Daniel Ho’s Musings

Apple released an update for the MacBook Air aptly named “MacBook Air Update 1.0” on Friday August 22, 2008. This is to resolve a longstanding issue with processor idling. The reported issue in the Apple Support Forum is actually one in which one of the two Core 2 Duo processors would shut down when it got too hot. This greatly affected the system’s responsiveness while while waiting the processor to cool.

The release notes from Apple:
“This update is recommended for all MacBook Air computers, and addresses issues with video playback and processor core idling. Third-party software that modifies processor operating characteristics such as frequency and voltage is not supported and should be removed before installing this update.”

My previously completely stable Apple iMac 24″ is now crashing hard (kernel panic) all the time. This started after the latest update to OS X.

Anybody know why?!?!

Edit: Buddy immediately sent me this blog post about why you should always install updates using the Combo installer. I’m going to give it a try tonight.

The main reason is that: “Using the Combo installer essentially refreshes everything in your operating system that’s changed since the .0 release. So anything that’s gotten corrupted is suddenly brand spankin’ new!”

Edit 2: Still having kernal panics…so the Combo Installer trick didn’t work for me.