• 

A fix for a problem that, according to mothership, only in “rare cases” could cause one of their popular iMac desktop computers to not start up or wake from sleep — speak to me, baby, speak to me. What models need to apply this patch? Fire up the all knowing Software Update to find out if your Apple all-in-one’s on the list.

It’s never a bad time for Apple to be opaque. Thereupon, they’ve shipped iMac Graphic FW Update 2.0 and the release notes offer only the following smidgeon of information:

This firmware update fixes an issue that in rare cases may cause an iMac to hang during startup or waking from sleep.

[u] Apple has posted an updated article that lists the 2011 iMac as the only affected model. Again, which models are affected? Well, you have two ways of finding out: checking Software Update to see if it’s in your queue or, assuming you don’t trust that, download it and try to install…

What’s your take?

•