The appears to dispel circulating reports that the freeze issue was hardware-based and could potentially forcing to swap out components in their systems. The update comes on the heels of months of frustration by users with Apple's newest iMac desktops. Apple last month responded indirectly to the iMac freezing report by acknowledging the continued problems, which it said a "small number" of users are experiencing with the consumer desktop. The first Tiger iMac fix was later updated to address some update-specific issues.