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Apple Releases Firmware Updates for 'Late 2008' Portables

richardsim7 said:
Sigh, this still hasn't fixed my external display issue :(
I still get flashing snow :\

-Rich-
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Hey Richard - I was coming on here to post the same thing. External displays still don't work with the new MacBook/MacBook Pros when coming out of sleep. More times than not they flicker and flash all over the place. I see you posted where I did on the Apple forum. Really fed up with Apple right now...
 
daneoni said:
If the GPUs cant even handle casual gaming now how would they cope with an OS that would repeatedly offloads heavy tasks on them
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maybe it has something to do with it not being fully optimized for normal computing. Whatever they threw for opencl is "destabilizing" it a little bit which is why we are seeing what we are seeing. these are just speculation though.... I'm not saying these opinions are true.
 
WilliamG said:
Hey Richard - I was coming on here to post the same thing. External displays still don't work with the new MacBook/MacBook Pros when coming out of sleep. More times than not they flicker and flash all over the place. I see you posted where I did on the Apple forum. Really fed up with Apple right now...
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I have that same issue but it resolves itself within a couple seconds. only once have I had to restart the computer. its not ideal however it has yet to truly erk me.
 
Well so far the update seems to have killed bluetooth, at least as far as my mighty mouse is concerned. :mad:
 
I've got an ext Dell display hooked up at work on DVI - I've not noticed any of these problems... I'll give it a test tomorrow....
 
Loge said:
Well so far the update seems to have killed bluetooth, at least as far as my mighty mouse is concerned. :mad:
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no mighty mouse, but apple wireless keyboard working fine and Verbatim wireless mouse working fine as well.
 
WilliamG said:
Hey Richard - I was coming on here to post the same thing. External displays still don't work with the new MacBook/MacBook Pros when coming out of sleep. More times than not they flicker and flash all over the place. I see you posted where I did on the Apple forum. Really fed up with Apple right now...
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At least yours works somewhat, mine's just constant snow and flashing no matter what I do :(

-Rich-
 
richardsim7 said:
At least yours works somewhat, mine's just constant snow and flashing no matter what I do :(

-Rich-
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I remember someone saying that the monitors need to be HDCP compliant or they might not work. I'm not sure though. Has the monitor ever worked??
 
Bryanj026 said:
I remember someone saying that the monitors need to be HDCP compliant or they might not work. I'm not sure though. Has the monitor ever worked??
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This is an HDCP playback issue. It was, or should have been, resolved with the recent QT playback update.
 
I know somebody asked this earlier and im interested to know as well.....

Can we delete these updates from the utilities folder after installation?
 
updated EFI first.. as it only showed up by itself on the software update.


Then SMC showed up afterwards on the next restart after the EFI update. Glad they decided to fix problems. Working great for me :)
 
richardsim7 said:
Works perfectly with my PC and my PS3 (including Blu-Rays) :S

-Rich-
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if there is a problem with the update on your mac then the HDCP wouldn't be able to do whatever it is that they do to communicate with each other properly. That may be whats causing the problem. has the monitor ever worked for your mac?
 
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