Never doubt a good firmware update.
Late Thursday, Apple released its MacBook Pro Retina SMC Update 1.1 firmware update for its 15-inch Retina Display MacBook Pro notebook. The update, a 504 kilobyte download, offers the following fixes and changes:
– Resolves a rare issue where users may experience slow frame rates when playing graphics-intensive games.
– Includes bug fixes for Power Nap, wake from sleep and fan control.
The update can be located, snagged and installed via OS X’s Software Update features and requires a 15-inch Retina Display MacBook Pro running Mac OS X 10.7.5 or later to install and run.
If you’ve tried the firmware update and have any feedback to offer, please let us know in the comments.
2 replies on “Apple releases MacBook Pro Retina SMC Update 1.1 for 15-inch Retina Display MacBook Pro users”
After the update was finished downloading, it asked to restart so I did. Just after the installation was completed, the fan came on really high for about 3 seconds before it restarted. Is this normal?
Yup. The SMC manages the fan controllers, so it’s forced to set them to max before the update so you know your cpu/ram/gpus are being cooled while it’s not monitoring them.