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Apple has released MacBook Pro EFI Firmware Update 1.9, which addresses an issue we have covered extensively in which users experience frequent stalls/hangs, accompanied by the spinning beach ball progress indicator, under varying conditions (previously noted here). The problem appears to be hard drive-related, and occurs most frequently with the standard 320 GB 5400 RPM drive, [...]

Some users have reported issues after applying Security Update 2010-05, the most dire of which is an inability to startup (boot) directly after updating. If you experience this issue, or another show-stopping problem, follow these potential fixes: Delete errant kernel extensions. Early indications are that this issue could be related to a kernel extension (.kext) [...]

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A handful of users have reported significantly slower system startup after the update to Mac OS X 10.6.4. There are a variety of causes and corresponding fixes for this issue (which crops up for some users after virtually every Mac OS X update), but there are three commonly successful, easy procedures that can eliminate the [...]

As is the case for each and every incremental Mac OS X update, scores of users are reporting intermittent freezes and problems starting up after applying the Mac OS X 10.6.3 update. The causes of these issues are varied and numerous, ranging from incompatible external devices and kernel extensions to disks in need of repair. [...]