Apple updates iMac, MacBook firmware

Apple today released firmware updates for its iMac and MacBook consumer-oriented Macs. The company's iMac EFI Firmware Update 1.2 and MacBook EFI Firmware Update 1.1 both "improve the performance and reliability of Intel Core 2 Duo processors and fix issues with Boot Camp" with regard to their respective systems. iMac owners who update their firmware should have one of three BootROM versions which include 'IM51.0090.B09', 'IM52.0090.B09', or 'IM61.0093.B07', while MacBook owners will see a BootROM version of MB21.00A5.B07. Owners of both Mac models looking to install the firmware update are encouraged to follow the instructions in the updater application, which launches automatically when the installer closes. The updates come as part of a flurry released by Apple today which revise the company's Keynote, Pages, and Numbers applications alongside its iPhone.

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