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Apple releases SMC firmware updates for 2012, 2013 notebooks

The firmware fixes for your recent Apple notebook arrived yesterday. Per Macworld, Apple released SMC Updatesfor the MacBook Air, MacBook Pro, and Retina MacBook Pro. The MacBook Air SMC Update v1.9 is available as a 1.09 megabyte download for MacBook Air notebooks released in 2012 and 2013. It fixes a “rare” problem where the battery […]

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Best Buy rolls in free Apple TV with purchase of 15-inch Retina Display MacBook Pro, offer good until Saturday

It’s a nifty offer and it’ll run until tomorrow. Per AppleInsider, retailer Best Buy on Thursday kicked off a promotion that has the company bundling a free third-generation Apple TV with a purchase of select 15-inch MacBook Pros with Retina display While not heavily advertised on Best Buy’s website, the free Apple TV deal is […]

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Rumor: Haswell-powered Retina Display MacBook Pro could be delayed until October

That new Retina Display MacBook Pro with the Hasell processor you’re craving could be arriving a bit later than you’d like. Per the China Times and Macotakara, the new MacBook Pros equipped with Retina displays won’t ship until October, well after the June debut of Haswell-powered MacBook Airs. That rumored date is later than well-connected […]

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Geekbench entry hints at next-gen 15-inch, Haswell-based MacBook Pro

This could point to something cool down the road. Per MacRumors, a new entry that surfaced last month in the results database for popular benchmarking tool Geekbench 2 appeared to reveal Apple’s next-generation 13-inch MacBook Pro. Many observers had expected the update to come at Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference last month, but Apple has yet […]

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Amazon runs out of 13-inch Retina Display MacBook Pro, rumors hint at new model to be announced at WWDC

When the inventories run low, there’s generally some cool stuff around the corner. Or the retailer REALLY needs to order some more stock. Per AppleInsider, just hours after new details surfaced suggesting that Apple could introduce a slimmed-down version of its popular 13-inch MacBook Pro with Retina display next week, one of the company’s largest […]