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Apple Addresses MacBook Pro Throttling Controversy After Working With YouTuber Dave Lee
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And who brought up the issue to Apple?
Like within the first 30 minutes of the video hitting YouTube? LOL, zero patience. I'd like to see a PC company find and fix one of their many bugs 2-3 days after some YouTuber complains about it. This is about as good as service gets in this industry.
Nice.. Supplemental update is ready, downloading. It is a 1.49GB supplemental update btw 
Well we know Apple's teams are working with users of software optimized for Macs, which Adobe Premiere certainly is not. So those users they are working with may not use Premiere or use it as hard as the folks experiencing the issue the most severe do.
That being said, I believe folks reported throttling with Final Cut Pro, so...
So, basically, everyone was wrong about the cause. That never happens on the internet!
Well, good thing Apple does! Since it was Apple's code that needed updating (not Adobe's or any other software that was affected)
The update applies to all 2018 MacBook Pros
I tried telling people this was a software issue 50 pages before that thread blew up.
Doesn’t pay to overreact.
Doesn’t pay to overreact.
I’ll await revised benchmarks and tests before praising the heavens. I refuse to believe thermal throttling can be significantly resolved through software - it’s basic physics! I hope they’ve sorted it but I’ll be surprised.
I’m sure Apple certainly new, like many of us, that it could be fixed in software, but I agree with others that they perhaps should have commented on it earlier. Purely because it might have reduced the fact that a lot of reviews of this significant upgraded MacBook were tainted by the throttling situation. But to be honest it doesn’t really matter, they fixed the issue quicker than expected which was a good move. Now people can complain about the real main issue, the pricing.
And now everyone that returned their i9 will go and buy one again
Please read carefully next time.
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Apple says the bug affected performance on not only the high-end 15-inch MacBook Pro configured with a six-core Intel Core i9 processor, which has faced the most extreme throttling in tests, but also quad-core Core i7 and Core i5 configurations, extending to the latest 13-inch MacBook Pro with Touch Bar models.
Of course not. "No fix can solve Jony Ive obsession with thinness" posts incoming.
Anyway, it's good Apple is listening to what people have to say. Constructive criticism is good. And the new MBPs seem even better now.
I was going to say “someone should check register 0x610 to see if the value was changed with the update.” because of @winterny ’s thread.
Apple issues a MaxQ fix.
1.5GB update. That's one big ass digital key.
1.5GB update. That's one big ass digital key.
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Are you guys not paying attention or just view Apple with such rose-tinted glasses that you cannot see what just happened??
--->>> Bitching was heard by Apple and achieved results --->>> everyones new macbook just go improved.
If the complainers had listened to ye and stopped bitching this would not have happened.
The update states it’s for all 2018 MacBook Pros. If you have one, check it out, if you don’t, then this is coming from someone who is currently updating.
So, after the update...its clear the limit power draw is changed, and now, the fans kicking around 70C and not around 80C
Very pleased for now...still testing
Very pleased for now...still testing