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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 Cedric75,

    Cedric75 Cedric75 Jul 28, 2012 12:16 AM in response to gorp
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    Jul 28, 2012 12:16 AM in response to gorp

    The UK site still shows that Macbook Air 2010 are supported :

     

    http://www.apple.com/uk/osx/specs/

     

    But for it to work, the computer needs a firmware update. It was released for 2011 and later models.

     

    For the 2010 model, a firmware update was released during the beta phase, but has not been released publicly. So either there are some bugs and a newer firmware might come later, or there were some bugs they didn't want to solve, or there were no bugs and Apple wanted to give more to users of newer machines...

     

    In any case, if you're brave enough and like to take some risks, you can activate Power Nap on a macbook air 2010 model by following the instructions here :

    http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=1411893

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