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Apple Releases Hard Drive Firmware Update 2.0

Apple Releases Hard Drive Firmware Update 2.0

Posted August 19, 2009 at 9:17pm by
Apple has released MacBook Pro Hard Drive Firmware Update 2.0 which reduces certain infrequent noises made by 7200-rpm drives.

These drives shipped with the June 2009 MacBook Pro.


To complete the firmware update process, please follow the instructions in the updater application (/Applications/Utilities/Hard Drive Update.app).

The updater will launch automatically when the installation is complete.

New Hard Drive firmware will be: 0007APM2

You can download the update from here


Apple Releases Hard Drive Firmware Update 2.0
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