EFI Update Needed?

I just replaced the power cord for my MacBook4,1, and the guy at the genius bar said that I needed to install an EFI update. I found a page at apple/support that lists out EFI updated by machine, and there's none listed for mine. I tried installing other versions but kept getting the pop-up saying my machined didn't need them. This is probably a stupid question, but am I OK without the update? The guy at the genius bar said my computer would only accept the new cord a limited number of times without the update.

The best idea would proably use screen sharing from another mac and just run the software update from there.
You will be able to see what is going on durring the process. You will then need to reboot and should be good to go.

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actorkid2215 wrote:
i got home last night and read up on a website about the EFI update for the macbook
so i went into software update, and low and behold, the update didnt appear.
i have a new penryn blackbook...its only about 3 weeks old...
any reason the update wont show up?
yes, you probably don't need it.

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I just follow the instruction:
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The EFI updates are designed to install Apple monitoring software so they can read your hard drive, your browser and record any ripped MP3 files or other copyrighted media you have.
This is the exact intention of why EFI was created by Intel at the behest of the media industry. The UEFI forum is run by the MIAA and RIAA lawyers, the same who now run the US Justice Department
http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2009/04/obama-taps-fift/
http://www.uefi.org/about/
You have no access to EFI, it does exactly what it pleases, your OS X and programs you install have no control over it or even can tell what it's doing.
If EFI allows you to do something, it's because it is, it has the power to stop you as it sits between your OS and hardware.
Every wonder why you can't boot off certain OS X install disks? It's because of EFI.
Apple sent out a firmware update and disallowed any booting off 10.5 disks, try it!
Not only that, Apple has scrambled the airport wifi signals so you can't use sniffing software on another Mac to determine if EFI is making outbound connections.
Also Apple has turned off the Airports blinking light, or if you like the blinking, it blinks all the time without any regard to if there is a transmission going over it or not.
To add further insult, new wired keyboard from Apple require software installed, firmware in the keyboard can record your keystrokes.
The pieces to a fully secure, fully monitored, computing system is slowly being lowered into place.
In fact the iSight camera can be turned on remotely without the green light appearing for covert surveillance.
Apple has hired NSA expert David Rice to lead it's computer security team, you KNOW the NSA has backdoors
on the Internet
http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/news/2006/04/70619
in Windows
http://slashdot.org/story/99/09/03/0940241/nsa-backdoor-creates-security-hole-in -windows
Do you really think the Mac has been ignored?
It just works better in EFI that's all.

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So first I backed up to TimeMachine then I erased and then reloaded LION on the newley formated GPT drive via TimeMachine. Once back up I applied the EFI 2.8 Firmware update and it installed perfectly.
This definatley needs to be documented better than having to search discussions thread. Secondly the only reason I was using MBR in the first place was because it was difficult to setup the Windows 7 install on the GPT partition. One Windows 7 doesnt like and 2 Mac OSX with disk util can easily mess it up. If you make any change renaming drives... anything in Windows 7 on in Computer Management / Disk management you will hose your Windows machine. This is because the pointer to the Windows 7 OS gets lost in the GPT as it gets modified incorrectly.
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Is there a way to "force" an EFI update?

Hi all
I have the Macbook 5,1 with 4GB of RAM. I read [over at OWC|http://blog.macsales.com/9102-secret-firmware-lets-late-08-macbooks-use-8gb ] that this computer supports 8GB provided it has the "updated" version of the MB51.007D.B03 Boot ROM. I would be interested in installing 8GB to extend the life of the computer. It runs really well and is a gem.
As I understand OWC's text, Apple re-wrote the MB51.007D.B03 to allow addressing memory up to 8GB *but didn't change the version number*. My computer has MB51.007D.B03 but I don't know when this Boot ROM was installed because I bought the computer used in 2010.
When I try to install the EFI update which OWC links to the computer simply says that it is installed and that it cannot be applied.
As I live in Europe, it's a bit of a gamble for me to order the OWC RAM upgrade pack without knowing if it will actually work on my Macbook.
So here are my questions:
Would the message I get mean that I have the "updated" version of MB51.007D.B03 or would such a message come up also if I have the "old" version of MB51.007D.B03 installed (for instance, would the computer verify some sort of file checksum that differs between the two versions of MB51.007D.B03)?
Is there a way to "force" install of the MB51.007D.B03 which is on Apple's site (which presumably is the latest version) to ensure that I have the latest version installed so that I can safely order the OWC upgrade pack?
Thanks for any insight,
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Both ports having different IP's on the same network is not a recommended configuration. If you're trying to increase network bandwidth instead of multi-home, then the proper way to do it is to port-channel. Your switch will need to support bonded interfaces too.
If you must do it the way you have it set, then you can insert a static route so certain specific destinations are routed through that card. The correct way to do it is with two route statements. Assuming your IP assignments as above, your destination is 192.168.4.15, and you always want to go through the .10 interface, you would add:
route add -host 192.168.4.15 10.1.4.10
I haven't tested this so I might have the syntax slightly wrong. The first approach (bonding the two ports) is a much better solution.

EFI updates how critical

Hi,
I have a Macbook Pro 15" 5,5 turning up this week and I will be wiping the drive completly and installing Ubuntu instead.
What are the implications of this with regards to future EFI updates? As I won't be able to boot into Snow Leopard as it won't exist to be able to run future updates.
Would the best course of action be to dual boot the MBP with Snow and Ubuntu?
Thanks

to be honest I have had enough of Microsoft and their failings
Ah, the reason why many of us use Macs as well. Although, I've never actually owned a PC running Windows. Always been Macs in this household, and would never use Windows if you paid me!
I have just done a quick search on all the apps I currently use on Ubuntu and yes you are correct they are available for OSX!
Most apps on Ubuntu are open source, and since there are many similarities between Linux and OS X apps are very easy to port from Ubuntu to OS X. So most developers will do it. Some don't, but the majority of the well-used Linux apps also run under OS X either natively or under X11.
Whats the situation with most apps for the Mac? Are they free like Linux or do you have to pay?
What I really like about OS X is that there is a very solid foundation of open source or free applications because it is Unix-based. You can often find free apps to do what you need, but sometimes there are commercially-available apps for the same purpose as well. So you often get to choose between the best of both worlds: free (but maybe not as intuitive or compatible) or paid (perhaps of slightly better quality).
For example, you can choose to buy something like iWork from Apple or Office from Microsoft, or you can go free (open source) and use OpenOffice, NeoOffice, StarOffice or any combination of any of them. OS X is often commercially developed for by leading software vendors, but sometimes open source software is available too.
I think just getting the feel of SL is a good idea, especially if you're purchasing a MBP. If you have questions, we'll be here to answer them. And if you really don't like it and want to go to Ubuntu we can help with that too.
--Travis

Interruppting EFI Update

What happens when you interrupt the EFI update?
I was in the middle of running my EFI update. Now I can't seem to get my Mac running. I tried all the troubleshooting tips that was in the manual. I also refered to the update instructions again to try and restart the update. Now my LED light blinks from dim to bright.
Is there something that I can do or would have to return my laptop?

Welcome to Apple Discussions, Shugah Shane.
EFI updates should not be interrupted. But you know that now
Did you read this support topic also? You may be able to create a restore disk w/o bringing your Mac in for repair.
-mj
[email protected]

Performance reduced under Bootcamp after EFI update on Macbook Pro Retina

after i upgraded EFI on my retina macbook pro the proformence reduced to unusable. under heavy load under bootcamp windows7. the cpu clock drops and as well as cpu clock. this is the screen shot of gpu clock monitoring from windows u can see the gpu clock is running at 270Mhz at most of the time and trying to be back to 725Mhz(yea, not 900Mhz!) when im running a graphic benchmark at same time cpu will run about 1.1Ghz as well. i noticed that it will run 10-20sec normally then CPU and GPU clock will start dropping. It's almost like speedstep is programmed backwards. My CPU is constantly running at 3.1-3.2GHz, and then as soon as a game loads, it drops to 1.2GHz. I've lost track of how many times I reset the SMC reseting SMC PRAM, reinstalling windows using Bootcamp or even erease the entire drive and start over from network recovery MacOS did not solve this problem. so all the recent games like COD MW3, Starcraft II, BF3,or D3 will only run about about 10 fps as i was playing them with no ploblem before the EFI update.
this is killing me! please help.
im in NY, in this season i dont think is the overheating problem. when i check the temperature, it stays about 80C (fans will run about 4k rpm). but some time heavy loaded Mac OS cpu is about 90 degree but only with 3k rpm fan kicked in.
i did search online, seems that some other people have the same problem with rMBP or MBA 2012.
anyone knows if i take my macbook pro to the store, will those people work at genuines bar help me with this "windows" problem?
thanks!

Hey Shadowyani, please take a time and fill a bug report at http://developer.apple.com/bugreporter/ . The machine is useless for me as it is now because I develop and use very GPU/CPU demanding scientific applications, after the update my realtime applications are completely useless as they drop from something like 25fps to 9 fps even on Mac OS X (no SMC reset fixed the issue). In bootcamp the situation is worse, my software runs at 4 fps and gaming turns to be impossible to play as well.
Please let Apple know about the problem, fill a bug report, even if SMC reset once in a while fixed the issue for you (this is not a common behaviour and must be fixed). We paid the price for cutting edge technology.
Apple shall not do a downgrade of the system after few weeks, remember that most of reviews and benchmarks were done BEFORE the EFI Update, so people are being fooled by Apple in this sense.

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