macOS Monterey is bricking Intel Macs — what you need to know

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macOS Monterey is bricking Intel Macs — what you need to know

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Apple released macOS Monterey terminal week, but users are already reporting issues. Specifically, this new version of macOS is bricking older Macs including Intel-based models purchased as recently every bit 2020.

As reported by MacRumors, ten unlike Apple tree Community Back up threads have sprung up highlighting the problem. Users on social media platforms like Twitter have besides voiced their grievances. Though yet not corroborated, it appears that Macs running on Intel chips are the ones beingness affected. Thus far, no one using M1-powered Macs has reported such a problem.

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The reported issue sounds elementary: mid-update, the Macs shut down and neglect to turn back on as Twitter user @Taltos reports:

@AppleSupport hi, I actually need assistance, was updating my macbook pro and it shut off and I can't turn it back onOctober 25, 2021

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Twitter user Freddy Mini says Monterey bricked his 2020 16-inch MacBook Pro, the Intel-based predecessor to the MacBook Pro 2021 (16-inch). Some other user (who seemingly misspelled 2018 equally 2108) hit this outcome on the four-port 13-inch MacBook Pro.

"Same thing happened to my 2017 iMac," writes Reddit user u/pravinba9495 who goes on to say "Said information technology needed to restart. Never restarted. Waited a couple hours and tried to power cycle it. Reset pram ect. [sic] Nothing seems to be working it'south simply dead. Took a couple tries to get it installed on my 2015 Mac Air. That seems to be running but I'grand at a loss as to what to do with the imac [sic]. I unplugged it and headed to work. Hoping to detect some solutions this night to get this resolved in the am."

Apple tree, in a back up document, offers a possible solution to the problem: "In very rare circumstances, such equally a power failure during a macOS update or upgrade, a Mac may get unresponsive and and then the firmware must exist revived or restored. Full details can be found here, but know that the "restore" process erases all the data on your Mac.

For those keeping track, terminal year's macOS Large Sur update also reportedly bricked older Mac models. What's happening with macOS Monterey doesn't appear to be as widespread, but enough users are reporting issues that it's a genuine cause for concern.

Apple will undoubtedly push out updates and patches to macOS Monterey, as it does with all OSes, in the coming weeks and months. At least one, hopefully, will address this issue. Equally things stand, y'all may want to hold off updating if you accept an Intel-based Mac.

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Tony is a computing writer at Tom's Guide covering laptops, tablets, Windows, and iOS. During his off-hours, Tony enjoys reading comic books, playing video games, reading speculative fiction novels, and spending besides much time on Twitter. His non-nerdy pursuits involve attending Difficult Stone/Heavy Metallic concerts and going to NYC bars with friends and colleagues. His work has appeared in publications such as Laptop Mag, PC Mag, and various contained gaming sites.

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