Apple Releases Firmware Update for 2013 Mac Pro to Fix Power Nap Issues

Wednesday February 26, 2014 12:03 PM PST by Juli Clover
Apple today released Mac Pro SMC Update 2.0, enabling a Mac Pro to enter Power Nap mode without running the fan for Power Nap activities. The update also includes a fix for an issue that caused a low-speed USB device not to be detected at startup.

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This update is recommended for all Mac Pro (Late 2013) models. This update enables Mac Pro to enter Power Nap without running the fan for most Power Nap activities, and addresses a rare issue where a low-speed USB device may not be detected at boot.
The Mac Pro update is recommended for all Mac Pro models from late 2013 and can be downloaded from Apple's support site or via the Software Update tool in the Mac App Store.

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KindredMAC
58 months ago

The Mac Pro update is recommended for all Mac Pro models from late 2013 and can be downloaded from Apple's support site or via the Software Update tool in the Mac App Store.


Yes. All 30 of you out there that have been able to get your hands on one.
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isomorphic
58 months ago

Yes. All 30 of you out there that have been able to get your hands on one.


Seriously. I'm on day 57 of my order, and there are plenty of people with orders older than mine.

By the time I get my Pro they'll have released OS X 10.10.
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KindredMAC
58 months ago

Seriously. I'm on day 57 of my order, and there are plenty of people with orders older than mine.

By the time I get my Pro they'll have released OS X 10.10.


Sorry to here mate.

Apple seriously should not have picked Texas to build these things. They should have gone with the Mac mini as the first Mac to be made in America, not a halo flagship model like the Mac Pro that professionals have been chomping at the bit for.

Plus anyone I have ever talked to born and bred in Texas has told me that I needed to slow down my speech patterns because they couldn't keep up with me... :p So just imagine them having to put something together like this. ;)

But seriously I would like to know what the yield has been out of that plant of units that have made it to customers' hands.

Anyone know if that data is available on the web anywhere?
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3282868
58 months ago
I ordered mine in January, Apple claims it will ship in February and I was charged for AppleCare yesterday (received my bluetooth keyboard and trackpad last month). With 2 more days in the month, it's listed as "in process". Having spoken with reps yesterday, I was assured it will arrive by the end of this month. That baby better ship today or tomorrow, or I'm gonna have a first world problem with customer care LOL :p
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DesterWallaboo
58 months ago
We received ours today... ordered it mid-January. It was BTO 12-core D700's 64GB... so I imagine that was part of the lengthy delay.
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ValSalva
58 months ago
Really think the delays are related to the Mac Pro being manufactured in Texas? Aren't the CPU's still supply constrained?
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Dranix
58 months ago
Could we move discussion on delivery to fitting threads and not fill this one with off topic galore?
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ikir
58 months ago

Yes. All 30 of you out there that have been able to get your hands on one.



Ah ah ah the queue could be long, but don't worry they sold a lot of these machines considering it is a professional Mac. Only in my shop we have many orders, in a little city in Italy. Clearly demand has been very high considering production volumes.
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NightFox
58 months ago

After downloading the update, a grey screen (normal) appeared, so far so good! Now where is the progression bar voor the update itself... none. Let's wait and get some coffee!

After being away for several minutes, i think about 7, still nothing.. Oops


Didn't have any problems with mine - Mac rebooted, screen went grey and fan blew at full for about 5 seconds and then it rebooted again to Mavericks

Could we move discussion on delivery to fitting threads and not fill this one with off topic galore?


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hkoster1
58 months ago
The firmware upgrade may have fixed the issues I had with my nMP, like unresponsive mouse/trackpad, Thunderbolt Display and USB devices. It got so bad that I had to do a hard restart twice a day...

But then again, it may also have been fixed by reinstalling OS X, as AppleCare told me to do on the very day the new firmware was released...

Now trouble free for two days, oh the joy!
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