Choose the browser you use, download Flash, and open it up. So, I guess the firmware update has been installed successfully. Flash comes packaged in a DMG, and they have separate versions for different browsers. requires storage of the ECC checksum during write of flash (performed. While the Mac App Store still has the red badge for "new updates" it does not offer anymore to install the firmware update. The Apple Support Note on the recall recommends that customers install the MacBook Air Flash Storage Firmware Update 1.1, which will also tell whether the SSD is affected. Over-the-Air (OTA) software and firmware updates are widely considered essential. as you can see in the picture are still present and the Boot ROM Version: 02 and SMC Version (system): 2.5f7 have not changed either. You will notice that the update is installing if you see a grey bar during the boot process above which is a standard hard drive icon.Īfter the update, all the folders in /System/Library/CoreServices/Firmware Updates/. Since there is no way around the encryption, I disabled FileVault - applied the update - and re-enabled FileVault. The system will restart and boot off the new SSD. Before I had successfully applied the update, the contents already looked like this: Unlock and select the new external SSD as the start up drive. However, this alone is not a guarantee that the Firmware update has been installed. you will find the Revision number mentioned in the Apple knowledge-base document for this Firmware update TPVABBF0: /System/Library/CoreServices/Firmware Updates/HardDriveUpdate3/HDFW/APPLE_SSD_TS128E TPVABBF0 Since I have experienced the described symptoms I really want this update. is located on the startup volume it is encrypted if you have FileVault 2 enabled - due to Full Disk Encryption. Download This firmware update is recommended for MacBook Air (mid 2012) models. On May 16th 2013 Apple released the MacBook Air Flash Storage Firmware Update 1.0. in addition to the EFI partition ( disk0s1). A forum post suggests that Firmware updates require access to /System/.
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