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WARNING- Don’t Run Thunderbolt Update 1.2

2012 June 12
by macjeff

This update for Thunderbolt equipped macs will cause a kernel panic on a majority of macs.   This will turn your Mac into an expensive paper weight.

We will update with a fix as soon as we get one.

 

Update-  this was just sent to us.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ok, the combined update 10.7.4 repair the problem an iphoto works, I download and install it from command line on the terminal that provides the Cmd+R method without re-installing complete Lion, if you has some advice with terminal commands, and not fear to it, this is the method that I used to:

first choice the option to launch safari from Cmd+R rescue. connect to an internet, an go to support apple for download the combined update, since you dont have free space on the rescue partition, you have to Ctrl-Click on the link to download and choice download linked file as, and navigate to /Volumes/Macintosh HD/Downloads for example, ”Macintosh HD” is the Main HardDisk Partition (that you use normally) of the Mostly Macs.

After download is complete exit Safari, and go to Menu Utilities –> Terminal.

Because it’s a rescue system you can’t mount and execute the update directly Only need two commands for it on the command line, execute the first one, and once completes, execute the second. Note that the paths can be different for some users so don’t make this if you don’t understand it.

The first command mount the update as a drive on the /Volumes path:

hdiutil mount “/Volumes/Macintosh HD/Downloads/MacOSXUpdCombo10.7.4.dmg”

(or navigate to “your download location” with “cd” command and execute hdiutil mount name-of-the-update)

Once mounted it, install the update with the next command:

installer -package “/Volumes/Mac OS X 10.7.4 Update Combo/MacOSXUpdCombo10.7.4.pkg” -target “/Volumes/Macintosh HD”

(You can use Tabulator for complete names, and not mistakes on names after initial double quotes and initial characters written, if it not complete names, correct it!).

Afer a while two or three skipped filenames of components appear, forget this, it works, wait until the command complete, it happens when reappear the command line prompt again, because are not screen activity until it,

Next when the command line prompt reappear execute:

reboot

Afer a while, your mac works again, next install updates, but DO NOT INSTALL THE THUNDERBOLT UPDATE AGAIN.

I hope explained myself well.

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