System Management Control firmware updates are available for certain Intel-based Mac models.
The SMC Firmware Update addresses intermittent boot issues.
The SMC Firmware Update 1.0 is a System Management Control (SMC) firmware update for certain Intel-based computers, including iMac (Early 2006), Mac mini (Early 2006) and MacBook Pro (15-inch) computers.
Installation instructions can be found in Apple's Knowledge Base. Note that two of the three download pages have bad links to the Knowledge Base article at the time of this posting, so use this link until those pages are corrected.
Update: According to this forum thread, the update seems to be crippling some users' clock speeds.
Apple's long-rumored smart home hub will have an iMac G4-style design and a host of unique features, Bloomberg's Mark Gurman reports.
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Apple has begun inviting selected members of the media to a product launch experience in Los Angeles on Wednesday, October 28, according to Bloomberg's Mark Gurman.
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Gurman previously reported that Apple would introduce the...
Sunday October 18, 2026 11:01 am PDT by Joe Rossignol
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The devices are expected to be announced on Tuesday, October 27 or Wednesday, October 28.
If this timeframe proves to be accurate, then Apple will be releasing new...
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