macOS Monterey Update is Reportedly Bricking Older Macs

Nov. 2, 2021

As announced at its Unleashed hardware event alongside the new14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pro with a notch(which you can hide), Apple startedrolling out the macOS Monterey updateon October 25 last week. Now, if you are planning to upgrade to macOS Monterey to experience all the newmacOS 12 features, you will have to proceed with caution as theupdate is reportedly bricking older Macs.

macOS Monterey Bricking Older Macs

AsMacRumorsreports, users have taken to Apple Support and Twitter to seek help after the macOS Monterey update bricked their Macs. It doesn’t look like an isolated issue as there are multiple reports from MacBook users highlighting macOS 12’s bricking problem.

If all of this sounds familiar, that’s because it is. It is not the first time a macOS update is bricking older MacBook Pro models. In November last year, Apple’smacOS Big Sur update bricked old MacBook Pros. Well, just like last year, the macOS update seems to be haunting users with older Mac hardware this time around.

If you were planning to update to macOS Monterey on your previous-gen Mac, waiting for a new update that doesn’t render your machine useless would be your best bet. Did you try updating to macOS Monterey yet? If yes, did you face this bricking problem? Let us know in the comments below.

Subin writes about consumer tech, software, and security. He secretly misses the headphone jack while pretending he’s better off with the wireless freedom.