Apple apologizes for the MacBook Pro throttling ‘bug’ and releases a software fix
Macintosh is revealing a refresh to the 2018 MacBook Pros that it says should settle the dubious overheating issue experienced by a few clients, including noticeable tech YouTubers.
The issue was caused by a firmware bug, Apple said.
In an announcement to Business Insider on Tuesday, Apple stated:
“Following extensive performance testing under numerous workloads, we’ve identified that there is a missing digital key in the firmware that impacts the thermal management system and could drive clock speeds down under heavy thermal loads on the new MacBook Pro. A bug fix is included in today’s macOS High Sierra 10.13.6 Supplemental Update and is recommended. We apologize to any customer who has experienced less than optimal performance on their new systems. Customers can expect the new 15-inch MacBook Pro to be up to 70% faster, and the 13-inch MacBook Pro with Touch Bar to be up to 2X faster, as shown in the performance results on our website.”
Macintosh likewise refered to on the 2018 MacBook Pro item page the testing it performed on its model with a Core i9 processor. It’s like the testing by Dave Lee in his YouTube video that kickstarted the discussion.
Ideally, this implies the Core i9 model of the 2018 MacBook Pro and other 2018 models shouldn’t throttle their execution under substantial burdens and that clients can appreciate the maximum capacity of the chips inside their MacBook Pros.
Original article by Antonio Villas-Boas