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Ask TUAW: OpenCL support in Snow Leopard, Boot Camp, automatic importing into iPhoto, and more

by Mat Lu (RSS feed) on Jul 8th, 2009

Wednesday means it's time for another Ask TUAW! For this edition we've got questions about what Macs will support Snow Leopard's forthcoming OpenCL acceleration, using Boot Camp with multiple partitions, connecting a Mac mini to HDMI, automatically importing images into iPhoto, and more.

As always, your suggestions and questions are welcome. Questions for next week should be left in the comments. When asking a question please include which machine you're running and which version of Mac OS X (we'll assume you're running Leopard on an Intel Mac if you don't specify). And now, on to the questions.

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Tags: ask tuaw, AskTuaw, automator, boot camp, BootCamp, dvi, folder actions, FolderActions, graphics card, GraphicsCard, hazel, mac mini, MacMini, mini displayport, MiniDisplayport, snow leopard, SnowLeopard

Filed under: Rumors, iMac, Mac mini

New iMacs and Mac minis to use NVIDIA chips?

by Cory Bohon (RSS feed) on Dec 19th, 2008

AppleInsider is reporting that the speculated refresh for the iMac and Mac minis lines might include NVIDIA graphics chips. This information was discovered while an InsanelyMac forum poster found some extension files included with the new MacBooks/MacBook Pros. The exentions were named, "iMac9,1" and "Macmini3,1."

Currently shipping iMacs and Mac minis have the model numbers of "iMac 8,1" and "Macmini2,1," respectively. The kernel extension .plist file is part of the SMC (System Management Controller) and ACPI (Advanced Configuration and Power Interface), and made reference to "CFG_MCP79."

The MCP79 is a graphcis chipset offered by NVIDIA that is found on the current line MacBook, MacBook Pro, and MacBook Air. For more information, you can read the forum posting at InsanelyMac.

[via AppleInsider]

Tags: Graphics Card, GraphicsCard, iMac, Mac Mini, MacBook, MacBook Air, MacBook Pro, MacbookAir, MacbookPro, MacMini, MCP79, NVIDIA

Filed under: iMac, Software Update

iMac ATI Radeon HD Graphics Firmware Update 1.0.1

by Cory Bohon (RSS feed) on Apr 28th, 2008

Apple just released an update for iMacs sporting either a ATI Radeon HD 2600 Pro or a ATI Radeon HD 2400 XT graphics card. According to Apple, the update will "improve system stability" by installing a firmware upgrade on the graphics cards. This does affect the newly released iMacs.

After this update is installed, you should see ROM version: 113-B2250L-259. You can download the update by opening Software Update (Apple menu > Software Update) on the affected system, or by downloading the installer package directly from Apple.

Apple also notes: To complete the firmware update process, please follow the instructions in the updater application (/Applications/Utilities/iMac ATI Radeon HD Graphics Firmware Update.app). The updater will launch automatically when the Installer closes.

Tags: ATI, firmware, graphics card, GraphicsCard, iMac, update

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