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Apple OS X 10.5.6 Update Breaks Some MacBook Pros

Posted by Soulskill on from the somebody-just-got-fired dept.

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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  1. Here we go by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    Apple zealots defending this lack of testing to their death. Imagine the trolls that would be out if this were a Vista update ;-)

    1. Re:Here we go by synthesizerpatel · · Score: 0, Troll

      Also, as a MacBook owner who hasn't dealt with any of these problems I can't speak as an injured party. But, if I did experience a bug like this? .. A little downtime to get it fixed is worth the heaps of benefits I reap otherwise not having to use Vista.

      I traded in blue screens every couple of weeks for problems with my MacBook once or twice a year. I'm ok with that.