Problems in Hollywood as Mac Pros refused to reboot and rumors about a virus attack swirled. Variety reports there were major issues with older versions of macOS and AVID’s Media Composer software.
Film and TV editors across Los Angeles were sweating Monday evening as their workstations were refusing to reboot, resulting in speculations about a possible computer virus attack. Social media reports suggested that the issue was widespread among users of Mac Pro computers running older versions of Apple’s operating system as well as AVID’s Media Composer software… Other users reported that multiple computers at their company were affected by the issue, with social media chatter indicating that a number of different companies were affected by the issue.
Check It Out: Mac Pro Problems Cause Chaos in Hollywood
Hilarious. Google releases a Chrome software update that destroys the Apple file system. That’s just great Google. Create a browser update that can destroy the computer it loads on.
All those users in Hollywood that had the issue had apparently disabled Apple’s protection that prevents things like this from happening. What were they thinking?
Imagine this happening with the future $60,000 Mac Pro. Heads would roll. I know some Post houses here in Hollywood that never went for the Ashcan to begin with – and they are up and running today with complete Avid suite. Weird. ⏚