Mojave PB 6 requires firmware update on v.0085 bootrom

[t8er8]

I had heard that during the earlier public betas (PB1,2) that if you were on firmware revision .0085 and up that you don't need to perform a firmware update, I thought I'd take my shot at Mojave and downloaded the latest PB which is v6 and to my surprise it requires a firmware update. This is a genuine mac pro 5,1 btw.


Hopefully I'm not embarrassing myself here as this may already be common knowledge among this forum.

 

[bookemdano]

It's pretty common knowledge here but don't feel bad. It's trying to get you up to firmware version 0089, which was first released with High Sierra 10.13.6 and Mojave DB4 (I think? Maybe DB5). 0089 is important as it corrects the error in version 0087 that had missing microcode.

 

[t8er8]

It's pretty common knowledge here but don't feel bad. It's trying to get you up to firmware version 0089, which was first released with High Sierra 10.13.6 and Mojave DB4 (I think? Maybe DB5). 0089 is important as it corrects the error in version 0087 that had missing microcode.

That’s strange, I’m on 10.13.6 and didn’t need an firmware update to get there, is that an issue?

 

[crjackson2134]

That’s strange, I’m on 10.13.6 and didn’t need an firmware update to get there, is that an issue?

Sounds like you updated through the App Store. You have to run the full installer and put your Mac into firmware programming mode (as per the instructions indicated in the page you are looking at).

 

[bookemdano]

That’s strange, I’m on 10.13.6 and didn’t need an firmware update to get there, is that an issue?

Yep what crjackson2134 said. 10.13.6 and Mojave DB6 have the exact same version of the firmware, so as long as you upgraded it as part of the Mojave install (and your firmware version in System Profiler shows up as MP51.0089.B00) then you're good to go.

 

[MisterAndrew]

I think you mean DB 6. PB is at 5.

 

[t8er8]

I think you mean DB 6. PB is at 5.

oh alright, I read up online that they released pb 6 I may be wrong

 

[tsialex]

Apple uses Developer Preview nomenclature for developer betas.

Since Apple started Public Betas corresponding at the second release of Developer Preview, PB is always one number below DP, ie DP6 = PB5.