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Apple releases macOS 10.12.1 Sierra update

On Monday, Apple released macOS 10.12.1, the first major update to its recently-released macOS 10.12 Sierra operating system. The update, which weighs in around 584 megabytes, includes the following fixes and changes: Fixes: Adds an automatic smart album in Photos for Depth Effect images taken on iPhone 7 Plus. Improves the compatibility of Microsoft Office […]

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Some users continue to report Wi-Fi-related issues after OS X 10.10.1 update

From my own end, the OS X 10.10.1 Yosemite update worked and I haven’t had any issues to kvetch about. This doesn’t seem to be the same case for everyone. Per 9to5Mac, Computerworld and complaints registered on the Apple Support Communities, yesterday’s dot-release of OS X 10.10.1 has seemingly failed to address the Wi-Fi problems […]

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Apple posts new MacBook Air EFI update 2.9.1

As we reported last week, there were numerous problems with the MacBook Air firmware update released earlier in the week. Users reported symptoms as innocuous as the update simply not being applied, to preventing the laptop from rebooting. In most cases, performing multiple SMC resets on the computer fixed the booting problem, but the update […]

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Apple removes MacBook Air firmware updater after reports of problems

After a day of user complaints of problems applying the MacBook Air 2.9 EFI firmware update after its release, Apple has finally pulled the update from the App Store. As we reported yesterday, threads like this one, started reporting that attempts to apply the update would run and fail to actually update the firmware, or […]

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Apple releases SMC firmware updates for 2012, 2013 notebooks

The firmware fixes for your recent Apple notebook arrived yesterday. Per Macworld, Apple released SMC Updatesfor the MacBook Air, MacBook Pro, and Retina MacBook Pro. The MacBook Air SMC Update v1.9 is available as a 1.09 megabyte download for MacBook Air notebooks released in 2012 and 2013. It fixes a “rare” problem where the battery […]