Hackintoshes do not use a modified EFI, nor a modified UEFI. A Hackintosh can even boot using BIOS.
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Study Finds Significant Number of Macs Running Out-of-Date Firmware Susceptible to Critical Exploits
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Hackintoshes do not use a modified EFI, nor a modified UEFI. A Hackintosh can even boot using BIOS.
This kind of reminds me of that horrible iPad commercial that was going around about a year ago. "iPads can't get PC viruses." It is sort of like how my Mac can't get herpes.
Still not as bad as the stupid "Worrrrdd" ad though.
Confirmed by Nick Lovejoy from 9to5mac that the computers affected do not include hacknitoish.
https://9to5mac.com/2017/09/29/mac-firmware-efi-vulnerability/#disqus_thread
https://9to5mac.com/2017/09/29/mac-firmware-efi-vulnerability/#disqus_thread
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Nothing wrong with windows. They actually support pro users.
Can someone explain to me why it's a good idea to download a tool that interacts with the EFI firmware from a third party off of something called Github?
Until I read this, I didn't know that firmware updates are no longer distributed separately from macOS. So the macOS installer is broken such that bundled firmware updates are not always installed, which is a major problem because firmware updates are no longer automatically distributed, otherwise.
This is a profoundly foolish approach on Apple's part. It's analogous to not distributing security updates except for major OS releases every year.
Firmware updates used to be sent out like any other software update. Why the change? Installing firmware updates should not be limited to major macOS upgrades; the software update mechanism should be fixed to check firmware revisions at all times (like it used to).
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I made some faulty assumptions, and it turns out firmware updates are distributed not only with macOS major version upgrades, but also point releases and security updates. That is good and much better than requiring a user to manually install the firmware by pressing and holding the power button (or, in the old days, the separate firmware update button) at boot time, but it still seems silly that the OS does not separately check for a firmware update after it is up and running. Simply assuming that the installer has successfully installed the firmware (or even that the installer was run on the system at all, as opposed to having the disk cloned) is naive.
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Is there an executable widget or app that will check for this? As an individual user I like to keep my machine secure, but am to real adept on running scripts or using Terminal for this kind of thing.
My late 2009 iMac can be updated to High Sierra, how come your 2011 iMac is not possible?
For me, I chose not to do so since I don't want to spend time learning how to use the OS all over again in addition to the ugly icons.
On top of that, MS Office 2011 is not officially supported on High Sierra, and I will not keep buying MS Office when the current one works perfectly fine.
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Eh, Windows is trash software. Two PC's at my office have just flat-out had master boot records go missing amongst a myriad of other issues.
I've got a 24 inch iMac to go with it. I haven't turned it on in a couple of months but it did work the last time it was on.
Sounds like an IT issue.
Yeah, I have one too. I was worried when it said it needed to update the firmware before installing HS, but it worked. The first time it apparently failed, so I reinstalled the GT120 and it succeeded on the second attempt. Hopefully we can keep getting the updates, as there’s nothing wrong with the 4,1 after all these years!
I would love to have my 2012 iMac firmware updated (ie videocard, etc) updated. Unlike my old PC which was easy to check and update firmware, I have not seen firmware updates for my Mac. Disappointing!
Yeah, my work PC has been a mess lately, but we’re in the transition to W10, and it’s the W7 machines that are having trouble with the latest updates.
My wife’s Lenovo has been pretty darn reliable considering I rarely touch it and she doesn’t know much about the technical aspects of computers.
I'm running High Sierra in my 27" mid-2011 iMac without any issues. I replaced the original HDD with a 1TB SSD last year and it runs like my 2014 MacBook Pro retina.
All I know is the last two times I updated MacOS I spent hours trying trying to repair file permissions and in one case had to restore from backup. Not enthusiastic about trying again because my machine is work-critical. You'd think by now there would better problem-solving diagnostic AI in system updates, but alas those who make a living in the business really like it when the average person cannot address a computer problem. So much for democratising computers.
This is news we can almost use. Instructions on how to find our firmware version and a list of current versions for Mac models, now that would have been news we could actually use.
So, according to your analysis the majority of computer users ARE capable of knowing what a program does and how things work on computers because the majority of computer users still use Windows.
Really? Is that really your argument? It is just that in my experience Mac users generally know more about computers and what they want to do; that is why they are on a Mac. The clueless buy the cheapest PC they can find because they simply don't know any better. Interesting that we should live in such completely different realities.
I know, right. I'm still running a 2008 MacBook while our 2009 iMac (which worked great until the video card started acting up, I think it sucked some dust bunnies into the intake), is down. I'd like to upgrade, but, money . . .
A start...
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201518
The page says it is "archived" but the Published Date at the bottom is 2 days ago.
This article is pretty much useless because it doesn't include the updates that are installed with OS updates, which is the only way the most recent updates are distributed.
Yeah, I agree. As I said... a start. For me, my EFI FW is newer than what is indicated in the article. I have been searching the KB for more recent information, so far... nothing.