Comments on: Warning: Apple update may brick your Mac

By: bill

bill — Sun, 01 Jun 2008 05:43:22 +0000

This blog, article, site has NO value at all.

By: Yazi

Yazi — Fri, 30 May 2008 17:56:30 +0000

I’ve never experienced problems to this degree, and have always used Apple’s update system, whether it was a minor update or a .x major one.

I did have a firmware update ruin my MacBook’s Superdrive, and they replaced it. If you can’t trust a manufacturer’s firmware update for a component that cane standard, what are you supposed to do?

By: Bozo

Bozo — Thu, 29 May 2008 18:12:09 +0000

One guy has a problem and it’s news. Sheesh! Actual news would be discovering that a measurable percentage of users have had a similar problem. But that would take actual research which I understand is counter to the blogger’s creed.

The update worked just fine for me on several Macs. There! Another data point.

By: Ian

Ian — Thu, 29 May 2008 00:28:38 +0000

I’d like to point out that this is NOT a case of “bricking.” If a gadget has been bricked, that means it’s broken beyond repair, and is essentially as useful as a brick (hence the name).

By: Quikboy

Quikboy — Wed, 28 May 2008 23:55:42 +0000

Yet another reason not to buy a Mac. :P

By: Ben

Ben — Wed, 28 May 2008 23:42:48 +0000

I had no problems. Hooray!

By: JW

JW — Wed, 28 May 2008 22:23:41 +0000

I agree with Rugby God that these things happen, and that there can be issues with different hardware and software combinations. That being said, I still liked this article. It serves to remind us that God’s own computer company (Apple) and it’s products are prone to the same issues that any other computers are.

By: Ted

Ted — Wed, 28 May 2008 21:53:13 +0000

Isn’t the photo (of that poor girl pulling her hair out) of a Dell laptop? Now, THAT I can understand! ;)

By: Ted

Ted — Wed, 28 May 2008 21:50:54 +0000

Very true, the possibilities of what people do with their computer are endless. Some will have problems, some won’t. BUT, it amazes me how casual people are about installing a huge update like this.

I rarely have any problems, but before installing any large update, first, I’ll wait a couple of days to make sure there’s not some common problem that people are experiencing, and second, I’ll do a SuperDuper clone just before installing the update, so if I do run into problems, I can quickly get back to where I was. If you have any sense at all, OS X provides several methods to keep from running into trouble, so much better than Microsoft.

People who just willy-nilly install a update with no thought, get what they deserve. They should know better.

By: Steven in Athens

Steven in Athens — Wed, 28 May 2008 21:35:54 +0000

I had no problem with the update

By: Bamboo Kid

Bamboo Kid — Wed, 28 May 2008 21:30:43 +0000

You must take the combo version from http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/ when you’re updating your system. Never use the “software update” in the menu for this operations, it’s the rule #1…. Never use that s…
Rule#2 : restore your permissions (with disk utility) before & after the process, the best is with your install cd…

You’re Welcome !!!

By: Rugby God

Rugby God — Wed, 28 May 2008 21:04:07 +0000

This kind of article is useless. It all depends on the hardware and software configuration. This kind of things can happen to anyone regardless of operating system, hardware, etc etc. Hence, this is not really a news worthy story.