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EFI Firmware Update Brings Lion Internet Recovery to Mid-2010 13-Inch MacBook Pro [Updated]
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Is there anyone have any idea about the document pages about three firmwares? apple has uploaded the page and the update files on support downloads page with support docs, but suddenly they removed it from both documents page and downloads.
What's the big deal, just install Lion on a USB stick and there you have your recovery "Disk"
Edit: Recovery Lion USB
Edit: Recovery Lion USB
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Apple is updating features on an older machine?! Oh happy day!
It's rare that they do something like this except for a security flaw. But of course I'm very happy that they are doing this. They probably won't go back that farther, but it's a wonderful feature to have if you have a compatible Mac. I'm all for Apple doing this more often. Especially because they seldom care about previously released hardware when new software comes around.
So Lion's Airdrop working on pre-Lion computers (so giving something to do to previously unused Wifi capabilities) doesn't count?
That rather depends on the hardware. But you can check at everymac.com, they usually post the official and actual limits on each mac model.
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I realize that this is a lengthy update but my computer is still updating the software and it's been a little over 30 min. I have class in an hour and need my laptop so I'm hoping it finishes by then! Anyone else experiencing this? I hope if I restart my computer nothing serious happens.
I realize that this is a lengthy update but my computer is still updating the software and it's been a little over 30 min. I have class in an hour and need my laptop so I'm hoping it finishes by then! Anyone else experiencing this? I hope if I restart my computer nothing serious happens.
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Do you think fresh Lion install makes any difference in system speed?
On my 13 MB Pro I installed Lion over SL and everything slowed down significantly as well battery life down from 8 hrs to 6,5.
Any experience?
Thanks in advance!
Do you think fresh Lion install makes any difference in system speed?
On my 13 MB Pro I installed Lion over SL and everything slowed down significantly as well battery life down from 8 hrs to 6,5.
Any experience?
Thanks in advance!
seems like a long wait. mine only took about 5 mins for this update, though it seemed all other the past EFI updates took 20 to 30 mins for me.
Now Here is the funny thing...
The funny thing here is that only the Macs using Nvidia 320M GPUs got the upgrade: Macbook Pro 13 2010, Macbook 2010, Mac Mini 2010 -- All of these have a Nvidia 320M.
It is as if this is aimed at the Graphic card rather than a computer, because according to my experience this card has had choppy animation/scrolling and unfluid user experience, especially in Lion. After many fresh installs, I have bugged
a lot about this issue.
Can anyone confirm that this EFI update has actually improves the Nvidia 320M performance somehow?
The funny thing here is that only the Macs using Nvidia 320M GPUs got the upgrade: Macbook Pro 13 2010, Macbook 2010, Mac Mini 2010 -- All of these have a Nvidia 320M.
It is as if this is aimed at the Graphic card rather than a computer, because according to my experience this card has had choppy animation/scrolling and unfluid user experience, especially in Lion. After many fresh installs, I have bugged
a lot about this issue.Can anyone confirm that this EFI update has actually improves the Nvidia 320M performance somehow?
It is as if this is aimed at the Graphic card rather than a computer, because according to my experience this card has had choppy animation/scrolling and unfluid user experience, especially in Lion. After many fresh installs, I have bugged
I haven't noticed any of these issues since I've upgraded to Lion. maybe I've just been lucky though
My system got alot faster after I did a clean installation of Lion och macbook 2010, but I also upgraded from 4Gb to 8Gb ram at the same time.
Haven't noticed any changes in battery time though.
The funny thing here is that only the Macs using Nvidia 320M GPUs got the upgrade: Macbook Pro 13 2010, Macbook 2010, Mac Mini 2010 -- All of these have a Nvidia 320M.
It is as if this is aimed at the Graphic card rather than a computer, because according to my experience this card has had choppy animation/scrolling and unfluid user experience, especially in Lion. After many fresh installs, I have bugged
Can anyone confirm that this EFI update has actually improves the Nvidia 320M performance somehow?
I've heard no word of the Late 2010 MacBook Airs getting such an EFI firmware update. And they also have the NVIDIA GeForce 320M (albeit a different ultra-mobile version of it). Or can any Late 2010 MacBook Air owners attest to getting such an update? I'd think it'd especially make sense for these machines to get it.
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I wounder if Apple is planning to support HDMI audio on older MBP models using a similar "reach back" approach? I have a late 2009 MB Pro 13" model and it's a right pain in the posterior to have to connect a separate audio cable when you want to play a movie on your TV using a miniport to HDMI adapter. video and audio through the same cable would be awesome!
Or can this even be potentially done in firmware, or is it dependent on the hardware itself?
Scotty
Sorry..... it's hardware dependent
OSX Lion
What does this mean for saps like me that still use OSX Lion. I have a Macbook Pro 13" but haven't updated to Lion just yet...
What does this mean for saps like me that still use OSX Lion. I have a Macbook Pro 13" but haven't updated to Lion just yet...
Just got the update on a 15" 2010 model, so it appears they are increasing availability somewhat
Just got it on my Mid-2010 15" MBP too. Interestingly, the update description refers to them as Early 2010 as opposed to Mid 2010:
I still haven't updated to it. Should I? Is it really that important? I used to keep up on all the updates, but not so much anymore. I'm also afraid to update to 10.7.3 because of all the problems people have been reporting.
I feel like it had to happen eventually; no reason to just give it to the 13" users; though there might've been a more immediate need to push out an EFI update to those machines if there were other bugs that the update also fixed.
Definitely bizzare as there was never a Late 2010 model and they were definitely called Mid 2010.
Well it seems to have worked well, it didn't even mess with rEFIt, which I was expecting bearing in mind that it is an EFI update. I'll post if any problems evolve from it, but all good so far. Only took about 3min as well
