DO NOT DO AN O/S UPDATE FOR THE NEXT FOUR DAYS

[TrogL]

There's a problem with the Thunderbolt driver update that causes a kernel panic. I spent four hours recovering (reply if you want to know the procedure).

Apple says they'll have it fixed in four days.

http://tidbits.com/article/13061

[cbayer]

1. Thank you, TrogL.

They haven't sent me any notifications for updates, but I will watch for one.

[REP]

2. Erm, I haven't heard anything about it

Last edited Tue Jun 12, 2012, 11:02 PM - Edit history (1)

And trust me, I hear about these things.

on edit: he's home - I heard about it. Much laughing (he's in a different dept).

[freshwest]

3. Uh, Thunderbolt? I don't think I have one of those. Last time I had kernel panic was because...

I was 'doing it wrong' with my external hard drives. Tried to transfer files the same way as other things my desktop. I really don't remember how I resolved it, but I learn through my mistakes.

[TrogL]

4. It's a new high-speed interface on Macs

http://www.apple.com/ca/thunderbolt/

[freshwest]

5. Thanks, I don't think I'll need anything like that soon. Hope your system is working well now.

[TrogL]

6. Big Kudos to Apple Tech support and Lion OS

They walked me through how to do a reinstall and it came back up perfectly with all apps and data intact. I ran a backup two nights ago and I'll probably try the upgrade again this weekend.