can fix the flat tire on my Porsche because I can take the wrench from any of my five cars, namely:
- BMW M3
- Mercedes-Benz SLK500
- Old, arthritic Jaguar XJ
- Chevy Corvette
- Brand-spankin new, grocery-getter Porsche Cayenne

Re:No one is safe from the "oops" bug

[noidentity]

Apple controls the hardware, so they can be sure everything runs smoothly on it. That's what you get for running Mac OS X on unsupported hardware. Oh, wait....

Re:No one is safe from the "oops" bug

[Finallyjoined!!!]

True, my AppleTV iBricked itself after the last "update". The only solution is to take it to your local Apple Store for a factory reset. Trouble is, my nearest Apple Store is 160 miles away. :-(

Amazing

[Anonymous Coward]

so if you sleep your MacBook a lot as I do

I know some people really love their Macs but this is ridiculous.

Re:Amazing

[rishistar]

They were, after all, first to ditch the floppy drives.

Run Debian!

[fuego451]

You hardly ever have to worry about pesky OS upgrades.

Re:Here we go

[Hognoxious]

What the hell were you doing to Vista that invoked Blue Screens that often?

Switching it on?

Re:No one is safe from the "oops" bug

[ColdWetDog]

Sorry Phelan, it's been restarted & rebooted a couple of dozen times. All I get is the Apple logo twice then blankety-blank.

You're probably not looking at it right. Or you have the wrong kind of candles. You sure the Pentagram is exact?

Re:More bricked computers

[ionix5891]

iBrick®

Re:Here we go

[PixetaledPikachu]

1) There's no such thing as a UNIX/Linux guy. You're a Linux guy if you're typing it on Slackware. If you were a UNIX guy you'd be typing it on Solaris or BSD. Also, Slackware? Are you guys on ELF binaries

Well, would you want him to type the same reply twice on a different platform just to prove you're wrong?

Re:No one is safe from the "oops" bug

[atraintocry]

Key...board? Is that like a touch screen?