Shane Cole
Apple on Thursday afternoon issued an update for EFI firmware on late 2013 13-inch Retina MacBook Pros, designed to address a problem where the laptop's keyboard and trackpad could freeze.
The issues surfaced days after the notebooks' release in late October, with users complaining of sporadic keyboard and trackpad freezes that could only be cured with a hard reset. Apple promised that a fix would be incoming a few days later.
According to the release notes, Thursday's update "addresses an issue where the built-in keyboard and Multi-Touch trackpad may become unresponsive." Users can download the update now from the Mac App Store.
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Soooooo....they aren't doomed?
For my new late-2013 15" retina MBP with NVIDIA GeForce GT 750M, Software Update just offered me "MacBook Pro Retina EFI Update 1.2", which I installed. Since install, MBP has crashed twice (frozen screen/keyboard). Is anybody else having this problem?
I have the same problem with an iMac I recently purchased. If I gently tap the left side of the space bar I can usually wake up my computer. Do it too hard and I have to pull the plug and restart. Anyone know if there's a fix out there for this?
Frankly, I'm tired that Apple is now acting as Microsoft does. Updates are incomplete or only partial updates. It is most annoying when there is a new iteration of OS X and we have to wait so long for what we already have come to expect. I for one don't think we should put up with such shoddy treatment from a company we rely on for the first and best that computing has to offer.
Frankly, I'm tired that Apple is now acting as Microsoft does. Updates are incomplete or only partial updates. It is most annoying when there is a new iteration of OS X and we have to wait so long for what we already have come to expect. I for one don't think we should put up with such shoddy treatment from a company we rely on for the first and best that computing has to offer.
There's always been bugs with new hardware and software from Apple. Often more serious and widespread than this. Stop pretending it's something new. These machines were only released a couple weeks ago, and the issue has already been patched.