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Avid/2013 Mac Pro crash issue pinned down to Google Chrome extension, fixes in progress

Following up on yesterday’s story as to a number of 2013 Mac Pros in Hollywood editing studios crashing due to what appeared to be an issue with Avid, the software maker has confirmed that the issue itself stemmed from a Chrome update. A number of users in the film industry reported that their Mac Pros […]

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Mysterious Avid issue knocks out 2013 Mac Pro workstations, workarounds and fixes under development

A number of film and TV editors throughout Los Angeles on Monday evening reported that their 2013 Mac Pro workstations running macOS operating system versions between macOS 10.9 Mavericks to macOS 10.14 Mojave were unable to boot, resulting in speculation as to a possible computer virus attack. Social media reports suggested that the issue was […]

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LG UltraFine 5K monitors experiencing errors within two meters of wireless routers

Well, this is kind of a mess. LG’s UltraFine 5K monitor, which has become something of a spiritual successor to Apple’s Thunderbolt display and began shipping out from the Apple online store this week, appears to be suffering from a major fault wherein it will begin flickering when places within two meters (6.5 feet) of […]

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Google Chrome updated to 20.0.1132.47

Google Chrome, Google’s new web browser, just reached version 20.0.1132.47 for the Mac. The new version, a 40.7 megabyte download, offers the following changes: – Disables some of Chrome’s GPU acceleration features on Mac hardware containing the Intel HD 4000 graphics chip (e.g. the new Macbook Air notebooks), in order to prevent a resource leak […]

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Second-gen MacBook Air may be demonstrating logic board errors

This could be a bit foreboding. Per Cult of Mac, a rising number of complaints from users of the new MacBook Air has appeared regarding kernel panics, video distortion and other issues that could be related to defective logic boards. Apple Discussion forum user, DanRyb, basically stated that his 11-inch model would randomly display “weird […]