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Thunderbolt Software Update 1.2 Causing Boot Failures for Some Users

Update killed my husband's 17" MBP(mid 2011). He's at the Apple store right now getting it remedied.
 
Phew... No issues on my Mini 2011 or early 2011 13" MBP.

Lately, with all of these issues with Apple updates, I really need to stop this habit of updating right away.
 
Kernel Panic MBP 15" 2011

I wish I would have seen this before I ran Software Update on my 2011 15" MBP last night. Every restart resulted in a Kernel Panic.

I finally started up from my original install (Snow Leopard) disk, did a disk restore (Lion) from my last Time Machine backup, and could finally start up from the MBP.

It worked, and it could have been worse -- but I wasted a couple of hours getting to the point at which I could again start my computer.
 
class77 said:
Update killed my husband's 17" MBP(mid 2011). He's at the Apple store right now getting it remedied.
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You see, that's what I just don't get about this....I have a mid 2011 17" too, and it updated fine....this is starting to look a little like partial or corrupt downloads....The servers were super slow...looks like some people got lucky and others got grief....Just not good enough. If you don't have the bandwidth and server capacity to accommodate everybody, then damn well say so. I'd rather see a dialogue box telling me to try later, than have to re install Lion on three Macs and restore everything.
 
kustardking said:
2011 iMac 3.4GHz 10.7.4, updated without issue

For all I love about the Mac, the OS, compared to Windows, really seems like amateur hour way too often. If you disagree, make sure you're not mentally stuck in 95 and XP land.

In my XP years I certainly had my fair share of blue screens. However, in the two years I've been using Windows 7, with the same workflow as before (programming and graphics production), I had one crash, and that was because I accidentally knocked a PCIE card out of its slot. In the year I've been using OS X I've had to restart the Finder countless times, had Time Machine corruption on several occasions, and have to deal with "lazy" updating of the filesystem's "visual" state.

There are certainly things I like more about OS X, and that's why I'm still using it, but it really is a technically less sophisticated and more chaotic environment than Windows. Being technically less advanced isn't a negative, rather I can't get over that updates screw things up so often, especially given that Apple has way more control over the environment than MS does. Updates in Windows 7, which were much more frequent than for OS X, *never* disrupted the OS, and never even my most obscure 3rd party software utilities and apps.

I continue to use OS X because overall I like the feel of it more, and of course for the Apple ecosystem, but I do so with a constant background tension of whether or not it will remain stable.
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Well said
 
Yup hosed me

After update I had a KP and am now in process of doing a Time Machine restore.

Not a great way to start the day!
 
TheMythTheMan said:
That computer runs lion perfectly fine buddy...
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Lion will not install on the Mid-2006 White MacBook. Maybe if you do some sort of hack, but by default, it will not install.

Processors Apple will officially support Mac OS X 10.7 Lion on are:

Any Core 2 Duo processor
Any Xeon Dual Core or better processor
Any Intel i3, i5 or i7 processor

- Processors Apple will not officially support Mac OS X 10.7 Lion on are:

Any PowerPC processor
An Intel Mac from the following:
iMac 4,1 2006 17″ / 20″
iMac 4,2 2006 17″
Mac Mini 1,1 Early & Late 2006
MacBook 1,1 13″ Mid-2006
MacBook Pro 1,1 15″ A1150 2006
MacBook Pro 1,2 17″ A1151 2006
MacBook Pro 1,1 15″ 2006
 
I just went to check the software update... I have a 8,2 15" late '11 MBP and I don't even see any thunderbolt updates. Hmm.

I only saw iTunes and and Airport update. I guess its not for my machine? :rolleyes:
 
Early 2011 MacBook Pro

This happened to me and it was ugly. The update finished but didn't restart the computer. I manually restarted which then threw me into an inifinite Apple logo boot screen. I ran Disk Utility to try to fix the issue and that made the problem worse. Now I would get a Kernel Panic the second the Apple logo showed up. Since I didn't have any important data on the machine I wiped the drive and did a clean install. The Thunderbolt update worked without issue on a fresh install.
 
keysersoze said:
Has anyone WITHOUT an external monitor attached via the TB port, during this update, had their Mac kernal panic?
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I had a the kp show up after attempting this on a 27" i7 iMac. I restored Lion and it seems to be working fine now.
 
bbeagle said:
I'm still using my 2006 White MacBook. Doesn't even support OS X Lion, which I think is actually a feature. :D
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Me too with my late 2009 White MB running Snow Leopard with a few tweaks (like TotalFinder). Not planning to upgrade until the availability of a retina 13" MBP for an affordable price.
 
MacRumors said:
Among the many software updates Apple has been pushing out associated with yesterday's keynote announcements, Thunderbolt Software Update 1.2 is a relatively minor 537 KB download offered to provide support for the company's new
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It appears that Apple have pulled the update. Currently that link is serving up the error message: "We're sorry. We can't find the article you're looking for."
 
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