Apple 10.4.11 Update Can Brick Macs With Boot Camp 425
g-san writes "Some Mac users are having problems with the latest 10.4.11 update, yours truly included. The problem seems to be caused by the presence of a Boot Camp partition and renders the Mac unable to reboot after the update fails. Note the Geniuses at the Apple stores are recommending a full disk wipe; but data can be recovered via Firewire." MacNN has a note up that if you fall victim to this "known issue" and need to reformat the disk, you can't reinstall Boot Camp because it is no longer available to OS X 10.4 Tiger users.
Macs (Score:5, Funny)
Interesting (Score:0, Funny)
OSX 10.4.11 (Score:5, Funny)
*ducks*
Re:Macs (Score:5, Funny)
MS has the same thing. It's called "VISTA"
So you claim Bricking is the correct term? (Score:5, Funny)
Don't worry, a new UID will suit you well.
How to make users move forward (Score:5, Funny)
Microsoft, listen and learn, because Apple is doing things the right way. You've released a pretty buggy, poorly designed major revision of your OS, alright, why not, but right then you release a service pack to your previous major version of your OS to make it better. This is NOT the way to go!
In order to make your users move on to your new but inferior major revision, you need to ruin the version of your OS that everyone is using. Just look at how Apple handled it. They just released a pretty buggy major revision of their OS, but it's okay! Because to make up for it they updated the previous version that everybody was using so that computers equipped with it won't even boot anymore! This way users are more than eager to move on to the new version, despite its flaws!
Steve Jobs' genius will never cease from amazing us, nor shall you cease from learning from it.
Re:Macs (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Macs (Score:3, Funny)
Now, _that_ was a bricked Mac.
Re:Macs (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Yeah (Score:1, Funny)
Re:Yeah (Score:1, Funny)
Yes, please buy another mac.
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Steve Jobs
Re:Macs (Score:5, Funny)
2) ???
3) Failure!
Re:Macs (Score:2, Funny)
*translation*
My Mac is bricked
Re:Macs (Score:5, Funny)
Its like a tazer (Score:2, Funny)
Standard reply to end users (Score:5, Funny)
I know this will burn my karma.
Re:Try This Instead: (Score:2, Funny)
My Mac Plus is still working. Do you know where I can find a Firewire to Scuzzy adapter?
Re:Macs (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Yeah (Score:1, Funny)
Do you realize you're acting like a douche on the internet? Got anything better to do?
Not a case of bricking. (Score:3, Funny)
"Boat anchoring" perhaps?
Re:Standard reply to end users (Score:1, Funny)
Re:Macs (Score:2, Funny)
For sufficiently small values of Apple.
-Kelly
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Re:Macs (Score:2, Funny)
Then I read the translation.
cease and desist (Score:2, Funny)
PLEASE stop using this term "bricked" around IT stuff. Here in the UK at least, it does not mean what you think it means. Here's a few typical UK uses of the word. Spot the one that your use verges on:
* I'll use these bricks to build a wall.
* It's about the size of a brick.
* I wasn't just scared; I was shitting bricks.
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