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Mac Users Reporting Widespread System Freezes With OS X El Capitan 10.11.4 Update (macrumors.com)
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Mac Rumors: A large number of MacBook Pro owners running OS X El Capitan are reporting widespread system freezes since installing the 10.11.4 update to Apple's Mac OS. The problem appears to be concentrated on 13-inch Retina MacBook Pros (Early 2015) running 10.11.4. Users report that their system becomes totally unresponsive at seemingly random times, with no way to regain access to their Mac other than to force a hard reboot. The issue was initially reported by MacRumors forum member Antonnn on March 25, four days after Apple released what is the third update to the Mac OS. In Antonnn's case, the freezes have been occurring "about once a week," first when browsing in Safari, but then also during the use of other Mac apps, including Adobe Photoshop and several third-party browsers. The freeze seems to affect not only the screen and mouse cursor but also the Mac's Force Touch trackpad, which completely loses feedback. Apple Support is apparently aware of the issue but have so far offered no concrete solution. Meanwhile, some users have resorted to downgrading their system to 10.11.3 by restoring from a Time Machine backup or performing a clean install. Hundreds of others have posted to a dedicated thread discussing the issue. Bill Mattheis posted a video on YouTube of the freezing he has experienced on his MacBook Pro.
But, the advantage Apple has always had is a very small set of hardware configurations, but if you let a bug like this out the door, you aren't taking nearly as much advantage of that as you should. So, actually, I do hold Apple to a higher standard here, because they need to be. You don't get to set exactly what computers run your OS, and how much they will be and then turn around and say, "oh, that obvious bug we let out the door, it happens, what can you do"
Take the ASUS motherboard UEFI boot problem. Microsoft had admit the problem, post a workaround, and didn't even mention the thousands and thousands of other hardware combinations that worked just fine, because nobody cares anyway. But, if I was an OSX users, I would be upset. The damn things should just work and trudge along, update after update for a few years. But they increasing don't do that, and people paid the premiums for the platform anyway and thank Apple for it. Just stop thanking them for a start.
Huh? I am running that suite on EL Capitan and have no problems. Go back to your bridge troll...
Apple people never take their precious hardware apart. They have to bring it into a "genius" and hope they can help.