No was gonna but so close to final release im gonna wait i hope its not hardware issue
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Apple Says Latest macOS Supplemental Update Addresses Audio and Kernel Panic Issues on 2018 MacBook Pro
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So many problems with this new body
Style of Mac’s.
I guess that’s what happens when you put most of your resources into iOS and let the Mac line die.
Style of Mac’s.
I guess that’s what happens when you put most of your resources into iOS and let the Mac line die.
My 2017, which was given me after numerous 2016 model troubles, is ready for pickup after a 3rd keyboard / 1st logic board replacement.
I have been pressing for them to upgrade me to a 2018 model which I would sell new-in-box and escape this MBP nightmare. If the 2018s are this bad, maybe I should count my blessings they said no.
I have been pressing for them to upgrade me to a 2018 model which I would sell new-in-box and escape this MBP nightmare. If the 2018s are this bad, maybe I should count my blessings they said no.
Another day another problem with Apple hardware/software....
#TimCooksApple
#TimCooksApple
I believe it's worth doing a PSA on what is actually Bridge OS and what is MacOS since the T2 Chip (or Bridge OS) is also collecting regular MacOS Kernel Panics.
The easy way to differentiate between bridgeos and macos crashing is looking at
vs.
in the crash logs.
The easy way to differentiate between bridgeos and macos crashing is looking at
Code:
{"caused_by":"bridgeos"...
Code:
{"caused_by":"macos"...
Very subjective though isn't it. Personally I find the new keyboard superior in every way. It feels excellent and very positive. And it enables me to type faster and more accurately. Briefly using my old MacBook Air again, now feels like typing on a wet salmon in comparison.
I’ve got 13inch 2018 i7 mbp.
I am running latest Mojave public beta and do not have any issues.
I can see that Mojave has newer T2 firmware than supplemental update:
16P50371a
But tbh I have not had any crashes or kernel panics on High Sierra.
I am running latest Mojave public beta and do not have any issues.
I can see that Mojave has newer T2 firmware than supplemental update:
16P50371a
But tbh I have not had any crashes or kernel panics on High Sierra.
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I hate this kind of response. I have spent tens of thousands of my own money on Apple products over the past decade (including $6,000 on the new MBP). Perhaps you're too young to remember, or just forgot, but things weren't 100% rosy when Steve was around. Remember Antenna Gate on the iPhone 4? We were all holding it wrong... Or how about how gawd awful Apple's cloud offerings used to be? Ever heard of Ping? Social for music...yeah, Myspace already happened.
Crap happens, and at least they are being proactive about trying to fix the issues.
They had to respond to the hysteria though. There wasn't one flight i boarded at that time where a steward didnt announce over the PA to make yourself known if you were carrying a Galaxy Note 7.
Is anyone getting crackling audio through bluetooth headphones/AirPods with this update still?
If I'm listening to any music, and at the same time receive a iMessage notification or do anything remotely intensive, playback through headphones stutters for half a second or so. Pretty annoying since my 2017 doesn't do this at all.
If I'm listening to any music, and at the same time receive a iMessage notification or do anything remotely intensive, playback through headphones stutters for half a second or so. Pretty annoying since my 2017 doesn't do this at all.
Dude. Sorry to burst your bubble. What is being reporting by "a small number" (sic) has no precedence.
Kernel panics are terminal and erode confidence on Apple engineering, destroying ultimately the well-earned reputation of Apple as a company.
My opinion:
Apple should come out in front and detail, against its typical corporate secrecy, the steps its taking to make those owners whole. History shows that it is always better to do this by free will, than being pressed, later, by class-action edict that, upon discovery, could uncover internal communications amongst Apple executives trying to backpedal the issue.
Perhaps the people getting issues will now feel better after your comment and go spend tens of thousands too.
It's not eroding my confidence in their engineering any more than having the antennas in a questionable place on the iPhone 4 did.
Close, but no cigar.
Based on prior posts: Stockholder Syndrome. 100%
[Do wonder what he/she would say if cursed with MBP kernel panics.]
2 things:
1st, as you stated, an exploding battery is a much bigger deal than a kernel panic. Even if only a small fraction of users experience an exploding battery, a full recall is very much worth it to eliminate any more harm and a costly lawsuit.
2nd, and perhaps more importantly for this particular issue, we don't know how many people are being effected but the kernel panics and/or crackling audio. Those who are having issues will always be the loudest, but you cannot determine how wide spread the issue is by that vocal minority. Just as you can not determine how not wide spread the issue based on those who are saying they don't have an issue.
The bottom line is, there may be a hardware issue for some, or it may just be software related. Proclaiming that there is a wide spread QA issue based on anecdotal evidence is folly at best.
False equivalence. One of the only things that makes the MacOS version different on my 2016 machine from a 2018 are the different kernel extensions that they run, hence kernel panics.
Code changes are not always model specific. A fix for a 2018 problem could have unknowingly fixed lesser known issues on the 2016 model.
I used to have herbal panics until I stopped smoking that dank.
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Your well informed tech opinion. Apple would not allow the word “panic” in a PR brief ever never ever. Not publicly announcing it is way smarter for them in almost every way. Which is why they will not lose my business. I get it. This will get fixed.
The update clearly says "exclusively for 2018 MacBook Pro with Touch Bar models". It mentions no other models.
Exclusively: to the exclusion of others; only; solely.
Everything Apple has published along with this update says 2018 specifically and lists no other makes or models.
How much more clearly do they need to mark it for you? "This update IS NOT FOR THE 2016 MACBOOK PRO WITH TOUCH BAR. THAT MEANS YOU CerebralX. THIS DOESN'T APPLY TO YOUR MACHINE!"
I've been waiting for a mac mini refresh for a long time, but Apple's increasing lack of quality control and engineering issues in its mac range, I'm not that keen on a mac mini any more.
I love your wet salmon reference, very funny. Personally, there's a positive: I find the keyboard faster to use, looks nicer, however: I have less confidence my fingers are on the keys properly (gap between the keys, full left and right cursor keys instead of half keys), prefer not to make so much noise typing.
ps -- sorry to be off topic. I'm tempted on the 2018 MBP, but once these problems are ironed out.