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What's the 'unique device identifier' (UDID) of a non-iOS device like a Macbook Pro running Mac OS X?
I wanted to know if the Hardware Serial Number associated with a Macbook Pro is itself treated as a UDID, or is there something else that uniquely identifies the device?
I'll provide a little bit ...
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Copy Crucial SSD Firmware Update ISO to Bootable USB
I want to start with the Crucial SSD Firmware Update and copy the ISO to a bootable Mac USB stick, using a minimal set of tools. I hope that means using only built-in Mac software, such as Disk ...
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Manually bless firmware when main disk is external
My iMac (mid 2010) keeps pestering me to upgrade my EFI firmware to 1.8. Sadly, no matter how many times I try to to upgrade the EFI (from the manual install, or the auto update), it does not seem to ...
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How to break away from LaCie Big Disk Extreme firmware, for its two disks to appear as two instead of one?
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How can I reconfigure a LaCie Big Disk Extreme so that Mountain Lion will see both of its disks?
Background
Once, years ago, I accidentally did something bad to a LaCie device. Where ...
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Why did Airport Extreme 7.6.1 Firmware update cause my wireless signal to weaken?
I am still on OS X Snow Leopard 10.6.8 and the latest Airport Extreme & Express firmware update (7.6.1) caused my wireless signal to weaken a lot.
Can I revert back to the previous firmware for ...
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Names of bootable partitions aren't the same as the names in Disk Utility
We use external FW/USB drives as portable diagnostic and installers and even though the partitions are named and have a custom icon, they show up as "Mac OS X" with a generic USB/FW icon when option ...
