iMac Software Update (for both Tiger and Leopard)

2.0, 2.4, or 2.8GHz 20-inch and 24-inch iMacs are great machines, except for the matter of those random freezing issues. We can all agree that a Mac, no matter how cool it is, becomes much less useful when it freezes up. Luckily, Apple has been fiendishly working on an update to fix this issue and the updates are ready for prime time. Notice the plural there, Apple has released a version for Tiger and a version for Leopard.

If you have one of the iMac that suffers from this particular ailment, get to downloading!

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2.0, 2.4, or 2.8GHz 20-inch and 24-inch iMacs are great machines, except for the matter of those random freezing issues. We can all agree...

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Tim Day

The Tiger version is now mysteriously missing from Apple's download page. Looks like I'll have to re-upgrade to Leopard to fix this. Explanation - my 1st gen. white intel imac froze ( always when resuming after sleep) a couple times after installing 10.5.0, so I went back to 10.4.10. This didn't help. The freezing followed me back to Tiger. It's alive....

November 08 2007 at 12:13 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Chris24

#3 - "aluminum 20-inch and 24-inch iMac models with 2.0, 2.4, or 2.8 GHz processors." as it says on the apple update page. I was wondering the same thing though ;-)

November 03 2007 at 12:21 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Bodo

Installed Leo on my 24" alu iMac with clean install.. got these freezings like before. Installed the new 1.3 update and still got the damn freezings, sometimes the screens turns black, sometimes I can still move the mouse without actions..

Please help, Bodo

November 03 2007 at 11:02 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Glenn

I wish this would address the total random shutdown issue many of us are having. It's as if you just suddenly pulled the plug out of the wall

November 02 2007 at 8:22 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Rob

#19 -- I would talk to Apple ASAP and get it repaired or replaced. If you just bought it, Apple will replace it free of charge (usually with the first 14 days of ownership).

November 02 2007 at 6:30 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

steveisaacs

I have one of the stinkers and the update didn't help ONE BIT.

November 02 2007 at 5:35 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

jds

What about those that use a MacBook Pro only in windows? I need better bookcamp drivers and solid firmware updates. Is it too much to ask for my screen brightness to return to where it was before I put my computer to sleep instead of full brightness?

November 02 2007 at 5:01 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Daniel

I've had my 20" for about two month now, but it's only frozen two or three times. My only other problem was a botched Boot Camp installation that erased my driveâ€”other than that, no problems. So it sounds like a software problem, wouldn't it, if I haven't had any hardware issues?

November 02 2007 at 4:29 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Nick

Anybody see this error code on their stainless imac:
4SNS/1/4000000:TCOH

My fan goes full blast for a long time and the temp of the CPU dissapears in istat

November 02 2007 at 12:51 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Wilder K. Wight

Just my two cents-- I've had a 24" Aluminum iMac since early/mid September and it does not have this issue. No freezing here.

This would support some people's theory that this is a hardware issue and not a software issue.

Either way, I hope you all get it sorted out. The iMac + Leopard is a very nice computer, indeed.

November 02 2007 at 12:24 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply