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Some iPhone 7 users report hissing sounds, no clear cause named as of yet

The iPhone 7 may, in fact, hiss at you. A number of early iPhone 7 adopters have reported that both the regular iPhone 7 and the iPhone 7 Plus producing hissing sounds when they’re subjected to a heavy processor workload, such as a game. They continue to function, but it’s a bit disconcerting when most […]

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MacBook Air MacBook Pro News Software

Apple releases firmware updates for late-2010 MacBook Air, mid-2012 MacBook Air, mid-2012 MacBook Pro and mid-2012 Retina Display MacBook Pro

Pretty much everything in the known universe was updated on Wednesday. And assorted firmware updates for your MacBook…those tend to be important, so let’s go through them. On Wednesday, Apple released MacBook Pro EFI Firmware Update 2.9 for its mid-2012 MacBook Pro notebook. The update, a 4 megabyte download, resolves an issue which can cause […]

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MacBook Pro News

2011 MacBook Pro notebooks may be locking up/temperature spiking under heavy CPU/GPU loads

It’s not as specific a problem as you might like but it’s getting some attention. Per MacRumors, a lengthy discussion thread on Apple’s discussion forum reveals an issue that some new 2011 MacBook Pro owners have been having with their new machines. A MacRumors discussion thread also mirrors some of the complaints. Forum user lithast […]