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An explanation for random MacBook shutdowns?
Blogger Martin Backschat has more or less translated a German article that takes a stab at trying to figure out what is going on with this random MacBook shutdown issue. One only needs to check out MacBook Random Shutdown.com or comb the archives of ...
Test your MacBook for random shutdowns
Some MacBook owners around the web are reporting a 'random shutdown' issue, where the machine will - as you might guess - seemingly shutdown at random; either during work or patiently idling for your next command. If you haven't experienced this ...
A tale of two random MacBook shutdown cases
I bought myself a MacBook the week they came out, since a that point I didn't own an Intel Mac. I read about the Random Shutdown Syndrome (RSS) that some people were experiencing a little smugly. My MacBook didn't shutdown randomly! That is, until it ...
TUAW Poll: Did the SMC Firmware Update cure Random Shutdown Syndrome?
I'm seeing mixed results in the field as to whether or not SMC Firmware Update 1.1 actually resolves, once and for all, the Random Shutdown Syndrome (RSS) affecting many MacBooks, but more than a handful of comments on the original post indicate that ...
Results of the SMC Firmware Update 1.1 Random Shutdown Poll
I know the suspense has been killing you. Here are the informal, unofficial, thoroughly unscientific results of the equally informal, unofficial, thoroughly unscientific poll in which I asked you whether the SMC Firmware update resolved your ...
Apple issues one-liner support doc on random MacBook shutdown problem
Apple seems to be *so* happy to finally fess up that this MacBook RSS (Random Shutdown Syndrome) isn't just all in our heads. xlr8yourmac tracked down a new Apple Knowledgebase article that is another amusing one-liner from Apple's support crew: "If ...
MacBook SMC Firmware Update 1.1
MacBook owners: dust off Software Update and download yourself Apple's latest take on the MacBook SMC Firmware (1.1). This update, 'improves the MacBook's internal monitoring system and addresses issues with unexpected shutdowns. This update is ...
New MacBook heatsinks exposed
We all know about the MacBook's Random Shutdown Syndrome and how it has made many an Apple customer angry. But what is causing all this sadness? Well, a little birdy pointed me to this Flickrstream which contains a few very interesting, and well ...
Disgruntled MacBook owners organising class action suit
AppleInsider has a story about a group of Mac users who have had enough of their faulty MacBooks, and they're not going to take it anymore. The group has set up a page at ClassAction.com and is looking for support to force Apple into a recall of the ...
iPhone 3.1 problems flood our tip box
In the last week, we have had a constant barrage of iPhone issues break through the lines... so much so that we feel it is our duty to inform the two of you who haven't updated what you could experience by updating to version 3.1 of the iPhone OS. ...
ZFS project for Mac OS X discontinued
Is it a forgotten project? A fit of open-source pique? Or is it just that everyone got really busy on other stuff? Looks like Apple has just shut down the ZFS project for Mac OS X. The site for the project on Mac OS Forge reads:
ZFS Project ...
How random is random: The equation
Brad, at our sister site The Digital Music Weblog, has linked to an article that looks at, mathematically, exactly how iTunes' shuffle function creates a random lists of tunes vs. the "Party Shuffle" function. According to the article's ...
Why you shut down OS X as you do
There has been a spate of interest in Windows Vista's convoluted shutdown process started by this Joel on Software post. Fuel was added to the fire when Moishe Lettvin blogged about the design process that was involved with the 'shutdown feature.' ...
iWannaSleep
If you have never visited Boing Boing you are missing out. It is a great website chock full of interesting links.They mentioned iWannaSleep the other day, and it is a pretty nifty little app. It is basically a timer that will count down (a time that ...
Mac Automation: Get remote screenshots via Mail
I've talked about getting your Mac to shutdown via an e-mail (or even take a picture from your iSight and e-mail it back to you), but I have received some comments and e-mails about using this script to send a snap of your computer screen when you ...
