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Q: My Macbook Air late 2010 also doesn't show Power Nap?

My Mac is a late model 2010 Macbook Air. No Power Nap option is showing up in Energy Saver????

 

The firmware update is only for Mid 2011 models upwards. What is happening with our model which was promised this feature?

 

Hardware Overview:

 

  Model Name:          MacBook Air

  Model Identifier:          MacBookAir3,2

  Processor Name:          Intel Core 2 Duo

  Processor Speed:          2.13 GHz

  Number of Processors:          1

  Total Number of Cores:          2

  L2 Cache:          6 MB

  Memory:          4 GB

  Bus Speed:          1.07 GHz

  Boot ROM Version:          MBA31.0061.B07

  SMC Version (system):          1.66f54

MacBook Air, OS X Mountain Lion

Posted on Jul 26, 2012 4:25 PM

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  • by Kappy,

    Kappy Kappy Jul 26, 2012 4:27 PM in response to gorp
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    Jul 26, 2012 4:27 PM in response to gorp
    1. Power Nap requires a Mac notebook with built-in flash storage. May require a firmware update.
    2. Supported on the following Mac models: iMac (Mid 2011 or newer), Mac mini (Mid 2011 or newer), MacBook Air (Mid 2011 or newer), and MacBook Pro (Early 2011 or newer).

     

    Your model is not supported.

  • by gorp,

    gorp gorp Jul 26, 2012 4:32 PM in response to Kappy
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    Jul 26, 2012 4:32 PM in response to Kappy

    And you are saying that the Late 2010 has no Flash Storage? I beg to differ!

  • by Kappy,

    Kappy Kappy Jul 26, 2012 4:34 PM in response to gorp
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    Jul 26, 2012 4:34 PM in response to gorp

    I'm not saying anything. Those are Apples constraints. Notice that you need a 2011 model, not 2010.

  • by gorp,

    gorp gorp Jul 26, 2012 4:37 PM in response to Kappy
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    Jul 26, 2012 4:37 PM in response to Kappy

    The information was that the 2011 upwards level needed a Flash upgrade, not that my model wasn't suporrted with this feature.

  • by Kappy,

    Kappy Kappy Jul 26, 2012 4:40 PM in response to gorp
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    Jul 26, 2012 4:40 PM in response to gorp

    I suggest you argue with Apple. You have their information. It has nothing to do with the requirement for the firmware update required for all the supported models and was released yesterday.

     

    Apple Store Customer Service at 1-800-676-2775 or visit online Help for more information.

    To contact product and tech support visit online support site.

    You can complain to them about it.

  • by gorp,

    gorp gorp Jul 26, 2012 4:44 PM in response to gorp
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    Jul 26, 2012 4:44 PM in response to gorp

    With all due respect the information prior to release was not indicating that models prior to 2011 couldn't support this feature.

     

    May I sak politely if you are connected in any way with Apple?

  • by Kappy,

    Kappy Kappy Jul 26, 2012 4:53 PM in response to gorp
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    Jul 26, 2012 4:53 PM in response to gorp

    I am not connected with Apple. So give up on your urge to say I'm just a fanboy who will always support whatever Apple does. I'm just telling you what it is. I can't change it and neither can you. It is what it is.

  • by gorp,

    gorp gorp Jul 26, 2012 5:00 PM in response to Kappy
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    Jul 26, 2012 5:00 PM in response to Kappy

    This says a lot SunnyBoy. I urge You to please not answer any of my serious posts us IT professionals have.

  • by Kappy,

    Kappy Kappy Jul 26, 2012 5:32 PM in response to gorp
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    Jul 26, 2012 5:32 PM in response to gorp

    That will be my pleasure. If you are an IT professional, then I'm president of Apple.

     

    Bye bye.

  • by bigblue168,

    bigblue168 bigblue168 Jul 26, 2012 9:31 PM in response to gorp
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    Jul 26, 2012 9:31 PM in response to gorp

    From the info on Apple UK's website, it did support MBA Late-2010: http://www.apple.com/uk/osx/specs/

     

    But on the Apple US website, it stated differently. http://www.apple.com/osx/specs/

     

    Anyone know why?

  • by KC7GNM,

    KC7GNM KC7GNM Jul 26, 2012 9:36 PM in response to bigblue168
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    Jul 26, 2012 9:36 PM in response to bigblue168

    Bigblue that is a good question just looked and if I was in the UK my MBA would support power nap yet in the US it won't. Did they make different MBA's for England? (sarcasim off) I know they didn't but it was probably a web coding error.

  • by bigblue168,

    bigblue168 bigblue168 Jul 26, 2012 9:38 PM in response to KC7GNM
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    Jul 26, 2012 9:38 PM in response to KC7GNM

    I don't know. I'm from Taiwan.

     

    It seems that that spec also showed up on their Germany site. So I assume it appeared on all their European websites.

  • by KC7GNM,

    KC7GNM KC7GNM Jul 26, 2012 9:41 PM in response to bigblue168
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    Jul 26, 2012 9:41 PM in response to bigblue168

    Well mine is late 2010 too and should work according to every site except the US one. LOL. I don't care either way since I don't have apple TV anyways so doesn't bother me.

  • by William Lloyd,

    William Lloyd William Lloyd Jul 26, 2012 9:42 PM in response to gorp
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    Jul 26, 2012 9:42 PM in response to gorp

    gorp,

     

    A little friendly advice.  The fact that Kappy has 154,000 "points" actually indicates that AT LEAST 15,000 people have found answers of his very helpful in solving their problems here in the forums.  So 15,000 TIMES he has helped people resolve their problems.  That's a lot of help.

     

    I don't honestly know how he has the time to do it, because that's probably 50,000 posts or more, with real substantial data.

     

    He was simply telling you what Apple notes are the machines that support Power Nap.  Apple says Mid-2011 or later can support it, and your machine is older.  He can't change your machine, and he can't change your policy.  I'm surprised an "IT professional" isn't familiar with how computers work.

     

    Actually, I'm not.

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