# Latest TotalFinder update bricked my Macbook Pro

**URL:** <https://discuss.binaryage.com/t/latest-totalfinder-update-bricked-my-macbook-pro/8406>\
**Category:** TotalFinder\
**Tags:** issue\
**Created:** [July 11, 2022, 12:24am UTC](https://discuss.binaryage.com/t/latest-totalfinder-update-bricked-my-macbook-pro/8406 "2022-07-11T00:24:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![crossmark](https://discuss.binaryage.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/fbc32d/32.png) [@crossmark](https://discuss.binaryage.com/u/crossmark)\
**Post date:** [July 11, 2022, 12:24am UTC](https://discuss.binaryage.com/t/latest-totalfinder-update-bricked-my-macbook-pro/8406/1 "2022-07-11T00:24:07Z")

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While updating to the latest version of TotalFinder, my computer became unresponsive. I manually powered it down and now my Macbook Pro won’t power on at all. Completely bricked.

It’s a mid-2015 Macbook Pro running BigSur. Ran fantastic prior to this issue.

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**Author:** ![darwin](https://discuss.binaryage.com/user_avatar/discuss.binaryage.com/darwin/32/2275_2.png) [@darwin](https://discuss.binaryage.com/u/darwin)\
**Post date:** [July 11, 2022, 6:25pm UTC](https://discuss.binaryage.com/t/latest-totalfinder-update-bricked-my-macbook-pro/8406/2 "2022-07-11T18:25:10Z")

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Hi, I’m sorry to hear that. It is highly unlikely that TotalFinder could brick your MBP. I would guess it is a hardware failure.

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**Author:** ![crossmark](https://discuss.binaryage.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/fbc32d/32.png) [@crossmark](https://discuss.binaryage.com/u/crossmark)\
**Post date:** [July 11, 2022, 6:44pm UTC](https://discuss.binaryage.com/t/latest-totalfinder-update-bricked-my-macbook-pro/8406/3 "2022-07-11T18:44:11Z")

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**I fixed this by doing a System Management Controller reset.**

The issue happened while attempting to update Total Finder.

I clicked a dialog box to update Total Finder. I clicked “Yes” when asked “Install and restart?” But after several minutes, the computer still hadn’t restarted (though the computer was still functioning as normal). So I clicked “Restart” from the Apple menu. The computer powered down and started to come back up, but only to a black screen – for a long time. So I manually shut it down, unplugged all the accessories, and tried powering it up again. Then it wouldn’t power up at all.

A friend hypothesized that maybe it had to do with System Integrity Protection and the Total Finder update getting interrupted. I don’t know know enough about this to know how likely that is. But it seems a more plausible explanation than a hardware issue. The computer was running fantastic before this and seems to be running perfectly now after the System Management Controller reset.

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**Author:** ![darwin](https://discuss.binaryage.com/user_avatar/discuss.binaryage.com/darwin/32/2275_2.png) [@darwin](https://discuss.binaryage.com/u/darwin)\
**Post date:** [July 11, 2022, 6:49pm UTC](https://discuss.binaryage.com/t/latest-totalfinder-update-bricked-my-macbook-pro/8406/4 "2022-07-11T18:49:43Z")

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Good to hear that you have the computer working again. Thanks for letting us know what resolved it - in case anyone else had a similar issue.