Grab one of those fancy new iMacs this week? Or maybe one of the swanky new Thunderbolt-packing MacBook Pros? Thou shalt head to Software Update, my friends, where you will find some shiny new goodness that awaits thee.
MacStories.net is reporting that Apple was busy overnight, pushing out software updates for the latest iMac and MacBook Pro models that come packing Intel Sandy Bridge processors and Thunderbolt I/O ports. Read on to discover the tasty goodness that awaits you, or just cut to the chase and fire up Software Update now!
First up is Mac OS X 10.6.7 Update for iMac (early 2011) 1.0, a 382.56MB update that offers some new iMac-specific updates, including issues with Back to My Mac, transferring files to certain SMB servers, Mac App Store bugs, FaceTime performance issues and graphics issues. More humorously, the update also promises to “improve Thunderbolt device support” -- ironic considering that no such devices have yet made it to market.
There are a couple of firmware updates available as well -- the 6.1MB iMac EFI Update 1.6 for the new 2011 iMac, and also the 3.06MB MacBook Pro EFI Update 2.1. Both appear to address some early Thunderbolt issues, while the MacBook Pro update also promises to “resolve an issue with Turbo Mode in Boot Camp.”
Finally, the 2011 MacBook Pro is also being offered the MacBook Pro Software Update 1.4, which contains 132.69MB of chewy goodness devoted to graphics stability -- including “issues with external display support and 3D performance,” as well as more of that fine Thunderbolt device support.
Now if we could just get our hands on some actual Thunderbolt peripherals to test all these updates out with…
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mac_daddy
June 01, 2011 at 9:00pm
Does this update address the issue of freezing while under heavy CPU/GPU loads? The article said that it repaired issues with Boot Camp, but mentioned nothing about the other crashy errors...
jhedlund79
May 06, 2011 at 1:09pm
After reading this article I decided to update my 2011 Macbook Pro, specifically because of problems freezing running an external 24inch Hp monitor. I performed the update and my Magic Trackpad was no longer paired. I tried and tried to pair it and it wouldn't connect. I searched Apple forums and apparently bluetooth accessories; Magic Keyboard, Magic Trackpad, and Magic Mouse, are all rendered inoperable by this update. People had posted that they had contacted Apple, and one was even getting a new keyboard sent out. It's not the devices as mine work fine with my other computers. On a lighter note, the external display update fix my issues with slowness when running the display. It was such a problem I could not even run Parallels 6 with my 2011 i7 Macbook Pro on the external display. It all worked great after the update besides the trackpad issue. I decided to revert back using a time machine backup and now my trackpad works again. Hopefully they get this fixed because I would really like to use my trackpad and have my external display work correctly. So if your using Magic devices you might won't to hold out a bit before updating.
