Click on Updates in the top bar of the App Store app.Or click on the  menu in the manu bar, select About This Mac, and then in the Overview section, click on the Software Update button. On your Mac, launch the App Store app in the Applications folder.Perform a backup of your Mac before installing the update. How to install the macOS High Sierra 10.13.6 Supplemental Update We’ll update this article with results as soon as possible. Now that the update is here, we’re going to install it in the Core i9 MacBook Pro, and see what the performance is like. Our preliminary results showed that while we definitely experienced performance throttling, we still saw an increase in performance of the Core i9 over last year’s 15-inch 2.9GHz Core i7 MacBook Pro-though perhaps not as big as an increase as you might expect. Working on a follow-up to our initial review with more intensive testing. More YouTube videos, Reddit threads, articles, and other complaints followed. YouTube video by Dave Lee, who showed that the 15-inch 2.9GHz Core i9 MacBook Pro takes a performance hit under heavy processing loads (in Lee’s case while working with Adobe Premiere). It’s been a rough week for the new MacBook Pro. Customers can expect the new 15-inch MacBook Pro to be up to 70% faster, and the 13-inch MacBook Pro with Touch Bar to be up to 2X faster, as shown in the performance results on our website.”Īn Apple spokesperson said that in addition to the firmware fix, the update also includes stability and reliability patches. We apologize to any customer who has experienced less than optimal performance on their new systems. A bug fix is included in today’s macOS High Sierra 10.13.6 Supplemental Update and is recommended.

”Following extensive performance testing under numerous workloads, we’ve identified that there is a missing digital key in the firmware that impacts the thermal management system and could drive clock speeds down under heavy thermal loads on the new MacBook Pro.

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