Apple Releases Retina MacBook Pro SMC Update to Address Gaming Frame Rates and Fan Issues

Never had this issue. But glad to see it's been fixed

Great update for them beta testers.

anyone update yet, any issues

My Retina has been flawless, but here goes nothing

Hopefully with this update we'll see a snappier Safari

Is this for both 2012 and 2013 models?

Squilly said:

Is this for both 2012 and 2013 models?

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I see it on my 2012 model.

Seems like a long time for something that should have been a priority since the get go for a machine of this caliber.

No problem with fans, but FPS could be better. Let's try.

Squilly said:

Is this for both 2012 and 2013 models?

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If it's for your model it will show up in software update.

Now if they'd just address the widespread complaints about the lack of a 10.8.3 release date...

I just downloaded it. Everything went flawless, except for one thing. Restarting. The fans blasted as the computer started up again, lasted a second or two but other than that, it was fine.

great news! I hope it works and i no longer have to reset the SMC before playing WoW

Hungry&Foolish said:

anyone update yet, any issues

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Worked fine....I'm updated

Squilly said:

I just downloaded it. Everything went flawless, except for one thing. Restarting. The fans blasted as the computer started up again, lasted a second or two but other than that, it was fine.

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This is the expected behaviour. The fans run on full power to protect your components during the update.

pearvsapple said:

Great update for them beta testers.

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+1 Have grown gray and wise....they have enough Beta testers now, I clocked out a long time ago

Squilly said:

I just downloaded it. Everything went flawless, except for one thing. Restarting. The fans blasted as the computer started up again, lasted a second or two but other than that, it was fine.

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if you read the installation instructions, it said to expect that.

Squilly said:

I just downloaded it. Everything went flawless, except for one thing. Restarting. The fans blasted as the computer started up again, lasted a second or two but other than that, it was fine.

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fans going full on happens at firmware updates,that's normal.

Squilly said:

I just downloaded it. Everything went flawless, except for one thing. Restarting. The fans blasted as the computer started up again, lasted a second or two but other than that, it was fine.

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Same here. Never had any fans issues before though. I think this was intended.

Squilly said:

I just downloaded it. Everything went flawless, except for one thing. Restarting. The fans blasted as the computer started up again, lasted a second or two but other than that, it was fine.

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It tells you before you restart that the fans will do that, that was meant to happen.

Ryth said:

Seems like a long time for something that should have been a priority since the get go for a machine of this caliber.

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Any piece of technology will be improved over time with driver/software/firmware updates. It happens all the time. Just look at the latest graphics drivers for windows from AMD. They improve performance greatly in many games. This doesn't necessarily mean that the associated GPUs weren't great in the first place, it means that they have just got even better.

Same goes for the Retina MacBook Pro or any other device.

Can anybody quickly tell me what SMC is?
Will they provide a Mac AppStore download version as well?

iPusch said:

Can anybody quickly tell me what SMC is?

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/System_Management_Controller

Been a lot of complaints about lags from Retina MacBook Pro owners in the 10.8.3 beta forums. I wonder if this will resolve a lot of their difficulties. Now just waiting for 10.8.3 itself.