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That said, I have absolutely no idea if firmware updates without this problem are automatically installed. Somehow I doubt it. That's one of those things that you really ought to pay close attention to.


While they aren't automatically installed, Software Update in OS X has downloaded new firmware for my MacBook Pro on several occasions, then started the program that provided me the instructions for the update. This included EFI updates, battery firmware, and SMB firmware. Not sure why the G5 doesn't see firmware updates via this method. I don't know if they only recently started this, as my previous Powerbook never had a firmware update during it's lifetime.