Apple just release Firmware Restore/Update 1.0

[NQM]

FYI:

Apple just release Apple Intel Firmware Restore 1.0 and Update 1.0.

Grab them here:

http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/fir...ationcdv10.html

http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/mac...reupdate10.html

Do we need to wipe our HD anyways?

[Ouch]

No this firmware adds the needed code to enable windows to install via apples boot camp demo - see the threads on the forum. The firmware install instructions do not specify that you need to whipe your drive.

[KublaKhan]

The MacBook Pro firmware update disappeared off of the Apple site... hmm.

 

Maybe there's something wrong with it.

 

You can still grab it at Macupdate.com if you can't wait.

[settolo]

changed link: http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/mac...reupdate10.html

[tempel]

My problem is that this firmware update does not work on my Intel iMac (17"):

 

It asks me to turn the Mac off, then hold the power button until it flashes quickly, at which point it should then beep, then perform the update, with showing a progress bar.

 

But for me, it flashes, beeps, then restarts - no updating.

 

And when the Mac has restarted, it brings up the updater app again, telling me that this means that the update failed (and that I should try again, which doesn't help either, though).

 

And the Boot Camp installer won't run because it tells me that my iMac needs its firmware updated.

 

I then tried the other download with the Firmware restore tool which has to be burned to a CD. That one suggests that I do the same, i.e. hold the power button until the LED flashes, then alternates the flashing to slow and then to fast again, at which point it then reads the files from the CD. But again, I get the same effect as before: Holding the power button shows the fast flashing LED but then beeps and reboots.

 

So, I am stuck. And can find no other mentioning of this problem anywhere.

 

I wonder if the problem has to do with the fact that I had installed the XP hack earlier (before boot camp came out). For that, I had to repartition the boot drive and now have 3 partitions on my iMac as seen in DiskUtility: a tiny one of a few dozen MB and empty (not mounted), the HFS+ and the NTFS partition. I wonder if that repartitioning is causing the firmware update problem for me? But others must have done similar repartitioning to install the XP hack, yet I can't find anyone mentioning such problems here.

 

Any ideas?

[mhenny253]

Yup, I had the same probelm. I found out that if you have already used the old way to dual boot (xom.efi), it will not let you update your firmware. I had to reformat my computer completely (make a backup, and this process will not be as bad), reinstall osx, then do the firmware updater, then run bootcamp, then install windows, then restore from the backup. After all that, (roughly a 2 hour process) my computer is running both oses better than ever!!!

[Velvet Nightmare]

Most of the process is unattended too, so you can just leave it going nearby and get a sandwich or take a nap.

[BitterSweet]

You firmware WILL NOT update, and BootCamp will not be happy unless you format and re-install OS X as the only partition on the machine.