Mac Pro 5.1 Firmware Update



MacBook Pro EFI Firmware Update 1.5.1 This update fixes several issues to improve the stability of MacBook Pro computers. After the firmware is successfully applied to your Mac, your Boot ROM Version will be. Includes BETA support for iMac and MacBook Pro systems with NVIDIA graphics Release Notes Archive: This driver update is for Mac Pro 5,1 (2010), Mac Pro 4,1 (2009) and Mac Pro 3,1 (2008) users. Regardless of the release date or the number of processor cores, all 'Mid-2010' and 'Mid-2012' Mac Pro models share model identifier MacPro5,1. Note that the 'Early 2009' Mac Pro models also can be firmware upgraded to MacPro5,1, and this may be an issue on the resale market.

Mac Pro 4.1 To 5.1 Firmware Update Tool

This download contains the Windows Support Software (Windows Drivers) you need to support 64-bit versions of Windows 7 and Windows 8 and Windows 8.1 on your Mac.

Firmware

Mac Pro 5,1 Thunderbolt Status Update Share It’s been a while since our last update however a lot has been going on with the development of the custom firmware however it’s not all good news but progress is being made. I have a Mac Pro 5,1 2010 (Build 2011) and is running High Sierra now. I used Mojave before via dosdude1 before but I want something running natively. Does anyone knows if there's a way to run it on the HD 5770 via firmware update? Or should I give up and get a RX580?

Mac Pro 5.1 Firmware Update Mojave

For more information on which operating systems are supported on different Mac systems, click here.

  • The download file is a .zip file. Double click it to uncompress it, if it is not automatically uncompressed.
  • Double-click the Boot Camp5 folder.
  • Copy the entire contents of the .zip file to the root level of a USB flash drive or hard drive that is formatted with the FAT file system
  • When running Windows, locate the Boot Camp folder on the USB media you created in Step 3 and double click to open it.
  • Double click on setup to start installing the Boot Camp Support Software.
  • When prompted to allow changes, click on Yes and follow the onscreen instructions.
  • Installation can take a few minutes. Don't interrupt the installation process. When installation is complete, click Finish in the dialog that appears.
  • A system restart dialog box appears. Click Yes to complete the installation.

For more information on Boot Camp, click here.

Note: If you are using one of the Macs listed below, you should download Boot Camp Support Software 5.1.5621 instead

  • MacBook Air (11-inch & 13-inch, Mid 2011)
  • MacBook Air (11-inch & 13-inch, Mid 2012)
  • MacBook Pro (15-inch & 17-inch, Mid 2010)
  • MacBook Pro (13-inch, & 15-inch, Early 2011)
  • MacBook Pro (17-inch, Early 2011)
  • MacBook Pro (13-inch,15-inch & 17-inch Late 2011)
  • MacBook Pro (13-inch & 15-inch, Mid 2012)
  • MacBook Pro (Retina, Mid 2012)
  • MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Late 2012)
  • MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch & 15-inch Early 2013)
  • Mac Pro (Early 2009)
  • Mac Pro (Mid 2010)
  • Mac Pro (Mid 2012)
  • Mac mini (Mid 2011)
  • Mac mini (Late 2012)
  • iMac (27-inch, Mid 2010)
  • iMac (21.5-inch & 27-inch, Mid 2011)
  • iMac (21.5-inch, Late 2011)
  • iMac (21.5-inch & 27-inch, Late 2012)

So, as many Mac Pro users have learned, Mojave requires the boot drive file system to be formatted as APFS and the installer converts it to such (want it or not). If you try to force any variation of HFS+ for the Mojave boot drive, no updates will ever be possible on this drive through the Software Update mechanisms.

With the boot drive being APFS, when you boot to WIN10, you lose the ability to switch back to macOS because neither BootCamp (for MP51) nor Windows provides APFS drivers to make this possible.
Yesterday (I Think), Apple updated it’s BootCamp software for the iMac Pro, and now it regained this functionality for iMac Pro, APFS/Win10. It works again. Great! Too bad Apple didn’t provide this update for MP51 drivers.
Well, let me fix that for you… 😉
Below is a quick guide I put together that allows you to install BC 6.1 driver’s on an MP51/Win10 System. This should do the trick for you.

After Windows Legacy is installed;

Pro

Mac Pro 4.1 To 5.1 Firmware Update

  1. Install BC drivers for cMP 5,1
  2. Download brigadier-0.2.4.zip and extract the exe file.
  3. Open CMD as Administrator & navigate to the folder with brigadier.exe
  4. Execute (from command line) brigadier.exe -m iMac Pro1,1
  5. Wait for download to finish, this will be the BC6.1 drivers
  6. Navigate to the BootCamp/Drivers/Apple/
  7. Run the command msiexec /i bootcamp.msi
  8. Reboot when install is finished