Apple fixes bug that would trigger macOS Monterey to brick Macs with a T2 safety chip

Since macOS Monterey was launched, there have been a number of Apple customers who mentioned that putting in the replace bricked their computer systems. It was unclear what may need brought on the difficulty till at the moment, as Rene Ritchie reports, he has obtained this assertion from Apple citing a difficulty with the firmware of its T2 safety chip (by way of 9to5Mac).

We have recognized and glued a difficulty with the firmware on the Apple T2 safety chip that prevented a really small variety of customers from booting up their Mac after updating macOS. The up to date firmware is now included with the prevailing macOS updates. Any customers impacted by this subject can contact Apple Support for help.

There aren’t any specifics on the fashions affected, attainable settings or configurations which might be weak, or precisely what a “small number of users” provides as much as. MacRumors was capable of finding tweets from at the very least 9 MacE-book, MacE-book Pro, and that iMac homeowners who mentioned their units didn’t boot up after the replace. It’s good that they’ll attain out to Apple Support for help, nevertheless it’s additionally unclear if these individuals will have the ability to retain any knowledge locked in affected units.

The T2 safety chip has appeared in a variety of Apple computer systems (you can check the list here) because it was launched in 2018. Apple says that up to date firmware to eradicate the difficulty is now included in present macOS updates (some trackers noted a refreshed version of the BridgeOS 6.0 software that runs on the T2 going out at the moment), so it shouldn’t be a difficulty on any of these machines any further.