Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!
The last Apple OS X update to High Sierra
All Apple computer users
For more than last month the latest update for OS X is available in Apple Store. The update is called High Sierra and is the legal update to the latest software. It looks really good but there is a certain trick which you need to be aware before you decide to do it.
It takes quite long time to install and after that the Apple computer does not want to start.
On the screen you will see some strange writings completely unreadable for average computer users. Your computer does not start even after many trials and your data is in real danger.
In my case, the whole update ran smoothly but my MS Outlook 2016 stopped working completely.
I know quite many cases when users lost their programs, data became unavailable and the Apple computer changed into useless piece of furniture.
What to do to prevent this disaster?
First of all, you need to run Time Machine backup before you want to run the latest updates.
Secondly, it would be good to have a OS X recovery stick to restart your computer in emergency mode.
Thirdly, you can wait patiently a next few months for next system updates which it looks like not perfectly working well.
If not all these steps are not possible to fulfil you can always contact me to prevent and recover this disaster.
Replies to This Discussion
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Permalink Reply by Joe H on
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It's true that a user should back up their data before doing an OS upgrade, but other than that, you contradict yourself in your nonsensical, poorly-worded, scaremongering post. A cheap and cynical attempt at touting for business, perhaps?
—Typed from my Mac running OS X High Sierra, which was upgraded with no "strange writings" on the screen, nor any other problems.
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Permalink Reply by EMC2 on
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Joe, maybe consider how well you'd do writing some technical advice in Polish? I make allowances and get the gist of Marek's post. I'd already upgraded and it *seems* it screwed up one of my email addresses which then took me a long time to fix on my desktop, I've yet to get that email to work on my laptop which I also updated.
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EMC2, I wouldn't attempt to write technical advice in any language in which I was not proficient; technical writing should be clear, precise and unambiguous—Marek's post is none of these. The gist of Marek's post is that you ARE going to have serious problems upgrading to High Sierra, so you should contact him to spare you from "disaster". Do you think he's offering his assistance for free? This is just selling through fear.
As for your own upgrade problem, you've hardly suffered one of Marek's predicted disasters. I imagine you mean that upgrading affected locally saved emails or your access to them: The only way a system upgrade will affect an email address is if the upgrade is being performed on the email server itself (are you running your own email server?), and even then this would be extremely unlikely. Since you mention having the same problem on your laptop, I suspect (assuming this really was caused by the upgrades) something happened with your upgrades that affected your network settings or the preferences in your email client (both seem rather unlikely), or even that you were moved to change your keychain settings for some reason. Since you fixed the problem on one computer, won't the same fix also apply to your laptop? I don't want to make assumptions about your own technical abilities here, but just in case you haven't already done so, I suggest you at least compare the settings on both computers for the email account in question.
Still, if all else fails, you could always ask Marek to help you.
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Permalink Reply by Justin Guest on
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Joe. I think you are being a bit harsh here. As a sufferer of the English Disease (of only speaking one language) I think you should take your hat off to anyone who can make themselves understood in a different language.
If Marek put up posts that appeared to scaremonger on a regular basis then you might have a point but I only see Marek posting every couple of months with words of warning when he sees sometime that could go wrong that most average users (like myself) would need to be aware of. All I see here is: (1) watch out there is a problem, (2) here is what to do to protect yourself, and (3) if it all goes wrong (as it may) I am here if you need help.
I have had help from Marek on more than one occasion when things have gone horribly wrong, and he has invariably helped me get back up and running in a way that frankly I could not possibly have imagined how to do on my own (often at very short notice and invariably at moments of high stress - as is always the way when things go wrong).
I think I would flip this around, is the world a better place for not having Marek's post, or could you have done it better?
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Justin, I am not a sufferer of the English Disease (neither—I'm very glad to say—in its traditional meaning nor yours!), but nonetheless I wouldn't attempt to write such a complicated post in a foreign language when I'm so aware of the pitfalls of writing in my mother tongue.
The problem is that in his initial post, Marek does NOT make himself understood, unless he is being deliberately very misleading. His subsequent post was clearer and to the point, without making any suspect claims (i.e., Marek said he had "received a few phone calls", rather than "your computer does not start even after many trials and your data is in real danger").
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Permalink Reply by Michael Anderson on
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It’s certainly not scaremongering. Websites and message broads are full of it
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/8086296?start=0&tstart=0
Perhaps you don’t know Marek? Many of us do and have used him to help out with problems which he has done, in my case, quickly, effectively and a damn sight more cheaply than other businesses I’ve looked at.
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No, Michael, I don't know Marek, but his post (claiming upgrade problems are inevitable) makes a poor impression, and that's what I was responding to.
Your link goes to a page where THREE people are concerned, or reporting a problem of their upgrade process hanging. If their drives were backed up in the normal way, this would be just an inconvenience, neither a data-losing disaster, nor turning their Mac into "a useless piece of furniture".
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That was just one I found when I Googled “High Sierra problem”. There were lots and I just picked the one at the top of the list.
I am at a loss to understand why you are so vexed. Marek posted some sensible advice about what to do before you download this and offered his help if it went arse up. I certainly didn’t get worried by his post and I’m one of the least technical people you can imagine.
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Permalink Reply by Marek on
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Hi Michael. As Joe explained he is a tech professional and he would need more sensible details and a rescue procedure. If he would said this at the beginning ...
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Permalink Reply by John D on
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Hi Marek. I think he just saw your post as a attack on Apple Mac generally ( perhaps as opposed to MS Windows ). Please don't take this spat seriously. He posted at 2am which is never a good thing.
Please continue with your helpful posts.
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Apple religion followers are amongst us. Probably my phrase about the Mac computer as a piece of furniture was not very delicate.Macs have been failing badly the same like Windows especially hardware and you need to open your wallet much wider than in Windows issues. I am continue my useful posts here.
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No, this is not a Mac v. Windows spat. I've used Macs for years just out of convenience, not any particular loyalty to the tax-dodging so-and-sos. Nor was I demanding a long-winded explanation of how to perform or troubleshoot the upgrade.
My gripe is essentially very simple: In his second and third paragraphs, Marek's post states that your upgrade attempt WILL fail.
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