is there a list of the "certain third-party, non-compliant powered USB-C hubs and docks."?
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Apple Releases macOS Big Sur 11.2.2 to Prevent MacBooks From Being Damaged by Third-Party Non-Compliant Docks
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It showed up for me on a late 2015 27" iMac. I had to check for updates twice the second time it showed up.
Everything seems OK, but did anyone else notice it was a bit slow on the reboot back to the desktop? Everything is fine now. Just seemed sluggish at first for about a minute. I also had a couple things in the trash in recovered items. I didn't know what they were so just emptied the trash figuring they were simply things from the system apple removed.
It showed up for me on a late 2015 27" iMac. I had to check for updates twice the second time it showed up.
Everything seems OK, but did anyone else notice it was a bit slow on the reboot back to the desktop? Everything is fine now. Just seemed sluggish at first for about a minute. I also had a couple things in the trash in recovered items. I didn't know what they were so just emptied the trash figuring they were simply things from the system apple removed.
20B29 is 11.0.1 too and it is the version on the release day. The pre-installed 11.0 is 20A2411.
Remember how Firewire was going to make life easier and offer FW1600? Always making life easier. Think apple needs to find how "uncertified" hubs got there to begin with.
So, promise us you won't come back here and complain when you get hacked for the lack of a security update, OK? Just like Linux, most MacOS updates usually have security updates, although they rarely call them out in the release notes.
I try to use a USB-C hub at my work: ethernet and keyboard work but not the second monitor. I hope this fixes it. I haven't noticed anything broken on my MBP 13" 2019 since the last time I tried, though.
p.s.: I sincerely appreciate seeing a ".2" instead of "Supplemental Update 2".
p.s.: I sincerely appreciate seeing a ".2" instead of "Supplemental Update 2".
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No full installer yet in App Store. It took them over a week to update to 11.2.1 in the App Store, so wouldn't expect to see anything for a while.
pretty sure that tech was leaps and bounds ahead of the previous generation. how many people even had a computer in 1998 much less a floppy drive? Compare that number to people who have cell phones and computers today. So you're telling me its ok to make someone have to buy a dongle for a phone that is 1 year old to work on the computer that is 2 years old? I've had to mess with a dongle every day for over a year so my laptop can be a hair thinner and a feather lighter. No thanks
How about if the rant is in regards of having only 2 ports on the whole macbook air? And one is 99% occupied with PD. That leaves you with just ONE usb-c port.
That’s the issue! More usb-c ports not adding legacy ports.
The question is whether they will release the same fix as a security update for Catalina and Mojave, or if this is a Big Sur bug.
I'd imagine it's some common chipset that is used in a bunch of low-end products. It seems like 90% of the hardware out there is one of only a couple of designs, just in slightly different enclosures. So if they gave that list, it would probably scare a lot of people pretty badly.
The problem, I suspect, is that Apple cut corners in the hardware design on the Air, and didn't use voltage regulation circuitry that could tolerate 20V input, under the assumption that they would consistently tell any external charger to supply a lower charge voltage. If some software or hub firmware bug resulted in incorrectly asking the power supplies for 20V when the power supply was attached through that third-party hub, then the computer would release its magic smoke, and wouldn't work anymore.
There are still so many USB-A port-using devices being produced that you can't really call it a "port of the past" yet.
In fact, I doubt USB-A ports will ever die. They're absolutely ubiquitous. Apple is the only vendor actively trying to kill it; look at any new PC from Dell, HP, or any number of enthusiast motherboards and they have tons of USB-A ports. Charging ports out in the world in airports and hotels and such? USB-A.
Another thing is that USB-A ports are more durable than USB-C. This is like another reason why they won't die for a very long time further.
Well obviously this is a very targeted release, but I still have that issue when opening a new tab or moving an existing tab to an external monitor (or vice versa) and Safari just hangs for a few seconds before I can do anything with the tab.
Anyone with problems care to share make and model of hubs that aren't working? The article states clearly: "MacBook Air models from being damaged when connected to certain third-party, non-compliant powered USB-C hubs and docks". so are the problems from cheapo Charlie docks, or is the problem more widespread? What exactly does "non-compliant" mean, bad pin-outs, wrong voltages? Are docks clearly labeled being compliant?
unless you plug them in upside down. May be ubiquitous, but stupid design