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Re:IOHIDeous OS X Local Kernel Vulnerability by antaviana on Monday January 01, 2018 @04:48AM (#16045470)
Indeed, I always buy iMacs instead of MacBooks because I can actually pull the plug whenever something takes longer than anticipated.
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Re:IOHIDeous OS X Local Kernel Vulnerability by tomduncalf on Monday January 01, 2018 @07:33AM (#16045828)
You can just press and hold the power button to shut a Macbook off. I assume this is a hardware level interrupt as I’ve never seen it fail. Granted not quite as satisfying as physically pulling the plug!
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Re:IOHIDeous OS X Local Kernel Vulnerability by bluedino on Monday January 01, 2018 @07:44AM (#16045862)
When they had power buttons you could
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Re:IOHIDeous OS X Local Kernel Vulnerability by jsmthrowaway on Monday January 01, 2018 @11:09AM (#16046556)
They still do, it just also does Touch ID now. Source: Have one.
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Re:IOHIDeous OS X Local Kernel Vulnerability by zulln on Monday January 01, 2018 @10:33AM (#16046399)
It should not be too hard to build in a hardware-switch. Sure, it would take some time but think I would prefer that over always being stationary.
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Re:IOHIDeous OS X Local Kernel Vulnerability by sigjuice on Monday January 01, 2018 @05:00AM (#16045491)
Pulling the plug is a bit extreme. Perhaps you might consider logging on from another computer to troubleshoot?
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