You may opt-out by clicking here Edit Story Sep 26, 2019, 03:54am EDT Google Confirms Buggy Chrome Update Is Breaking Apple Macs Kate OFlaherty Senior Contributor Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own.

It was affecting many Hollywood TV and film editors who had Avid Media Creator installed, Variety said.

Specifically, the issue is causing the var symlink to be removed due to a bug in Googles new software updater, codenamed Google Keystone, a Google Chrome open bug post said.

We recently discovered that a Chrome update may have shipped with a bug that damages the file system on macOS machines with System Integrity Protection (SIP) disabled, including machines that do not support SIP, the blog post said, adding that Google has paused the release while it finalizes a new update that addresses the problem.

This case highlights the need for companies to thoroughly test their new releases, says security researcher Sean Wright.

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