Which computers will receive the black boot screen with the white Apple when upgrading to Yosemite versus the white screen with the dark Apple?
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Yosemite Boot Screen Color
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Possibly. I know in the PB's of Yosemite my boot screen was black, but shortly after Yosemite was pushed to the masses and I updated to 10.10.1 it was back to gray. (On my '09 MBP, that is...it's sorta my test laptop)
I am still running Mavericks due to the networking bugs in Yosemite. I am the only network tech for my school so it is a bit hard to have a buggy network configuration.
It changed over to black on my rMBP sometime during the early public betas. At first I thought it was something to do with retina or non-retina (because the boot screen was light on the 2010 iMac), but later I clearly spotted a black boot screen in one of the 2014 Mac mini reviews and the display was definitely not retina.
It might simply have to do with the age/type of the hardware. A mid 2012 rMBP is probably the oldest hardware to get the black screen without some sort of firmware hack.
It might simply have to do with the age/type of the hardware. A mid 2012 rMBP is probably the oldest hardware to get the black screen without some sort of firmware hack.
