{"id":41561,"date":"2020-11-16T11:02:40","date_gmt":"2020-11-16T11:02:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/?guid=545f223aaeebda032d14ad50d723dea0"},"modified":"2020-11-16T11:02:40","modified_gmt":"2020-11-16T11:02:40","slug":"macos-big-sur-is-bricking-some-older-macbooks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/macos-big-sur-is-bricking-some-older-macbooks\/","title":{"rendered":"macOS Big Sur is bricking some older MacBooks"},"content":{"rendered":"


\n Sabina Weston<\/a><\/span>
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A new macOS update released last week is reportedly bricking older MacBook Pro laptops, according to a number of dissatisfied Apple customers.<\/p>\n

Big Sur, which was\u00a0first unveiled during the Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) last June<\/a>, is\u00a0rendering some devices unresponsive, causing them to display a static black screen without any way of bypassing or resolving the issue.<\/p>\n

The problem with\u00a0Apple<\/a>\u2019s latest\u00a0operating system<\/a>\u00a0update is said to be affecting mostly 13-inch MacBook Pros released between late 2013 and mid-2014,\u00a0according to\u00a0MacRumors<\/em><\/a>. However, the models have been\u00a0listed<\/a>\u00a0as compatible with the update.<\/p>\n

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Apple\u2019s engineering team is reportedly aware of the issue and Big Sur has become a popular topic of discussion on the\u00a0Apple Support<\/a>\u00a0forum, with users describing how their MacBooks are stuck on a black screen with keyboards \u201ccompletely disabled\u201d.<\/p>\n

Apple is reportedly telling users to bring their laptops in for repair, according to a\u00a0discussion on forum site Reddit<\/a>. However, this might not be possible for many living in regions under government-imposed lockdowns, such as England.<\/p>\n

This is\u00a0not the only issue\u00a0facing Big Sur. On 14 November, when the macOS update was released, Apple users reported server outages that caused iMessage and Apple Pay to go down and performance issues for users running macOS Catalina and earlier,\u00a0according to\u00a09to5Mac<\/em><\/a>. The issue also caused Big Sur downloads and installations to fail, as well as security and privacy concerns.<\/p>\n

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IT Pro<\/em>\u00a0has contacted Apple for comment but has yet to hear back from the company.<\/p>\n

Last week, the Cupertino-based tech giant\u00a0announced a new lineup of its flagship laptops<\/a>\u00a0powered by its all-new M1 chip. Nearly one month after\u00a0launching the iPhone 12<\/a>, the company held another \u201cOne More Thing\u201d event to show off the new hardware, which includes updates to the\u00a0MacBook Air<\/a>,\u00a0MacBook Pro<\/a>, and\u00a0Mac Mini<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Apple-built M1 chip is the first-ever personal computer chip built by the company in-house, and the announcement marks the first time since 2006 that new Macs will be powered by anything other than Intel processors.<\/p>\n

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Sabina Weston<\/p>\n

16 Nov, 2020 <\/p>\n

A new macOS update released last week is reportedly bricking older MacBook Pro laptops, according to a number of dissatisfied Apple customers.
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