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Kernel Panic After Thunderbolt Update

I have a one year old MBP. A few minutes ago I installed the Thunderbolt Update that Apple released today. At the conclusion of the update, it said it had failed to install and that I needed to restart the Mac. On doing so, I got a kernel panic. And now every time I try to boot, I get a kernel panic. I'm dead. Ideas?


Thanks.

Mac Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.2)

Posted on Jun 11, 2012 6:45 PM

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Jun 11, 2012 7:32 PM in response to Mitchla

I had the same issue...twice. After the thunderbolt update fails I click restart and end up with a kernel panic...nable to boot. I was able to recover without any other hardware, thankfully, so I tried the update again. Same results and am recovering for the second time. I'm running lion.


Steps follow:


1) Reboot the machine while holding in command-r (this boots to recovery partition and disk utility)

2) I chose reinstall Mac OSX next

3) Enter your apple ID to confirm eligibility.

4) MBP will start a recovery install on the hdd you selected, it will not remove your personal files or account. After this reinstall, I was up and running again as if I skipped the thunderbolt update...until I tried the update again.


Thought I'd offer this while I wait for. One to recover again. Good luck.

Jun 11, 2012 8:38 PM in response to Mitchla

I had the same thing happen.

installed thunderbolt update.

it gave an error saying it couldnt install - click to restart.

hangs at the gray screen

powered off manually

kernel panic

re-installed Lion with the recovery tool

tried the update again - same exact issue

re-installing Lion again.


I guess i won't install the update this time around. what a waste of time.

Jun 11, 2012 9:01 PM in response to murrayE

murrayE wrote:


Same issue - kernel panic on attempting restart - on my mid-2011 iMac. Doing an OS X Lion reinstall via recovery partition now. Will report results later.

Of course, reinstall of Lion seems to have fixed things. Except I dare not try to install the Thunderbolt update until there's a publicized fix.


I did one update from the App Store without incident - before the fatal Software Update attempt. Anybody get other updates to work OK, via App Store, e.g., iPhoto?

Kernel Panic After Thunderbolt Update

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