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Q: Why is Powernap not available for other MB's such as the MBP mid 2010 model for example?

Why is Powernap not available for other MB's such as the MBP mid 2010 model for example?

iPhone 4, iOS 5, MBP with Lion

Posted on Jul 27, 2012 12:50 AM

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Q: Why is Powernap not available for other MB's such as the MBP mid 2010 model for example?

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  • by clintonfrombirmingham,Helpful

    clintonfrombirmingham clintonfrombirmingham Jul 27, 2012 12:58 AM in response to dnico
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    Jul 27, 2012 12:58 AM in response to dnico

    It's only available for Macs that have Apple-branded SSDs. I have a third-party SSD in my MacBook Pro (late 2011) and it doesn't work either.

     

    Sorry,

     

    Clinton

  • by dnico,

    dnico dnico Jul 27, 2012 2:44 AM in response to clintonfrombirmingham
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    Jul 27, 2012 2:44 AM in response to clintonfrombirmingham

    do you think there will be an update to adress this or is it going to be a case of Apple getting us to upgrade our machines if we want these new features?

  • by clintonfrombirmingham,

    clintonfrombirmingham clintonfrombirmingham Jul 27, 2012 2:59 AM in response to dnico
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    Jul 27, 2012 2:59 AM in response to dnico

    No, it won't be updated. It's only going to work with Apple SSDs, period. There's a notation on the Mountain Lion features page that says "Power Nap requires a Mac notebook with built-in flash storage. May require a firmware update." And that means Apple supplied built-in flash storage.

     

    Clinton

  • by Carl Bach,

    Carl Bach Carl Bach Feb 6, 2014 4:27 PM in response to dnico
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    Feb 6, 2014 4:27 PM in response to dnico

    I have a 2010 MBP 6,2 with an aftermarket SSD. My machine gets mail and notifications while asleep, but I do not have any powernap pref box in energy savings under 10.9.1

     

    I do not have an Apple SSD. I have a Crucial M4-CT512M4SSD2

     

    Apple did replace my MB last Fall under the video fault problem (for free after 3 years.....thanks Apple), but it stills identifies as a 6,2  Boot ROM  MBP61.0057.B0F

     

    I wish I could shut off this powernap feature, but have no access to it.