Nasty macOS flaw is bricking MacBooks: Don't install this update
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Re: Nasty macOS flaw is bricking MacBooks: Don't install this update
#2Odd, this seems to be happening across the industry and is now either reported better or just more prevalent. Besides bricks (well, is it a brick if you can recover?) we have seen post-update BSOD's, data loss, browsers going bad, settings getting reset on various operating systems of the big vendors out there. I know that it isn't like software 'used to be perfect' but this type of defect feels bigger than it used to be.
Re: Nasty macOS flaw is bricking MacBooks: Don't install this update
#3Odd, this seems to be happening across the industry and is now either reported better or just more prevalent. Besides bricks (well, is it a brick if you can recover?) we have seen post-update BSOD's, data loss, browsers going bad, settings getting reset on various operating systems of the big vendors out there. I know that it isn't like software 'used to be perfect' but this type of defect feels bigger than it used t…
Move fast, break things!
On a serious note, possibly because things are much too capable and complex than they used to be, combined with tight release cycles.
Re: Nasty macOS flaw is bricking MacBooks: Don't install this update
#4It's not "bricked" if you can fix it in Recovery Mode.
Still bad that it's happening, but the term "bricked" is thrown around so flippantly these days. If a piece of tech is bricked, it's not recoverable at all.
Re: Nasty macOS flaw is bricking MacBooks: Don't install this update
#5Odd, this seems to be happening across the industry and is now either reported better or just more prevalent. Besides bricks (well, is it a brick if you can recover?) we have seen post-update BSOD's, data loss, browsers going bad, settings getting reset on various operating systems of the big vendors out there. I know that it isn't like software 'used to be perfect' but this type of defect feels bigger than it used t…
Move fast, break things! On a serious note, possibly because things are much too capable and complex than they used to be, combined with tight release cycles.
Also more software systems enable "automatic updates". Whereas in the past only those that chose to upgrade were affected, now everyone is affected except for those that chose not to enable automatic updates.
Re: Nasty macOS flaw is bricking MacBooks: Don't install this update
#6Are people not using auto-update?
Re: Nasty macOS flaw is bricking MacBooks: Don't install this update
#7Are people not using auto-update?
Why would I want to wake up in the morning to find my laptop not working?
This issue is exactly why I only occasionally install updates, and if I do I wait a while for the canaries to leave the coal mine. I've been a user of macOS, distros of Linux, and Windows for years, and in every one of them there was the inevitable update that made the OS unusable. It happens rarely but, when it does, it's a miserable experience.
Re: Nasty macOS flaw is bricking MacBooks: Don't install this update
#8It's not "bricked" if you can fix it in Recovery Mode. Still bad that it's happening, but the term "bricked" is thrown around so flippantly these days. If a piece of tech is bricked, it's not recoverable at all.
English is not my native language and this is the first time I hear about this “bricked” expression. What does it mean?
Re: Nasty macOS flaw is bricking MacBooks: Don't install this update
#9It's not "bricked" if you can fix it in Recovery Mode. Still bad that it's happening, but the term "bricked" is thrown around so flippantly these days. If a piece of tech is bricked, it's not recoverable at all.
English is not my native language and this is the first time I hear about this “bricked” expression. What does it mean?
It means you've rendered your device functionally equivalent to a brick, i.e., it's a hunk of inanimate metal that will never again be useful.
Re: Nasty macOS flaw is bricking MacBooks: Don't install this update
#10It's not "bricked" if you can fix it in Recovery Mode. Still bad that it's happening, but the term "bricked" is thrown around so flippantly these days. If a piece of tech is bricked, it's not recoverable at all.
English is not my native language and this is the first time I hear about this “bricked” expression. What does it mean?
It means that something made your device non functional, so it’s almost like your device is a brick or useless heavy load