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Apple confirms that it accidentally broke Ethernet ports on some Mac computers with a software update
Apple confirms that it accidentally broke Ethernet ports on some Mac computers with a software update
James CookFeb 28, 2016, 19:03 IST
Apple CEO Timothy Cook testifies before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee's Investigations Subcommittee about the company's offshore profit shifting and tax avoidance in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill May 21, 2013 in Washington, DC. A Congressional report released yesterday said that Apple, America's most profitable technology company, used a complex system of international subsidiaries and tax avoidance efforts to shift at least $74 billion out of the reach of the Internal Revenue Service between 2009 and 2012.Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images
Apple's latest software update for Macs had an unintended consequence: it broke Ethernet network ports for some older Mac computers, meaning that people couldn't use wired internet connections. 9to5Mac is reporting that Apple confirmed the issue and has fixed it.
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Desktop Mac computers and older MacBooks came with Ethernet sockets that allowed computers to use a wired internet connection instead of Wi-Fi. But many customers found that these ports suddenly stopped working last week.
Apple accidentally blocked its own networking code, so computers rejected the Ethernet port. It wasn't a hardware issue - just a problem with the software, which has now been updated.
