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Apple Enables 'Power Nap' for Retina MacBook Pro With SMC Update

Friday July 27, 2012 2:48 pm PDT by Jordan Golson
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Apple has issued a system management controller (SMC) update for the MacBook Pro with Retina display, enabling Power Nap support in OS X Mountain Lion.
This update fixes several sleep/wake issues to improve the stability of MacBook Pro with Retina display (Mid 2012) computers and is recommended for all users running OS X v10.7.4. It also enables Power Nap support for users running OS X v10.8 or later.
The update is available via Apple's software download webpage, Software Update for those under OS X Lion and via the Mac App store for those with OS X Mountain Lion installed.

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Fuzzi
86 months ago

And this is why I don't buy brand-new stuff.


because you get cool new features with them?
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syan48306
86 months ago
Holy crap! I just applied the update and the fans spinning up to maximum scared the crap out of me!
Rating: 14 Votes
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M87
86 months ago

And this is why I don't buy brand-new stuff.


I'm filled with regret every time I gaze into the beautiful display of my rMBP. Luckily I can keep the lid closed while it does awesome **** for me now.
Rating: 11 Votes
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nunes013
86 months ago

Holy crap! I just applied the update and the fans spinning up to maximum scared the crap out of me!


hahaha same here, and my cat :D
Rating: 7 Votes
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vito
86 months ago

And this is why I don't buy brand-new stuff.


:confused: ?
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bdavis222
86 months ago

And this is why I don't buy brand-new stuff. It's better to just wait a little for all of the fixes.


Umm... This is not a fix. This is a firmware update that enables Power Nap. It doesn't matter when you upgrade to Mountain Lion, you'll still have to update your firmware to use Power Nap.
Rating: 4 Votes
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Matthew Yohe
86 months ago

So, I have already downloaded and installed the SMC Update. On my Retina MacBook this caused a major pink screen issue. I have posted on the Apple Forums about it here: https://discussions.apple.com/thread/4146958

If anyone has any thoughts or has a similar issue, please respond to that thread.

MBPR 2.3ghz/16GB/256GB


Maybe try disabling all that extra crap you have running first.
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axiomission
86 months ago

what is power nap?


http://www.apple.com/osx/whats-new/
Rating: 3 Votes
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keviig
86 months ago

Holy crap! I just applied the update and the fans spinning up to maximum scared the crap out of me!


If only you had read the warning before you applied the update you would've been prepared for that :p
Rating: 3 Votes
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Matthew Yohe
86 months ago

Wonder how long it'll take someone to figure out a way around to enabling it :cool:


It relies on hardware to support this feature... so... long.
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