Wow Apple, it seems that 2020 just isn’t your year is it?
There are a heap of problems that have been announced across the Apple range of products, over this weekend.
Let’s get started shall we?
iPhone 12 and 12 Pro Users Complain of Missing SMS Text Messages and Message Notifications
Wow, this is fairly serious Apple! I’ll wait to see what Apple will do about this (I suspect a other update to iOS will be fairly soon.)
And the Pièce de résistance, by the Mac team at Apple:
macOS Big Sur Update Bricking Some Older MacBook Pro Models https://www.macrumors.com/2020/11/15/macos-big-sur-update-bricking-some-macbook-pros/
A large number of late 2013 and mid 2014 13-inch MacBook Pro owners are reporting that the macOS Big Sur update is bricking their machines.
Reddit and the Apple Support Communities, suggesting the problem is widespread continue to state, among other things that:
Users are reporting that during the course of updating to macOS Big Sur, their machines are stuck displaying a black screen. Key reset combinations, including NVRAM, SMC, safe mode, and internet recovery, are all reportedly inaccessible after attempting to install the update, leaving no way to bypass the static black screen.
One commenter on Reddit said that they were told by Apple support to book their MacBook Pro in for a repair. Another on an Apple Support thread said that the issue has been escalated to Apple’s engineering team, so Apple should now be aware of the problem.
I’m really, REALLY glad that my trusty 2010 MacBook Pro seems to be immune to this gigantic cluster fuck of an update.