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 Posted: Mon Nov 13, 2006 8:09 pm Post subject: Apple Releases Mac mini EFI Firmware Update 1.1 |
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Apple Releases Mac mini EFI Firmware Update 1.1
Monday, November 13, 2006
Apple has released the Mac mini EFI Firmware Update 1.1 via Mac OS X's Software Update Utility and on the Web. According to the company, this EFI Firmware Update fixes several Boot Camp, start up, and wake-from-sleep issues on Intel-Based Mac mini computers. The Mac mini EFI Firmware Update 1.1 weighs in at 1.6MB. After the firmware update is successfully applied to your computer, your Boot ROM Version will be: MM11.0055.B08.
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hangtown
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Anyone else getting error messages about not being able to install this?
"Software Update could not expand the package correctly"
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| Posted: Mon Nov 13, 2006 9:06 pm Post subject: |
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Mine installed normally.
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| Posted: Mon Nov 13, 2006 9:20 pm Post subject: |
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No problems here either. Repaired disk permissions and checked for proper function of sleep.
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curt
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| Posted: Mon Nov 13, 2006 9:22 pm Post subject: |
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| hangtown wrote: | Anyone else getting error messages about not being able to install this?
"Software Update could not expand the package correctly" |
Did you quit all open applications before starting the update? If so, you might try repairing the disk permissions as a next step.
| ClunkClunk wrote: | | Mine installed normally. |
No problems here either.
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| Posted: Mon Nov 13, 2006 9:44 pm Post subject: |
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| I have no problems with my mini, I don't use boot camp, and I don't intend to install this (maybe just download and archive). Any objection to this option? |
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No problems here!
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curt
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| Posted: Mon Nov 13, 2006 10:34 pm Post subject: |
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| lidador wrote: | | I have no problems with my mini, I don't use boot camp, and I don't intend to install this (maybe just download and archive). Any objection to this option? |
I don't see anything wrong with staying put, but I would probably just go ahead and apply it. I'm sure there will be other updates after Leopard and Vista come out, so archiving this one is probably useless.
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| Posted: Mon Nov 13, 2006 10:51 pm Post subject: |
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Hey, it only took me two restarts. I forgot that you had to hold down the power button. 
Everything appears to be working fine. |
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| Posted: Mon Nov 13, 2006 11:20 pm Post subject: |
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| This is funny. Apple machines will probably be able to run Windows more reliably than a PC soon enough. It's nice to see Apple keeping up with the support. |
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hangtown
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| Posted: Mon Nov 13, 2006 11:36 pm Post subject: |
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| curt wrote: | Did you quit all open applications before starting the update? If so, you might try repairing the disk permissions as a next step.
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Been there. Done that.
I'm having weird problems with my Mac starting a couple days ago anyway. It won't restart. It closes the dock and the menu bar and then hangs. I've checked for hanging processes but can't figure out what it is. It will shutdown just fine though. |
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hangtown
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Alright, I fixed my bogus "won't restart" issue by manually downloading and re-installing the 10.4.8 update. Beauty! 
I still could not get the firmware update to install through Software update. Kept telling me it couldn't expand the file. Anyway, I downloaded it, ran it, and it worked fine. I now have the latest firmware. I sure hope next time I run software update that it will work for me though.  |
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| Posted: Tue Nov 14, 2006 7:20 am Post subject: problems |
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if your sleep functions are all working properly like mine were then i would recomend you leave this well alone as mine wont wake from sleep ever since upgrading. its annoying because its not a reliable problem. it will sleep and wake sometimes but then othertimes it wont wake and ill have to restart using the power button which is never really a good thing to do.
Is there a way to revert to the old firmware? |
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I think I completed hosed my Mini. I ran the installer, and the computer won't restart. I hear the drive clicking on over and over, but nothing happens. It's not starting up from a CD. 
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