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Apple Releases MacBook Air SMC Firmware Update 1.2

Monday June 29, 2009 4:23 pm PDT by Eric Slivka
Apple today released MacBook Air SMC Firmware Update 1.2, adding support for new replacement batteries for the Late 2008 MacBook Air. Apple does not provide any additional details on these batteries.

This SMC firmware update adds compatibility for the latest service replacement batteries.

For more information, please visit
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2368

Users should follow the installation instructions provided in the download package. The update weighs in at 623 KB and requires OS X 10.5.7.
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jayhawk11
34 months ago
Maybe one day they'll release an update that makes them as fast, or faster, than than the old models :rolleyes:
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clayj
34 months ago
Installed without a hitch.
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quisguous
34 months ago
A bit of a long shot...but has anyone that has the display lines issue noticed an improvement after this update?
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TheRiseofTheFal
34 months ago
this may just a placebo and my mind is playing tricks on me, but it immediately feels like it's running cooler and less loud! im on a MBA rev. A
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clayj
34 months ago

this may just a placebo and my mind is playing tricks on me, but it immediately feels like it's running cooler and less loud! im on a MBA rev. A

My CPU temp is 108ºF right now... don't think I've ever seen it that low. You may be right.
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bjdraw
34 months ago
So as much as I don't want to be that guy who installs an update and claims it fixes undocumented problems, my rev.A Air does seem to be running better.

My temp still runs really high, but while usually my laptop gets unusable if I watch flash video as the kernel_task steals all my CPU cycles right now it is multi-tasking nicely despite the flash video playing.
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IgnatiusTheKing
34 months ago

The update weighs in at 623 KB and requires OS X 10.5.7


Mine is only weighing in at 422 KB. I wonder what the difference is...
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thejadedmonkey
34 months ago

Maybe one day they'll release an update that makes them as fast, or faster, than than the old models :rolleyes:


Nahh, they'll just release an update that slows down all the older models :-p
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h1d
34 months ago

So as much as I don't want to be that guy who installs an update and claims it fixes undocumented problems, my rev.A Air does seem to be running better.

My temp still runs really high, but while usually my laptop gets unusable if I watch flash video as the kernel_task steals all my CPU cycles right now it is multi-tasking nicely despite the flash video playing.


You should have used CoolBook.
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aleksandra.
34 months ago


Apple today released MacBook Air SMC Firmware Update 1.2, adding support for new replacement batteries for the Late 2008 MacBook Air. Apple does not provide any additional details on these batteries.Users should follow the installation instructions provided in the download package. The update weighs in at 623 KB and requires OS X 10.5.7.


If this means new (mid 2009) batteries are compatible with late 2008 Airs... :D
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