If you opted for the latter, the good news is that your USB-C Digital AV or VGA multiport adapter just received its first firmware update from Apple on Friday, promising to enhance the “compatibility and reliability” of accessories.
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While your hard drive will only take a 205KB hit, there is a short list of steps you’ll need to take to prepare your Mac for the update, according to Apple:
- This update requires OS X El Capitan v10.11.4. Use the Mac App Store or Software Update to get the most recent version of OS X.
- Plug your USB-C Multiport Adapter into the USB-C port on your Mac. Make sure that your USB-C Charge Cable is connected to your adapter and plugged into a power source using your USB-C Power Adapter.
- Disconnect all external devices (such as displays, thumb drives, and hard drives) and hard-wired network connections from your USB-C Multiport Adapter.
With the adapter plugged in, a small updater notification in the upper right-hand corner of the display will appear, asking whether you want to install now or later. If you choose “Install,” you’ll have to endure a short updater process as shown in the image below, followed by a system restart, which prompts the actual update.
While it’s not clear specifically what this update was designed for aside from what was indicated, it could be another indicator that a second 12-inch Retina MacBook is on the way.
Last month, Apple’s System Image Utility and OS X Server applications revealed that a 2016 update to the lightweight notebooks could arrive by the end of April. By all accounts, this compatibility update to a MacBook-specific accessory could be a means of getting ready for that.
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