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How does this affect Apple products? I've looked around for discussion of Intel ME with regards to Apple and the silence out there is deafening. [edit] I guess
by 0culus 9y ago
How does this affect Apple products? I've looked around for discussion of Intel ME with regards to Apple and the silence out there is deafening. [edit] I guess I also want to know is, does Apple provide Intel firmware patches bundled with their own software update?
- mrsteveman1 9y agoI suspect they'll be patching this one, but I don't know if they have updated the ME firmware in the past. However, Intel's own platform tools (MEInfo and MEManuf running in a UEFI shell) can't even communicate with the ME on my 2015 Macbook Pro, so I would be quite interested to know what exactly they have done differently with regard to configuring the platform. People have been archiving every version of the ME firmware for each chipset, and it would appear there are some versions that may be specific to Apple hardware. I'm not sure what is different, if anything, but you can see (and download) the particular firmware versions here: https://www.win-raid.com/t596f39-Intel-Management-Engine-Drivers-Firmware-amp-System-Tools.html https://www.win-raid.com/t596f39-Intel-Management-Engine-Dri...
- 0culus 9y agoVery interesting! Thanks for the link. I'm curious if Apple has done something to disable it either themselves or via a special deal with Intel. It's also interestingly timed with the announcement of the new iMac apparently having an A10 coprocessor.[0] [0]: https://www.macrumors.com/2017/11/19/imac-pro-a10-chip-hey-siri/ https://www.macrumors.com/2017/11/19/imac-pro-a10-chip-hey-s...