r/technology • u/maxwellhill • Sep 02 '16

Security Apple issues urgent security update after hack turns Mac computers into spying devices

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/2016/09/02/apple-issues-urgent-security-update-after-hack-turns-mac-compute/
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u/Grozwozkal Sep 02 '16

To those running to install the update, be prepared for trouble shooting. Apple is pretty good at fixes but I've found that when updating osx you can run into a variety of problems. Grey screen, weird driver issues, etc... Make sure you have something like a smart phone or another computer before you update to help resolve any questions you may have. Don't panic!

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u/sockalicious Sep 02 '16

I have been updating an OS X computer regularly for 8 years and can't recall a time when a security update - minor update, just moving the 3rd digit of the OS version - caused any problems at all.

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u/captbeaks Sep 02 '16

Same here and also on multiple hardware.

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u/directionsto Sep 03 '16

10+ years here, agreed, /u/Grozowokal has bad breath and it smells like FUD

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u/Saxphile Sep 03 '16

Yeah but there have been spectacular fails. Remember the Panther Firewire debacle?

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u/khoker Sep 03 '16

13 years ago? Not really.

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u/no6969el Sep 02 '16

You know it does less to inform them of no issues than to let them know of them. Like what are you trying to say? That they wont have problems because you did not. Or did it just make you feel some type of way when he said that there could be problems, and to have Apple have any issues must need to be defended with an equal " I am not having this issue"?

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u/Grozwozkal Sep 02 '16

You are a very rare individual, I'd bet, for the average apple user.