[thesquib]

The latest update bricked many laptops at work. Like no boot, no sad Mac, get a new laptop situation. We are at the point where people joke they are flipping a coin on whether the next update from Apple will brick their laptop or not.

For me, the macOS ecosystem is no longer reliable enough as a daily driver.

[Tagbert]

I remember helping a friend a few years ago who thought he had truly bricked his MacBook. There is a restore process that reinstalls the OS when an update goes wrong. I don’t recall the process now as I’ve never needed it since but it is somewhere on Apples site. I seriously doubt these laptops are truly bricked. Obviously something cause the installer to fail but there are recovery options built in that are not part of the OS.

this is probably a good place to start https://support.apple.com/guide/mac-help/macos-recovery-a-ma...

[my123]

(this recovery process is also available for Apple T2 x86 Macs)

[thesquib]

Unfortunately they won't even turn on so this won't work.

[hamstergene]

Because of unstable security crap your company's IT installs on them? You can't seriously blame Apple for problems that only happen on your work laptops.

[alex77456]

How do you know, do you work there? What in the parent post indicated your assertion?

[1123581321]

To what do you attribute your company's unusual experience?

[thesquib]

Good question. I can only guess at maybe usb-c devices being connected? That would be external monitors via a USB-C dock, and so on. Otherwise I have no idea why.