Nasty macOS flaw is bricking MacBooks: Don't install this update

Re:Nasty macOS flaw is bricking MacBooks: Don't install this... by Osiris on Sunday April 12, 2020 @12:16AM (#22846017)

I agree. Back in the day I often installed custom ROMs on my Android phones and there was a distinction between needing to use recovery mode or losing your data vs "bricking", literally meaning that you turned your phone into a brick.

There were some "unbricking" guides but those usually required hardware voodoo, soldering, etc., things that most people couldn't do.

Now it's a clickbait term that has lost its original meaning of "you now own an expensive paper weight".

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Re:Nasty macOS flaw is bricking MacBooks: Don't install this... by reaperducer on Sunday April 12, 2020 @01:19PM (#22849607)

I remember the term being used at least as far back as the mid-80's. If you screwed up adding a second SID chip to your Commodore 64, the guides warned you about the potential for "bricking" the computer. Usually through static discharge.

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