? what? So straight back to the store I went to drop off the mbp for the 3rd time. For example, I select applications folder and then select utilities and nothing happens and then all of a sudden, 2 to 4 seconds later, here comes the utilities window. So far video performance does seem to be better, but I still get hangs in other areas. So I just picked up the mbp today and they said again that they cant find any problems. I was disappointed to see it had a Seagate drive in it and that it was negotiating at 1.5 (500 GB, 7200rpm). However, it hasn’t frozen once, it’s running great and I couldn’t be happier.” I received a new computer from Apple last week.
Sad to be without a computer, but it’s nice to be able to help the engineers fix it and they’re building and shipping the new machine as soon as my old one is scanned by Fed Ex. I’ll be returning my laptop for them to examine. Apple Discussions poster redwoodtree writes: Meanwhile, some users report that Apple is replacing select units, in some cases even seeking out owners of improperly functioning machines and reclaiming their units for testing and replacement. Albeit not an ideal solution, this can provide a stopgap measure until a permanent fix is available.Īpple testing/replacing units. Several users have reported that they’ve been able to eliminate the constant freezes/hangs by booting from external USB or FireWire hard drives.
Initial reports implicated Seagate hard drives as culprits in this issue, although this no longer appears to be the case, as Hitachi hard drives are also exhibiting the issue, and many systems using Seagate hard drives are not.Īs previously reported, traditional fixes, including re-installation of Mac OS X, resetting PRAM, turning hard drive sleep off, and diagnostics via the Apple Hardware Test and/or disk checking tools such as TechTool Deluxe have proven unsuccessful.īoot from external hard drive. During the stall, all applications will stall and or cease to properly function, but the mouse cursor can still be moved. When this problem occurs, the hard drive becomes unresponsive for up to 30 seconds. The problem appears to be hard drive-related, and occurs most frequently with the standard 320 GB 5400 RPM drive, but is also occurring with the 5400 500GB and 7200 500GB drives. Select the disk on which you want to install "El Capitan" and press Continue ( note that the icon and name of the disk will be different in your case) (there is usually only one option.Users of mid-2010 MacBook Pros continue to experience frequent stalls/hangs, accompanied by the spinning beach ball progress indicator, under varying conditions ( previously noted here).
Read the software license agreement, press Agree to accept it and press Continue:
When your Mac comes back up, disable Wi-Fi and leave the Ethernet cord unplugged, as explained in step 2, and press Continue: In the OS X installer window, press Restart: Terminal will confirm that the date has been changed with a line of output that displays the new date.
Turn Wi-Fi off or unplug the Ethernet cord, depending on your configuration, to prevent your Mac from connecting to the Internet:Īnd type date 0115124517 (this will reset the date to Jan 1st 12:45 2017). When the OS X installer complains that "No packages were eligible for install" and displays this window: Learn more.Īs explained here, OS X 10.11 "El Capitan" fails to install because it is too old (the technical reason being that the signing certificate is no longer valid).īut you can trick the OS X installer into thinking that it is 2017 and it will happily run without any errors. Comments on this answer have been disabled, but it is still accepting other interactions.