Comments on: Snow Leopard Upgrade Gotcha: Black Screen http://jamesreubenknowles.com/snowleopardupgrade-black-screen-750 Thu, 26 Jan 2012 13:03:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: James Reuben Knowles http://jamesreubenknowles.com/snowleopardupgrade-black-screen-750/comment-page-1#comment-252 James Reuben Knowles Wed, 28 Oct 2009 13:36:37 +0000 http://jamesreubenknowles.com/?p=750#comment-252 Thanks for pointing this out, Philipp. Had I known that at the time, it would have saved the re-install. :) I, too, was surprised that Apple missed this one. I hope they added it to their test cases. Thanks for pointing this out, Philipp. Had I known that at the time, it would have saved the re-install. :)

I, too, was surprised that Apple missed this one. I hope they added it to their test cases.

]]> By: Philipp http://jamesreubenknowles.com/snowleopardupgrade-black-screen-750/comment-page-1#comment-251 Philipp Wed, 28 Oct 2009 11:54:21 +0000 http://jamesreubenknowles.com/?p=750#comment-251 And if you forget to do this, use a flashlight. This guy had the same problem and figured out that you can see enough if you point a flashlight at your screen to complete the install. Here are the detailed instructions: http://www.mac-forums.com/forums/os-x-operating-system/164642-snow-leopard-install-failed-my-macbook-pro-how-i-fixed.html This is a seriously annoying bug. Disappointing to get this from Apple. And if you forget to do this, use a flashlight. This guy had the same problem and figured out that you can see enough if you point a flashlight at your screen to complete the install. Here are the detailed instructions:

http://www.mac-forums.com/forums/os-x-operating-system/164642-snow-leopard-install-failed-my-macbook-pro-how-i-fixed.html

This is a seriously annoying bug. Disappointing to get this from Apple.

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