


The Apple statement makes no specific reference to Mac OS X 10.3, though it seems obvious that the significant number of complaints from upgraders prompted Apple's investigation.

This news comes after extensive reports here on MacFixIt of FireWire problems ( not limited to FireWire 800 drives) with Mac OS X 10.3 (Panther). Please check this web page for further updates." To stop using the drive, you should unmount or eject the disk drive before doing anything else. In the interim, Apple recommends that you do not use these drives. The statement reads "Apple is working with Oxford Semiconductor and affected drive manufacturers to resolve this issue which resides in the Oxford 922 chip-set. Apple has posted a message to its support site stating that the company has identified an issue with external FireWire hard drives using the Oxford 922 bridge chip-set with firmware version 1.02 that can result in the loss of data stored on the disk drive.
