The T2 chip is going to brick a lot of machines in the future. I've had good luck with iMacs, except hard drives, but I don't like where Apple is going with any of this.
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How bad is the T2 chip crash issue with the new MBP 2019?
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I'm confused here... The heat was coming from the T2, but he didn't show the area around the Intel CPU. Since the T2 is responsible for Secure Boot, Drive Encryption, etc. It would be expected that this chip needs to be powered on as soon as possible for everything else in the machine to function. Heat generation from a CPU implies nothing more than it is powered on. Not that it the definitive source of failure.
I do agree that the water damage claim seems odd though.
The T2 chip is a great improvement to security long term for Apple, but it is definitely a complex issue from a third party repair perspective. I wouldn't argue that the T2 is useless or a net loss for Apple customers...
Wasn’t the T2 chip introduced in 2018? So if your macbook is 3 years old of course you won’t get a t2 crash..
Used to deal with BridgeOS crashes alllll the time on my 2018 MacBook Pro but after that "Supplemental Update for MacBook Pro" I have never had another crash again. Don't know about the new 2019 or the status of the iMac Pro. Has apple released a supplemental update for the iMac Pro?
Apple came up with a good way to disguise some crashes so that don't look maddening like they used to.
In the classic Mac OS days we were presented with a BOMB icon. It was infuriating.
Mac OS X got rid of the bomb icon. A kernel panic would cause the screen to be covered with verbose text. Also infuriating but less insulting.
Crashes now reboot your Mac back to the log in screen. If a user didn't notice the crash they would think that the computer is just showing the lock screen rather than log in. They would especially think this if the computer crashed and rebooted during sleep mode as it is doing with this BridgeOS Bad Magic crashes.
So in all likelihood some of the people above who had a BridgeOS crash probably didn't notice they had it.
In the classic Mac OS days we were presented with a BOMB icon. It was infuriating.
Mac OS X got rid of the bomb icon. A kernel panic would cause the screen to be covered with verbose text. Also infuriating but less insulting.
Crashes now reboot your Mac back to the log in screen. If a user didn't notice the crash they would think that the computer is just showing the lock screen rather than log in. They would especially think this if the computer crashed and rebooted during sleep mode as it is doing with this BridgeOS Bad Magic crashes.
So in all likelihood some of the people above who had a BridgeOS crash probably didn't notice they had it.
My T2-less 2017 never, purchased a 2018 and BridgeOS crashes from the moment I turned it on... returned it. My 2019 16 inch, have not seen a single BridgeOS error.
Dealing with this issue right now on a 2019 April build with 13 inch Macbook pro. Went to Apple genius bar 6 separate times with everything replaced but still crashing every single day. Most infuriating part is that they are blaming magnets on a macbook pouch on an laptop with a SSD. Can't make this up. Some employees are suspecting that the crash came from T2 chip
Have zero issues for all previous models, and this is the first time ever that this is happening. Should have bought it in Costco and in US. They don't allow refund or even replacement in Taiwan.
Have zero issues for all previous models, and this is the first time ever that this is happening. Should have bought it in Costco and in US. They don't allow refund or even replacement in Taiwan.
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