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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. Hi, I'm a Mac! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    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!

  2. Re:No one is safe from the "oops" bug by noidentity · · Score: 5, Funny

    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....

  3. Re:No one is safe from the "oops" bug by Finallyjoined!!! · · Score: 5, Funny

    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. :-(

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  4. Amazing by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    so if you sleep your MacBook a lot as I do

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

  5. Run Debian! by fuego451 · · Score: 5, Funny

    You hardly ever have to worry about pesky OS upgrades.

  6. Re:How does Apple's QA miss problems like these... by Dogtanian · · Score: 5, Insightful

    the problem was it was a faulty firmware that slipped through software update and was pulled a half hour later. It was replaced with the right firmware but a few people needing to be on the BLEEDING EDGE of updates never reapplied the right firmware, and thus are the ones complaining now.

    Cut out the apologist bullshit.

    Was it an official Apple update? Was it reasonable that those users would install an official update with no indication that there was a risk to their system?

    Perhaps occasional f***-ups are inevitable, but it was still Apple's fault. Trying to imply that those users are to blame is fanboyish cult-defence of the worst order.

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