--- title: Asahi Linux finds macOS bug that leaves machines unbootable description: Asahi Linux discovered a bug in macOS that affects MacBook Pro models with ProMotion displays. The bug can cause machines to become unbootable and require a... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/asahi-linux-finds-macos-bug-that-leaves-machines-unbootable-xw2hruoje twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Asahi Linux finds macOS bug that leaves machines unbootable | daily.dev og:description: Asahi Linux discovered a bug in macOS that affects MacBook Pro models with ProMotion displays. The bug can cause machines to become unbootable and require a... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/asahi-linux-finds-macos-bug-that-leaves-machines-unbootable-xw2hruoje og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/xW2HRuoJe.png og:image:alt: Asahi Linux finds macOS bug that leaves machines unbootable og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Asahi Linux finds macOS bug that leaves machines unbootable **[The Register](https://daily.dev/sources/theregister)** · 2 min read · 1 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Asahi Linux discovered a bug in macOS that affects MacBook Pro models with ProMotion displays. The bug can cause machines to become unbootable and require a Device Firmware Update (DFU) recovery. Data is not at risk, but certain versions of macOS are affected. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: --- Tags: [#asahi-linux](https://daily.dev/tags/asahi-linux), [#mac](https://daily.dev/tags/mac) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/asahi-linux-finds-macos-bug-that-leaves-machines-unbootable-xw2hruoje) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Asahi Linux finds macOS bug that leaves machines unbootable","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/asahi-linux-finds-macos-bug-that-leaves-machines-unbootable-xw2hruoje","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/asahi-linux-finds-macos-bug-that-leaves-machines-unbootable-xw2hruoje"},"datePublished":"2023-11-01T17:07:23.646Z","dateModified":"2026-10-14T02:35:48.543Z","description":"Asahi Linux discovered a bug in macOS that affects MacBook Pro models with ProMotion displays. The bug can cause machines to become unbootable and require a...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/26e9ad4eba1ab178889c74b603ca6934?_a=AQAEufR","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/26e9ad4eba1ab178889c74b603ca6934?_a=AQAEufR","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"The Register","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"The Register","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1/logos/66aa2113fdad463992ffcbf0e8963fda","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/theregister"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/asahi-linux-finds-macos-bug-that-leaves-machines-unbootable-xw2hruoje","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":1},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"asahi-linux,mac","timeRequired":"PT2M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"The Register","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/theregister"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Asahi Linux finds macOS bug that leaves machines unbootable"}]} ```