Apple has acknowledged that some users of the new iMacs are having problems following a software update in which the interface freezes. We covered this yesterday, and now the company - sorry, corporation - has told Macworld that "We are tracking down the root cause of this bug, and will issue a software update which corrects it as soon as we can — most likely later this month".
An addendum to Jack's post: the gleaming iMac that lurks in our office has not had the iMac Software Update 1.1 applied, so its lack of crashiness could be due to that (since people are complaining on that front). Except.. the Apple discussions link began back in August, so this is hardly a new thing; whereas the software update is from September 13. So it can't be in the software update.
(One could wish for just a touch more information about what's in the update than "This update provides important bug fixes". I mean, I don't know offhand precisely what the natural vegetable colour Circumin is, nor what Emulsifier E471 actually does better than E472, but having it on the packet gives me something to think about when I'm eating a biscuit. Similarly, having a long list of twiddles and tweaks does instil a warm glow while the progress bar inches across the screen, even if the emulsifier is turning my intestines to gloop and the software update is doing something similar to my hard drive.)
So, iMac owners and would-be owners, stay tuned, and keep reading the cereal packets.
