{"id":11734,"date":"2011-09-01T09:30:38","date_gmt":"2011-09-01T14:30:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/?p=11734"},"modified":"2014-05-22T13:32:25","modified_gmt":"2014-05-22T18:32:25","slug":"mac-compatible-sandforce-updater-now-available","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/11734-mac-compatible-sandforce-updater-now-available\/","title":{"rendered":"Mac-Compatible SandForce Updater Now Available"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-9482\" title=\"SSD-firmware-updater\" src=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/SSD-firmware-updater.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"256\" height=\"256\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/SSD-firmware-updater.png 256w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/SSD-firmware-updater-120x120.png 120w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/SSD-firmware-updater-190x190.png 190w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/SSD-firmware-updater-120x120@2x.png 240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 256px) 100vw, 256px\" \/>We know you\u2019ve been asking for it and we\u2019ve been hard at work on it. Now, we can proudly say that <strong>OWC has the industry\u2019s first (and <em>only<\/em>)Mac-compatible firmware updater for SandForce Driven Solid State Drives<\/strong>. It\u2019s available for download <a href=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/tech_center\/OWC\/SSD\">from our site<\/a> for use with select OWC Mercury SSDs manufactured after January 2010.<\/p>\n<p>While <a href=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/9474-owc-ssd-firmware-updated\">we\u2019ve offered firmware updates since Spring 2010 to recently<\/a>, they&#8217;ve only been offered via a Windows-based uploader and required a Boot Camp installation to work properly with your Mac. Now, though, that dependency is gone. All you need to do is download the updater from our site, burn it to a DVD, and boot from that DVD to launch the point-and-click interface.  Right now, this utility is only for our 3G SSDs which utilize the SF1200 series processor. We should have an updater for our Mercury 6G series (SF 2200 series processor) in a few weeks.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong>To use the firmware updater, you\u2019ll need the following:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A compatible Intel-based Mac:\n<figure id=\"attachment_11754\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11754\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/model_id_screen.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-11754\" title=\"model_id_screen\" src=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/model_id_screen-150x150.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-11754\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Don&#39;t know your Mac&#39;s Model ID? Click the thumbnail above to see how to find out.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li>Late 2008 &#8211; Mid 2010 MacBook Pro (Model ID: MacBookPro5,1 &#8211; MacBookPro7,1)<\/li>\n<li>2009-2010 Mac Pro (Model ID: MacPro4,1 &#8211; MacPro5,1)<\/li>\n<li>2009-2010 iMac (Model ID: iMac11,2 &#8211; iMac11,3)<\/li>\n<li>2008-2009\u00a0MacBook Air (Model ID: MacBookAir2,1)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>A supported OWC SSD:\n<ul>\n<li>Mercury EXTREME Pro<\/li>\n<li>Mercury EXTREME Pro 3G<\/li>\n<li>Mercury EXTREME Pro RE<\/li>\n<li>Mercury EXTREME Pro 3G RE<\/li>\n<li>Mercury Aura Pro MBA<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Internal or External CD\/DVD Drive<\/li>\n<li>Blank DVD media<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Support for more model Macs (especially earlier model Mac Pros (ModelID MacPro1,1 &#8211; MacPro3,1) and the current batch of 2011 Macs) is on its way. 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