Apple Issues SMC Firmware Update for MacBook, MacBook Pro, and MacBook Air Models - Page 2

lilabila · Jan 30, 2013, 06:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Battlefield Fan

Leave.

Safari feels sappy now... it's time is gone

MacTech68 · Jan 30, 2013, 06:57 PM

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Originally Posted by dempson

...The MacBook disk image from the Apple support download page appears to be damaged - I got an error "There may be a problem with this disk image. Are you sure you want to open it?". I was able to examine the package after clicking the Open button, but it might be safer for MacBook users to get this one via Software Update until Apple fixes the image. The other two disk images mounted OK.

Edit: it occurs to me that the bad image might be a problem on my nearest Akamai mirror. Anyone else have problems mounting the MacBook disk image? (I downloaded it twice, didn't help.)

Same here, and I'm on an iiNet Akamai server, which you may also be on.

DaveTheRave · Jan 30, 2013, 07:36 PM

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Originally Posted by devilbond

Updated. Very happy.
Safari is way snappier now.

Where is the downrank button?

cav23j · Jan 30, 2013, 07:46 PM

had the problem with my computer stop functioning

have a MacBook7,1 (13-inch, Mid 2010)

hopefully this fixes it

Hawkeye411 · Jan 30, 2013, 07:50 PM

Safari is indeed snappier!!

Chupa Chupa · Jan 30, 2013, 08:01 PM

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Originally Posted by devilbond

Updated. Very happy.
Safari is way snappier now.

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Originally Posted by Hawkeye411

Safari is indeed snappier!!

Your comment reminds me of an old Richard Thompson lyric:

Her pa's in the city, he's so witty, he calls it the zoo

thefourthpope · Jan 30, 2013, 08:10 PM

Off-topic, but the thumbnail in the sidebar made me think we were getting a vertical MacBook…

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On-topic: happy to have this, just in case

AlphaDogg · Jan 30, 2013, 08:21 PM

I'll give it a go on my 13" MBP and my mom's 2010 MB.

noiseordinance · Jan 30, 2013, 09:07 PM

Now if they'd just fix the problems people gave a crap about, we'd be set!

AlphaDogg · Jan 30, 2013, 09:10 PM

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Originally Posted by noiseordinance

Now if they'd just fix the problems people gave a crap about, we'd be set!

And these problems are....?

noiseordinance · Jan 30, 2013, 09:31 PM

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Originally Posted by AlphaDogg

And these problems are....?

Well, I've been using an rMBP 15" so I'll just focus on that. How bout some silly issues like having to choose "Change Desktop Background" twice before it comes up, or restarting the computer makes the desktop revert to an old background. How about having to reset the SMC several times to get games to play at 900 MHz on the GPU instead of 270 MHz. Or for the real nasty one that's just killing me, how about making Safari actually work correctly and render CSS as well as Chrome and Internet Explorer do? See this thread here for details: https://discussions.apple.com/thread...rt=75&tstart=0

These are flaws that have been ongoing since the rMBP came out (their new flagship product, mind you). No matter how many times I complain to them, no many how many times I've reinstalled / switched out machines, the problems still exist. They are most certainly taking their sweet time.

AlphaDogg · Jan 30, 2013, 09:33 PM

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Originally Posted by noiseordinance

Well, I've been using an rMBP 15" so I'll just focus on that. How bout some silly issues like having to choose "Change Desktop Background" twice before it comes up, or restarting the computer makes the desktop revert to an old background. How about having to reset the SMC several times to get games to play at 900 MHz on the GPU instead of 270 MHz. Or for the real nasty one that's just killing me, how about making Safari actually work correctly and render CSS as well as Chrome and Internet Explorer do? See this thread here for details: https://discussions.apple.com/thread...rt=75&tstart=0

These are flaws that have been ongoing since the rMBP came out (their new flagship product, mind you). No matter how many times I complain to them, no many how many times I've reinstalled / switched out machines, the problems still exist. They are most certainly taking their sweet time.

I was expecting you to post issues that are relevant to the thread....

This is an SMC update for the 13" MBP, 13" MB, and MBA.

noiseordinance · Jan 30, 2013, 09:46 PM

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Originally Posted by AlphaDogg

I was expecting you to post issues that are relevant to the thread....

This is an SMC update for the 13" MBP, 13" MB, and MBA.

My comment is that Apple hasn't been investing technical expertise in a direction that I personally care about. Maybe I'm alone in this opinion, but my opinion is nevertheless relavant to a thread about fixing a battery issue after 1000 charges. You don't see the relevance? I'm sorry.

123macman · Jan 30, 2013, 10:09 PM

My computer just hit 1000 load cycles and unexpectedly shut down then restarted. It has never done that before and when I turned it back on the first thing I did was go to macrumors and this article is at the top of the page.

yusukeaoki · Jan 30, 2013, 10:15 PM

Early 2011 17in MBP and no updates for me.
Where is 10.8.3!!!!?????

Mr. Retrofire · Jan 31, 2013, 01:30 AM

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Originally Posted by dempson

The MacBook disk image from the Apple support download page appears to be damaged - I got an error "There may be a problem with this disk image. Are you sure you want to open it?". I was able to examine the package after clicking the Open button, but it might be safer for MacBook users to get this one via Software Update until Apple fixes the image. The other two disk images mounted OK.

Edit: it occurs to me that the bad image might be a problem on my nearest Akamai mirror. Anyone else have problems mounting the MacBook disk image? (I downloaded it twice, didn't help.)

Check the disk image via (in the Terminal):

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hdiutil imageinfo <path-to-disk-image-file>

It is probably only a new or different partition format. They created the disk image probably with OS X 10.9 (Beta).

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Originally Posted by DaveTheRave

Where is the downrank button?

iEat them for breakfast.

nxent · Jan 31, 2013, 01:50 AM

how nice would it be if 'everyone' could fix their battery issues with a firmware update... by 'everyone', I mean Boeing, only not so subtle.

Mackan · Jan 31, 2013, 02:22 AM

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Originally Posted by yusukeaoki

Early 2011 17in MBP and no updates for me.
Where is 10.8.3!!!!?????

In my back pocket.

Mr.damien · Jan 31, 2013, 02:31 AM

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Originally Posted by thefourthpope

Off-topic, but the thumbnail in the sidebar made me think we were getting a vertical MacBook…
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On-topic: happy to have this, just in case

Yeah, I though it was a MacBookPro 5

towg · Jan 31, 2013, 02:49 AM

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Originally Posted by devilbond

Updated. Very happy.
Safari is way snappier now.

It usually is

dempson · Jan 31, 2013, 03:32 AM

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Originally Posted by Mr. Retrofire

Check the disk image via (in the Terminal):

hdiutil imageinfo <path-to-disk-image-file>

It is probably only a new or different partition format. They created the disk image probably with OS X 10.9 (Beta).

Thanks for the tip, but there is no evidence of that. I compared the output of "hdiutil imageinfo" for one of the good images and the possibly damaged MacBook one, and they are structurally identical: same image format, same compression format. The only details which differ are things like checksums, volume size, and partition-data for partition zero.

hdiutil verify reports the disk image checksums are OK.

Mounting it and doing a Verify Disk in Disk Utility reports "Volume header needs minor repair", so it appears that the file system inside the disk image has a minor corruption issue.

medi.freak · Jan 31, 2013, 05:40 AM

my fans went up to Full Speed on my mid 2011 Air whilst booting... Anyone else had that? Awkward since I did it when I was in the library...

madsci954 · Jan 31, 2013, 07:43 AM

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Originally Posted by medi.freak

my fans went up to Full Speed on my mid 2011 Air whilst booting... Anyone else had that? Awkward since I did it when I was in the library...

Mine did, same model. But they stopped after they installation.

GenesisST · Jan 31, 2013, 07:44 AM

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Originally Posted by devilbond

Updated. Very happy.
Safari is way snappier now.

To all people complaining about that post, I'd take missed attempts at humor over humorless twits anytime!

LlamaLarry · Jan 31, 2013, 07:56 AM

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Originally Posted by medi.freak

my fans went up to Full Speed on my mid 2011 Air whilst booting... Anyone else had that? Awkward since I did it when I was in the library...

Me too on MBA 4,1 Maybe did an SMC reset as part of the install?

Jan 30, 2013, 07:50 PM	#30
Hawkeye411 macrumors 68000 Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Canada EH!!!	Confirmed!! Safari is indeed snappier!!
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thefourthpope macrumors Demi-God Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: NYC	Off-topic, but the thumbnail in the sidebar made me think we were getting a vertical MacBook… On-topic: happy to have this, just in case __________________ Cool toys not listed
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AlphaDogg macrumors 68040 Join Date: May 2010 Location: Denver, CO	I'll give it a go on my 13" MBP and my mom's 2010 MB. __________________ 15" 2.66GHz C2D uMBP \| 13" 2.4GHz i5 MBP 500GB \| '07 MacBook iPhone 5 32GB \| iPhone 3GS 8GB \| iPhone 8GB אני רוצה לעשות עליה לישראל
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yusukeaoki macrumors 68020 Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: California, USA.	Early 2011 17in MBP and no updates for me. Where is 10.8.3!!!!????? __________________ 17" MacBook Pro (Early 2011), 2.2GHz i7 Quad, 16GB RAM, 128GB SSD+1TB HDD@5400rpm 11" MacBook Air (Mid 2012), 2.0GHz i7 Dual, 8GB RAM, 256GB Flash iPhone 5 (White), 32GB
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medi.freak macrumors regular Join Date: May 2011	my fans went up to Full Speed on my mid 2011 Air whilst booting... Anyone else had that? Awkward since I did it when I was in the library... __________________ 27" iMac late2012, i5 2,9Ghz 8Gb RAM, 1TB Fusion Drive 11" MacbookAir 2011,1,6Ghz, 2GB RAM, 64GB SSD iPhone 5 16GB Black 8Gb iPod Nano 3G
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Jan 30, 2013, 07:46 PM	#29
cav23j macrumors regular Join Date: Oct 2008	had the problem with my computer stop functioning have a MacBook7,1 (13-inch, Mid 2010) hopefully this fixes it
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Jan 30, 2013, 09:07 PM	#34
noiseordinance macrumors regular Join Date: Sep 2012	Now if they'd just fix the problems people gave a crap about, we'd be set!
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Jan 30, 2013, 10:09 PM	#39
123macman macrumors member Join Date: Dec 2009	My computer just hit 1000 load cycles and unexpectedly shut down then restarted. It has never done that before and when I turned it back on the first thing I did was go to macrumors and this article is at the top of the page.
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nxent macrumors 6502 Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: seattle	how nice would it be if 'everyone' could fix their battery issues with a firmware update... by 'everyone', I mean Boeing, only not so subtle.
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