Upgrading to macOS Monterey is hurting some older Macs

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If you have an older MacBook – anything that doesn’t work with Apple’s silicon – and you’re thinking about upgrading to macOS Monterey: Control your horses. Updating now can leave you without a computer for a while.

Many users are complaining on social media that Apple’s latest OS update, released on October 25, completely killed the Mac. O claimsthat was monitored before Mac rumors, on a In general mention it After updateUsers were unable to turn on their computers. As some mentioned that the update Elf they ports, causing them more Problems because they couldn’t even turn on the machines because they were out of battery.

The issue appears to affect older MacBook Pro, Mac mini, and iMac computers. MacRumors points out that the latest devices running on Apple’s silicon don’t seem to be affected due to the lack of complaints from these users.

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Gizmodo has contacted Apple about issues with Monterey, but has not received a response so far. We will make sure to update this blog if we receive an answer.

It doesn’t seem like Apple has addressed the issue directly on any of its channels yet, but Tweet embed Conta do Twitter Try to help users with links to support articles on what to do if Your Mac is not working And work If your Mac restarts because of a problem.

A user whose Mac was said to have been hacked after installing Monterey So it was fixed later He said it was the case Apparently related For computer firmware, which needs to be revived or restored. Unfortunately, the user reported that you can only do this if you have an additional Mac running the same OS or later. In this case, the user got the help they needed by visiting the Apple Store.

Like a poor soul unhappy with the oldest of 2019 MacBook Pro, these reports bothered me and immediately upgraded me to Monterey. Now, I’m fully up for the upgrade. Is important security reasons! And to experience innovation. I just can’t Bear the cost of owning a computer that won’t turn on right now. Maybe nothing will happen and maybe my update will go fine, but until I see that these issues have been fixed, I’m not taking any chances. monterey and New cool features it can wait.

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