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A plain guide to Mac firmware and its problems

There are three software systems at the heart of every Mac: its firmware (‘EFI firmware’), the system kernel, […]

October 31, 2019 Macs, Technology

Firmware update failure in iMac Retina 5K 27-inch Late 2015 with Catalina

Catalina upgrade may fail to update EFI firmware correctly in some Mac models, notable iMac17,1. Check your firmware!

October 20, 2019 Macs, Technology

SilentKnight and EFI firmware checks

How reporting EFI firmware versions in SilentKnight will change in the near future, depending on updates.

October 9, 2019 Macs, Technology

A gap opens in EFI firmware, leaving Sierra in doubt

For the moment, firmware versions for updated Macs are different between those running Catalina, and those running Mojave earlier. How could this affect Sierra, though?

October 9, 2019 Macs, Technology

Which EFI firmware should your Mac be using? (version 4)

macOS 10.15 Catalina brings EFI firmware updates for all supported models, and subsequent updates have changed those for […]

October 8, 2019 Macs, Technology

Don’t try reverting a T2 to older firmware

If you’ve been running pre-release firmware on your Mac’s T2 chip, trying to revert to a release version could brick it.

September 10, 2019 Macs, Technology

Last Week on My Mac: The minor update that took 5 weeks

Apple started the 10.14.6 update on 22 July, and has (perhaps?) completed it on 26 August, almost as bad as with High Sierra last year. Does this bode ill for Catalina?

September 1, 2019 Macs, Technology

SilentKnight 1.2 now reports the expected iBridge version

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Although mainly aimed at Macs with T2 chips, this update brings better saving of main window size and position too.

August 31, 2019 Macs, Technology, Updates

macOS Mojave 10.14.6 Supplemental Update take 2 is now available (updated)

If you thought that we’d already installed Mojave 10.14.6 Supplemental Update, here’s yet another go at it, with […]

August 26, 2019 Macs, Technology, Updates

Mojave 10.14.6 Supplemental Update does bring some EFI updates

Yesterday’s surprise Supplemental Update for macOS Mojave 10.14.6 does bring EFI firmware updates for four MacBook Pro models, […]

August 2, 2019 Macs, Technology

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