It'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.
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#22It'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?
FYI, Korean have literally the same expression used in the web "벽돌이 되다", not sure if it comes from the english web though.
Anyway, the "bricked" expression is more commonly used in smartphones and PlayStation Portable (PSP) than laptops. Then it makes more sense when considering the size of the devices.
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#23Timing of this cannot be more wrong. WFH and no store opened will make this more worse.
I'm actually a little surprised they're pushing out updates at all right now. They have to be aware of the risk.
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#24I just installed the update yesterday and now I'm seeing this.
Mine is working so far
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#25I think companies are pushing updates way too aggressively to those who have auto update on.
Is there some reason why phased release isn't more common among OS/firmware updates?
Auto update does not have to mean "update my device the day new versions are out".
Edit: Is this related to public disclosure of security bugs? If so, the community should change their standard so that public disclosure doesn't happen until a week after the update is available. This would allow for phased rollouts.
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#26Well, not bricked you just lose your data. That data that most people don't have backups for.
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#27Earlier quoted context omitted.
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 experienc…
Interested in hearing about a Linux update that made the system unusable.
Are you kidding? I've had config files overwritten, x11/wayland/whatever just break after an update, wirelesss/power drivers just...change, sometimes to the point of having to recover it from a mono-screen tty, or updates fuck up the fs or something else that requires me to hit up single user mode.
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#28Well, not bricked you just lose your data. That data that most people don't have backups for.
Where does it say that you lose your data?
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#29Timing of this cannot be more wrong. WFH and no store opened will make this more worse.
I'm actually a little surprised they're pushing out updates at all right now. They have to be aware of the risk.
Supplemental updates usually fix serious bugs or ones that impact a lot of people. They're fairly rare.
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#30Is this something especially prevalent in this update? Pretty much every single one borks someone's Mac, so I'm curious if there's something new: this article seemed light on details.