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Apple Releases Hard Drive Update 1.0 for iMac, Mac Pro

Apple Releases Hard Drive Update 1.0 for iMac, Mac Pro

by , 7:45 AM EST, November 8th, 2007

Apple released Hard Drive Update 1.0 for the iMac Core 2 Duo and Mac Pro Wednesday evening. As usual, Apple isn't saying much about the update other than it includes "bug fixes and important updates."

It appears that this firmware update isn't required by every Core 2 Duo iMac and Mac Pro. Users at VersionTracker have reported that the update applies to computers with Seagate's ST3500641AS 500GB (firmware 3.BTD) and ST3750640AS 750GB (3.BTF) hard drives.

These are not the same drive models that Seagate was recently called to task over for a potential fatal design flaw.

Hard Drive Update 1.0 requires Mac OS X 10.4.7 or higher, and is available for download at the Apple Support Web site.

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Thu Nov 08, 2007 10:46 am Subject: I don't want to be the first to install...

Any updates...anyone?

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Thu Nov 08, 2007 4:06 pm Subject:

I'm not putting this anywhere near my hard drive until it's backed up.

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Wed Nov 21, 2007 6:06 pm Subject: Crash

My hard drive crashed last week. Luckily applecare was able to fix without replacing the entire drive. I would guess this is a big issue.

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