Mitchla

Q: 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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  • by coasterfanryan,

    coasterfanryan coasterfanryan Jun 11, 2012 9:10 PM in response to Mitchla
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    Jun 11, 2012 9:10 PM in response to Mitchla

    Same thing happened to me... Now in the middle of my Lion restore.

     

    I was updating iPhoto and after that was done, up popped up the Thunderbolt update. It looked like it was installing, but then kept booting into a kernel panic

  • by mdics911,

    mdics911 mdics911 Jun 11, 2012 9:43 PM in response to Mitchla
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    Jun 11, 2012 9:43 PM in response to Mitchla

    The Version 1.2 update toasted my MBP in the same way.  Re-installed the OS from the recovery partition and now I am running again.  It certainly made for an unexpected surprise tonight.

  • by Brian Brown1,

    Brian Brown1 Brian Brown1 Jun 11, 2012 9:51 PM in response to Mitchla
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    Jun 11, 2012 9:51 PM in response to Mitchla

    Same thing here. Latest 13" MBP. Tried it twice (stupid me). Now restoring (again).

  • by waitey1234,

    waitey1234 waitey1234 Jun 11, 2012 10:43 PM in response to Mitchla
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    Jun 11, 2012 10:43 PM in response to Mitchla

    Same thing on my MBP, had the computer on all night reinstalling lion from the recovery partition. A 4.5 hour download to reinstall again.

  • by Chocolatejeff,

    Chocolatejeff Chocolatejeff Jun 11, 2012 11:27 PM in response to Mitchla
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    Jun 11, 2012 11:27 PM in response to Mitchla

    Help, I'm having the same problem!!

  • by Xscapes,

    Xscapes Xscapes Jun 11, 2012 11:33 PM in response to Mitchla
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    Jun 11, 2012 11:33 PM in response to Mitchla

    Same thing happened here, on my second time restoring my backup before the thunderbolt update.

  • by Brian Brown1,

    Brian Brown1 Brian Brown1 Jun 11, 2012 11:39 PM in response to Chocolatejeff
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    Jun 11, 2012 11:39 PM in response to Chocolatejeff

    Follow MrE_the_Great's instructions (3rd post). You probably don't need to restore any of your personal data. It does take a while (2-3 hours) depending on your internet speed. I've done it twice. My data/apps looks fine.

  • by kla80t,

    kla80t kla80t Jun 11, 2012 11:42 PM in response to Mitchla
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    Jun 11, 2012 11:42 PM in response to Mitchla

    same issues here! do not install updates until we get further notice. I am rebooting my macbook pro the 2nd time! if you have time capsule setup with your time machine then you are ok to recover everything from your last back up.

     

    plug in an external drive through the USB, restart the computer and hold on to option/ alt key until it gives you the options to access 3 drives (your Mac HD, your plugged hard drive and a recovery drive) choose the recovery drive.

     

    From the menu, select the time machine ( I think it was recover from time machine) and follow the prompts. ensure that you choose the backup dated before the last update which caused this issues, in my case I chose a backup from 10th June 2012.

     

    this took me a few hours about 3hrs, but will depend how much data you had on your drive. I had a 750 gb with more than half used.

     

    be patient and wait till this is done. once done, DO NOT ATTEMPT to do system update or if it prompts you to update, ignore it for now until we have a better answer to the issue.

     

    I hope this helps, I am currently waiting for my second system restore as I attempted to do system update soon  after I restored all my files so my advise to you all DO NOT UPDATE until we get a fix for this.

     

    Remember, this is for those people who has Time capsule and time machine set up... not sure for other set ups but I'm sure you will find a way not to loose all your files.

     

    Best of luck to you all.

     

    Regaeds,

  • by Xscapes,

    Xscapes Xscapes Jun 11, 2012 11:42 PM in response to Brian Brown1
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    Jun 11, 2012 11:42 PM in response to Brian Brown1

    I did the reinstall method the first time, now i restore it back to before i update the thunderbolt take the same time 2-3hr from my external HD via usb.

  • by raimattern,

    raimattern raimattern Jun 11, 2012 11:49 PM in response to MrE_the_Great
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    Jun 11, 2012 11:49 PM in response to MrE_the_Great

    Tx for this hint !

  • by Alex_UK_Kent,

    Alex_UK_Kent Alex_UK_Kent Jun 11, 2012 11:57 PM in response to coasterfanryan
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    Jun 11, 2012 11:57 PM in response to coasterfanryan

    Me too, a few hundred kB of update completely trashed the computer.  Had to reinstall back to Snow Leopard and then restore whole system from Timemachine - 2.5 hours lost...

  • by maxintosh7,

    maxintosh7 maxintosh7 Jun 12, 2012 12:00 AM in response to Mitchla
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    Jun 12, 2012 12:00 AM in response to Mitchla

    The thunderbolt update caused me to have the kernel panic problem as well on my 2011 MacBook Pro. The only solution is to:

     

    -Restart computer by holding down power. While booting up hold *Option*

    -Select Recovery HD

    -Then, 1. Restore from a time machine backup or 2. Redownload Lion and install

     

    Super annoying that an update this detramental to the computer was released. I hope Apple pulls this update right away.

  • by serge_px,

    serge_px serge_px Jun 12, 2012 12:32 AM in response to Mitchla
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    Jun 12, 2012 12:32 AM in response to Mitchla

    The Thunderbolt update seems to install only one kext: /System/Library/Extensions/IONetworkingFamily.kext. Maybe replacing that kext can remove the problem. I'll try this once I have a clean MacOS-Install on a second drive (doing that right now) Might be a quicker solution than restoring the whole system from a backup.

  • by dandoonian,

    dandoonian dandoonian Jun 12, 2012 1:10 AM in response to serge_px
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    Jun 12, 2012 1:10 AM in response to serge_px

    That's Great Serge! waiting for your findings because reinstalling the OS is not an option for me because i have a very very lousy internet connection!

  • by Tider89,

    Tider89 Tider89 Jun 12, 2012 1:16 AM in response to Mitchla
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    Jun 12, 2012 1:16 AM in response to Mitchla

    Same here with the update, I'm reinstalling lion but it's just frozen on the download. Nothing is happening idk what to do. Am I gonna have to pay to repair this whats gonna happen

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