Reply to: Apple Update just 'bricked' my iMac

[bogeyman]

Hmm... never heard of the memory stick bit. Sounds a bit voodoo chicken to me

Still, I don't suppose it can do any harm.

Yeah Nick, but I'm not going to risk a raw install of that patch destroying my workstation ever again.

Voodoo chicken for me - all the way

Actually, it makes sense if you think about it

p.s. It worked!

[d000hg]

Macs go wrong all the time, for the same reasons any computer goes wrong.

I know Apple's marketing department would prefer you didn't think this.

I still prefer Apple's hardware and an OS X for various reasons.

It doesn't 'just work' but it works well enough.

Either you missed the obvious sarcasm, or he is an epic fool... I'm edging to the former but around here who can ever be sure?

[NickFitz]

Apparently the trick with this one is to download the patch, put it on a memory stick and install it from there

Hmm... never heard of the memory stick bit. Sounds a bit voodoo chicken to me

Still, I don't suppose it can do any harm.

[bogeyman]

BTW, whenever a system patch downloaded via Software Update fails, it always seems to be the case that, if one downloads the same update from Apple's site and runs it manually, it Just Works™ so you may want to try that

Apparently the trick with this one is to download the patch, put it on a memory stick and install it from there

[Spacecadet]

Try a PC.

Dell

[NickFitz]

Macs go wrong all the time, for the same reasons any computer goes wrong.

I know Apple's marketing department would prefer you didn't think this.

I still prefer Apple's hardware and an OS X for various reasons.

It doesn't 'just work' but it works well enough.

BTW, whenever a system patch downloaded via Software Update fails, it always seems to be the case that, if one downloads the same update from Apple's site and runs it manually, it Just Works™ so you may want to try that

[bogeyman]

They don't need them. It isn't possible for a Mac to go wrong in any way.

Macs go wrong all the time, for the same reasons any computer goes wrong.

I know Apple's marketing department would prefer you didn't think this.

I still prefer Apple's hardware and an OS X for various reasons.

It doesn't 'just work' but it works well enough.

[bogeyman]

Do Mac's not have system restore points then?

Sort of. That's how I recovered from brick world.

[bogeyman]

Already updated and have no problems - but now I'm worried...

What iMac are you using? I'm using the last of the all white models... Have you made any hardware modifications?

It's the 24" last of the all whites, like yours. No hw mods except installing 8Gb of Kingston memory.

My iMac is about as vanilla as they come hardware-wise.

It seems a lot of people are stuffed with this update, in various ways. Not always to the point of non-bootability, but random apps stop working, erratic behaviour etc.

Must have been a 'Friday Patch'

[VectraMan]

Do Mac's not have system restore points then?

They don't need them. It isn't possible for a Mac to go wrong in any way.

[gingerjedi]

Do Mac's not have system restore points then?

[scooterscot]

Already updated and have no problems - but now I'm worried...

What iMac are you using? I'm using the last of the all white models... Have you made any hardware modifications?

[Sysman]

I would have put his face in 'tip-top' condition with my knuckles if he'd been standing in front of me.

Hmm, a couple of weeks ago I treated myself to a Lacie DVD external burner for my Mac, and I could have done the same with whoever put together the software installation CD.

More than once.

Then repeat for Roxio (Toast) and HP (Lightscribe).

Proper Pitiful.

Oh sorry, got carried away with the rant...

No problems with Apple's Security Update here (10.4.11 on a PPC system).

[AtW]

And who asked you for your invaluable input, exactly?

I saw the topic and felt that I just had to join in.

[bogeyman]

At least in new Mac they use Intel processors so you can wipe them clean and install Windows...

And who asked you for your invaluable input, exactly?