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How can I boot my MacBook Pro from a DVD to update my SSD firmware
I have a MacBook Pro 2.3 GHz Intel Core i7 (mid-2011 model) running OS X 10.8.2. I upgraded to an SSD which I bought from Crucial and works just great. Crucial sent an email recommending I upgrade ...
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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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What does a vanilla jailbreak offer over a vanilla iOS firmware?
Based on my experience for the two minutes for which my device was jailbroken, I saw little difference between a jailbroken device and nonjailbroken device. All I noticed was a little Cydia icon. ...
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Running custom software on an Airport Extreme base station?
Is it possible to run custom software on an Airport Extreme base station?
I've read it has a MIPS processor inside. So, can one put some software compiled for MIPS (addtionally to the already present ...
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iOS and Firmware differences
Is the iOS operating system the same thing as the phone's firmware? Basically, when reinstalling the firmware (such as with DFU mode), are the system files being reinstalled, or something else?
What ...
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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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Is the flash storage firmware update 1.0 for my MBA installed? How can I verify it?
On May 16th 2013 Apple released the MacBook Air Flash Storage Firmware Update 1.0. Since I have experienced the described symptoms I really want this update.
However, the Mac App Store will show ...
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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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Reinstalling clean system on faulty hardware? Suggestions
I have a faulty MBP 17' Late 2009.
I can sell it for spares & repairs on ebay for quite a lot as I've found but it has a lot of sensitive data on it and I'd like to return it to a base system.
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Can you restore a phone with an old version of iOS if that phone was never upgraded?
I have a couple of iPhones running iOS 4 that I want to do a restore on. These phones have never been jailbroken, and I'm using the .ipsw that is the exact same version that's currently on the phone:
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What does the “aapl,panic-info” output from “nvram -p” mean?
When I run nvram -p I get the following:
$ nvram -p | cut -c1-30
aapl,panic-info %f0%b0;=F%8d%e
BootCampHD %02%01%0c%00%d0A%03
boot-image %02%01%0c%00%d0A%03
SystemAudioVolume W
The line with ...
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Downgrading an iPhone 4 from iOS 6 to iOS 5.1.1 using iTunes with a restore.ipsw file
Can I downgrade an iPhone 4 from iOS 6 to iOS 5.1.1 using iTunes if I have a 5.1.1 restore.ipsw file? I have watched this video on YouTube and was wondering if that works for downgrade. I dont need 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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What is in an IPSW file?
I know that an IPSW is an iOS firmware restore file. When you want to install a beta firmware, Apple ships these. This website stores all old iOS versions in that format.
What exactly is in an IPSW ...
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MacBook Pro (2011) bricked after firmware 1.7 update
I allowed AppStore to apply the newest firmware update to my MacBook Pro, which seemed to work fine, until the final restart. At this point, the machine just shut down. I waited for quite a while, ...
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I saved my iOS 5 SHSH with TinyUmbrella, and now I have 4.1 shsh too?
Basically I launched "Save SHSH" from TinyUmbrella (for the first time ever), and now n Saved SHSHs for iPod Touch list i get iPod 3G 4.1
Does this mean I can downgrade to iOS 4.1? How is this ...
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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 ...
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Upgrade iPad 1 from 4.2 to 4.3 [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Cannot update iPad 1 to iOS 4.3 or higher
I have an iPad one that's being used for development. It currently has 4.2 on it but I'd like 4.3 on it. I've tried ...
