Should I update to 10.6.8 for my MacBook Pro? Seems lots of Problems
Thread after threads that I am seeing talk about people's MacBook Pro completely trashed or bricked or having major problems (CPU fan spinning like crazy) or slow performance online etc.... what's happening? Is Apple going to respond? Is it safe to even update?
Decodex wrote:
Thread after threads that I am seeing talk about people's MacBook Pro completely trashed or bricked or having major problems (CPU fan spinning like crazy) or slow performance online etc.... what's happening? Is Apple going to respond? Is it safe to even update?
Keep in mind that these are technical support forums. Generally, the only people posting here are those with problems. Just like a hospital emergency room.
The thousands/millions without problems don't ever come here.
No Apple is not going to repsond. If you want to hear from them, call them up! These are user to user forums. I had no issues updating. Never do.
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