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Crash on Update to Thunderbolt 1.2, need to reinstall Lion and failures!

Yesterday, after the WWDC'12, Apple released many software updates, including Thunderbolt Software Update 1.2.

When I tried to update it, I got a error, a failure that Software Update could not find this update to download it. So I close it and tried again. In this second time, it "worked".


So, after it, my Macbook Pro (2011) restarted and then I could not login on my Administrator account anymore! I put my password and it was stuck loading for a long time, without going forward. (PS: Guest account worked fine).

After several reboots, I tried cmd+R, used the Lion Recovery and reinstalled Lion over the old Lion.

It didn't work.

So I went to cmd+R again, and tried scan the disk (no errors found) and repair the permissions.

My MBP rebooted again and, when I put my password to my Administrator acc, I got a Kernel Panic! And this also repeated every time I rebooted my Mac.


So, I decided to erase my Macintosh HD and install a clean Lion. The installation went fine (so it seems, because I left it over night), but when I woke up this morning, my Mac was stuck again, in this screen:


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Now, what did I do? I don't have any other ideas...


Not sure if relevant, but yesterday I also deleted my non admin account (which it was that I used as primarily), because it was a little slow and I decided to erase it. But I think I couldn't mess up things because, for delete it, I was logged into my admin account and used System Prefs > Users & Groups (or something like that... my SO is not in English)



PS: English is not my native language, so forgive for any mistakes I could have made.

MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.4)

Posted on Jun 12, 2012 6:28 AM

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Posted on Jun 12, 2012 8:21 AM

This is a problem with the Thunderbolt update that Apple released yesterday. Many are experiencing this issue. The only way around it is to reinstall OS X or reapply the combo updater through a secondary system if you have one available. Here is more information on it and what to do: http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-13727_7-57451440-263/thunderbolt-update-plaguing-ma cbook-pros-with-kernel-panics/

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Jun 12, 2012 8:21 AM in response to Souforger

This is a problem with the Thunderbolt update that Apple released yesterday. Many are experiencing this issue. The only way around it is to reinstall OS X or reapply the combo updater through a secondary system if you have one available. Here is more information on it and what to do: http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-13727_7-57451440-263/thunderbolt-update-plaguing-ma cbook-pros-with-kernel-panics/

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Jun 12, 2012 8:47 AM in response to Souforger

Yes. In the article I referenced there is instruction for how to access your recovery HD partition to reinstall OS X, or use another Mac to reapply the combo updater. I hope it helps you clear the problem.


Luckily these approaches will all work without losing your data or settings.

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Jun 12, 2012 9:05 AM in response to Souforger

This is affecting at least some iMacs -- including my mid-2011 machine.


Although I fixed the kernel panic crash myself by re-installing Lion, I contacted AppleCare just to be sure it was reported.


The techie told me Apple hasn't made any announcement about this yet, but that she personally had handled several calls about the same issue.

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Jun 12, 2012 5:21 PM in response to Topher Kessler

I tried to reinstalling Lion a couple more times, but I'm still getting error and it's not loading properly yet...


Then I remembered that I have activated the password firmware protection... It may be interfering in the process I think... so now I deactivated it and I am reinstalling Lion again...


I hope this time works...


This **** Thunderbolt Update made me waste one day of my life, trying to fix an Apple's mistake...

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Jun 13, 2012 7:05 AM in response to Souforger

Allow me to ask a theoretical question :


If the Thunderbolt 1.2 update is a FIRMWARE update (a sort of hardware update, in my mind), then how can a reinstallation of Lion (from a previous working backup, or through a clean install) cure this ill-fated firmware update ?


I don't know about a clean install, but a complete recovery from a backup surely does not reset the firmware(s) to their native state, now does it ?


Bugs me !


YM

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Jun 13, 2012 7:18 AM in response to Yves M

Yves M wrote:


If the Thunderbolt 1.2 update is a FIRMWARE update.....

The Thunderbolt 1.2 update is an OSX driver, not firmware update and as

such can be reversed with previous backups, etc.


Also noticed at the time of this writing is no longer

available in downloads or Software Update (at least on

my machines).

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Jun 14, 2012 1:31 AM in response to Souforger

== yeeeha! ==

source fix: http://www.alexhutnik.com/2012/06/13/how-to-fix-kernel-panic-from-thunderbolt-up date-1-2-without-reinstalling-os-x-lion-or-booting-from-another-mac/

combo update:http://support.apple.com/downloads/DL1524/en_US/MacOSXUpdCombo10.7.4.dmg

data status: RESTORED

Note: This is only a workaround for thunderbolt driver problem. If you download and update “it” again, you’ll get your kernel panic again.

“it” – thunderbold update driver.

== Good to have colleagues around. ==

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