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images/news/apple.jpgNumerous Mac users are complaining that upgrading their systems to Apple's new Snow Leopard operating system causes a boot failure that results in an endless display of a rotating icon known colloquially as "the spinning wheel of death."
As of Thursday, Apple's support forum was littered with posts from customers whose attempts to upgrade to Mac OS X 10.6 prompted the error.
"Sooo many on so many different Macs seem to be getting the Spinning Wheel of Death from Snow Leopard," wrote ravenx2012 on a post Saturday on the forum. "Seriously, how can so many people have their Macs bricked by this paid for 'service pack'," wrote the user.
Another poster, user James Shepard, reported that Snow Leopard "bricked my iMac 24" at the spinning wheel of death." Similarly, forum member Chet Wyman said that, despite a "flawless" upgrade for his MacBook Pro, his attempt to install Snow Leopard on his children's iMacs went awry. "Now I come home to the spinning wheel of death," said Shepard.
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As of Thursday, Apple's support forum was littered with posts from customers whose attempts to upgrade to Mac OS X 10.6 prompted the error.
"Sooo many on so many different Macs seem to be getting the Spinning Wheel of Death from Snow Leopard," wrote ravenx2012 on a post Saturday on the forum. "Seriously, how can so many people have their Macs bricked by this paid for 'service pack'," wrote the user.
Another poster, user James Shepard, reported that Snow Leopard "bricked my iMac 24" at the spinning wheel of death." Similarly, forum member Chet Wyman said that, despite a "flawless" upgrade for his MacBook Pro, his attempt to install Snow Leopard on his children's iMacs went awry. "Now I come home to the spinning wheel of death," said Shepard.
Read on at Infoweek
