Apple Releases MacBook Air Software Update

[AidenShaw]

What gives? It's not an Iphone!

just reactivated coolbook...this software is crap!!! MBA is now working fine again, Apple what gives?????

You bought a Mac, and Apple only cares about phones now - too bad...

Oh, wait. Oops, that's right, the Iphone 3G is a bit of a piece of crap too!

Maybe The Steve will get things under control soon - but in the meantime keeping buying those overpriced Apple trinkets (the fuel bill on his Gulfstream is really quite high these days).

 

[aleni]

after this machine updated, coolbook doesn't work anymore for me.

i set coolbook only to use 800mhz for both adapter and battery settings, but now it keeps throttling to 1200, 1400 and 1600 running jewelquest game. eventhough i only set coolbook to use 800mhz, so i think my coolbook doesn't work anymore like it used to be staying only at 800mhz.

darn!

 

[King t.]

well I haven't had any problems so far, temp. has also gone down.

I wants used isquint and did not have any core shut down, during isquint my temp. was by 83 degrees and the fans were spinning by 6200rpm.

 

[1rottenapple]

I'm skipping this update after my core shutdown issues were solved by coolbook. Not worth it from what I read here. All I know is, I watched two shows at the same time with coolbook installed, al the while downloading 4 items each 150mb or more, one after the other. Temps were 85 degrees but not a stutter or hint of a shutdown. no jittering mouse either.

 

[gcmexico]

You bought a Mac, and Apple only cares about phones now - too bad...

Oh, wait. Oops, that's right, the Iphone 3G is a bit of a piece of crap too!

Maybe The Steve will get things under control soon - but in the meantime keeping buying those overpriced Apple trinkets (the fuel bill on his Gulfstream is really quite high these days).

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don't get me wrong...the core shutdown issue sucks...but I'll take the MBA and 3g Iphone over any of the other crap that is out there...again with the overpriced comment..geez...who cares no one is asking you to buy anything

 

[Sound Evolution]

Dear,

Sorry... But I don't understand why most of you are dissing this update. I couldn't be happier!

I just had a skype conversation for over 3 hours, and the MBA don't even got hot. This was 100% impossible before on any of my former MBA's. The normal procedure was that after 10 a 12 minutes everything start to stuck, and the computer slow down and skyping was impossible.

Like I said, the machine works flawless and like advertised. It is not slow in any ways, and I never ever have a core shut down anymore and I can do everything I want to do. Yes the fan is noisy sometimes... but at least no hiks or stutters.

If anyone still have problems after the software update, you should go back to Apple and let them fix it.

With kind regards,
Bas

 

[jflamm]

Dear,
I just had a skype conversation for over 3 hours, and the MBA don't even got hot. This was 100% impossible before on any of my former MBA's. The normal procedure was that after 10 a 12 minutes everything start to stuck, and the computer slow down and skyping was impossible.
Bas

That's because your machine is dropping the frequency to stay cool. It certainly works for you and that's great You don't need that much horsepower to do audio compression - it is done on cellphones using a single core ARM.

Not really fair if one wanted to play a blu-ray movie though - which should be possible on a 1.8GHz dual core machine. I think the (valid) complaint is that if one pays for a machine advertised to run at a certain speed, it should. I think that's fair.

 

[aleni]

try watching youtube videos for 15 minutes, and see if the video seems to be lagging and the mouse is getting jerky jumping. because mine had it without the core shutdown.

Dear,

Sorry... But I don't understand why most of you are dissing this update. I couldn't be happier!

I just had a skype conversation for over 3 hours, and the MBA don't even got hot. This was 100% impossible before on any of my former MBA's. The normal procedure was that after 10 a 12 minutes everything start to stuck, and the computer slow down and skyping was impossible.

Like I said, the machine works flawless and like advertised. It is not slow in any ways, and I never ever have a core shut down anymore and I can do everything I want to do. Yes the fan is noisy sometimes... but at least no hiks or stutters.

If anyone still have problems after the software update, you should go back to Apple and let them fix it.

With kind regards,
Bas

 

[wharrad]

Dear,

Sorry... But I don't understand why most of you are dissing this update. I couldn't be happier!

I just had a skype conversation for over 3 hours, and the MBA don't even got hot. This was 100% impossible before on any of my former MBA's. The normal procedure was that after 10 a 12 minutes everything start to stuck, and the computer slow down and skyping was impossible.

Like I said, the machine works flawless and like advertised. It is not slow in any ways, and I never ever have a core shut down anymore and I can do everything I want to do. Yes the fan is noisy sometimes... but at least no hiks or stutters.

If anyone still have problems after the software update, you should go back to Apple and let them fix it.

With kind regards,
Bas

Well, the problem is it won't do 1.6Ghz when you need it... If it works great for you then maybe just some of us have dodgy laptops - and of course, most people only post when they want to get a rant off their chests.

But on the other hand, my 400 Mhz phone will run Skype without it cutting out, so it might be worth you checking if you can reach 1.6 (or 1.8). One day you'll need it to keep running newer software, or if you're like me, you want to watch HD video.


Yeah, I'm going to pop around to the store as soon as I have a chance, just to see what they say. It's a couple of hours drive, so maybe tomorrow if I can get free. Will keep you all posted, who knows, they might even swap it out for one that works and I'll be happy.

 

[Sound Evolution]

Well, the problem is it won't do 1.6Ghz when you need it... If it works great for you then maybe just some of us have dodgy laptops - and of course, most people only post when they want to get a rant off their chests.

But on the other hand, my 400 Mhz phone will run Skype without it cutting out, so it might be worth you checking if you can reach 1.6 (or 1.8). One day you'll need it to keep running newer software, or if you're like me, you want to watch HD video.


Yeah, I'm going to pop around to the store as soon as I have a chance, just to see what they say. It's a couple of hours drive, so maybe tomorrow if I can get free. Will keep you all posted, who knows, they might even swap it out for one that works and I'll be happy.

Dear,

The truth is somewhere in the middle. I had 4 MBA's before all with failures and I all send them back. Strange enough my current one (the fifth) was right out of the box! No core shut down and I was able to watch HD1080P movies straight from the start. So that makes me think that the problem is also mechanical.

The fan of my 5th macbook sounds different then the MBA's I had before. A little louder and some kind of aircraft alike sound. It makes me think they change the fan. Also the airflow underneath the ports feels stronger.

I can say, that my current machine can play HD movies, is super fast with my heavy CAD software, and I can watch youtube movies as long as I want.

For that reason I believe it should be possible to have a correct working MBA, so keep going back to Apple till you have one that works fine. I did it, and I'm happy.

With kind regards,
Bas

 

[ayeying]

Dear,

The truth is somewhere in the middle. I had 4 MBA's before all with failures and I all send them back. Strange enough my current one (the fifth) was right out of the box! No core shut down and I was able to watch HD1080P movies straight from the start. So that makes me think that the problem is also mechanical.

The fan of my 5th macbook sounds different then the MBA's I had before. A little louder and some kind of aircraft alike sound. It makes me think they change the fan. Also the airflow underneath the ports feels stronger.

I can say, that my current machine can play HD movies, is super fast with my heavy CAD software, and I can watch youtube movies as long as I want.

For that reason I believe it should be possible to have a correct working MBA, so keep going back to Apple till you have one that works fine. I did it, and I'm happy.

With kind regards,
Bas

The problem is mechanical. It is pretty much how the heatsink was installed on the system. Improper install can drastically increase the temp and ruin the effectiveness of whatever that heatsink can provide. Thats why you see some MBA being extremely capable for any type of work while others have problems. The heatsink install is not 100% identical, its put on by a worker.

 

[Sound Evolution]

The problem is mechanical. It is pretty much how the heatsink was installed on the system. Improper install can drastically increase the temp and ruin the effectiveness of whatever that heatsink can provide. Thats why you see some MBA being extremely capable for any type of work while others have problems. The heatsink install is not 100% identical, its put on by a worker.

Like I said before somewhere on this forum. The design is good I believe, the build quality is not what it should be. None of my MBA's was built flawless. In all cases the display is not aligned good, the trackpad is uneven, and there are several dents and small damages and scratches on the casings. It gives some indication how they get build, and not with the care and precision as it should be.

Other then that I love the design and I'm very happy with the MBA. But the build quality needs to be improved!

With kind regards,
Bas

 

[fastuning]

Hi, i have many problems since the update.


I install the update in a 1,8ghz with CoolBook installed, i reboot it, and watching a youtube video... the video came with lag... very slow... in this moment i run COOLBOOK and see that isnt activate, and the frequency was 800 mhz.

so i activate the coolbook app again and i restart it to apply.

now the problem is that the temp of the computer go soo high to above 90º watching a simple youtube video and the compute go automatically to sleep.

how can i solve it? how can i unistall the update?

 

[Constantinos]

Hi, i have many problems since the update.


I install the update in a 1,8ghz with CoolBook installed, i reboot it, and watching a youtube video... the video came with lag... very slow... in this moment i run COOLBOOK and see that isnt activate, and the frequency was 800 mhz.

so i activate the coolbook app again and i restart it to apply.

now the problem is that the temp of the computer go soo high to above 90º watching a simple youtube video and the compute go automatically to sleep.

how can i solve it? how can i unistall the update?

Maybe you did not notice that instructions said clearly that coolbook has to be uninstalled before running the update?

 

[gcmexico]

Hi, i have many problems since the update.


I install the update in a 1,8ghz with CoolBook installed, i reboot it, and watching a youtube video... the video came with lag... very slow... in this moment i run COOLBOOK and see that isnt activate, and the frequency was 800 mhz.

so i activate the coolbook app again and i restart it to apply.

now the problem is that the temp of the computer go soo high to above 90º watching a simple youtube video and the compute go automatically to sleep.

how can i solve it? how can i unistall the update?

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same thing happened to me, temps went all the way to 85!!! I reactivated coolbook and used these settings for both adapter and battery...after a restart everything finally went back to normal even with the update install...temps now at 47

600 mhz at .9V
800 mhz at .9V
1200 mhz at .9V
1400 mhz at .9V
1600 mhz at .95

Throttling: high
Temp limit: 75C

 

[rageboi]

I have raised this issue (CPU won't run at max speed etc) with AppleCare.

A support engineer is due to contact me this week with information.

I will post an update once I have heard back.

 

[Sound Evolution]

Dear All,

Still not a singe core shut down or a decrease in speed (since the software update).

I do some heavy CAD tooling with the MBA. Fast as lightning and not core shutdown. I watch 1080P HD movies, yes screaming fan but no core shutdown or stutter.

Rendering with my cad programs is much faster then it ever was on my powerbook G4, and not a single sign of speed decrease.

Even when watching movies in bed, with the bottom of the MBA tight to my blanket don't create a core shut down. Last time I skyped with my girlfriend for more then 6 hours (yes it was a lonnnnng and heavy night... ) no core shut down, and on the background I was able to do some CAD work and all lightning fast.

What can I say. I'm so happy. The machine works fast and flawless. The only downside is the fan but I accepted it.

I love my MBA!

With kind regards,
Bas

Ps: 1.8Ghz/SSD and no coolbook