by Andrew Cunningham on 2/8/2012 10:30:00 AM
Posted in Apple , MacBook Air , iMac , MacBook Pro , Lion , firm 
Apple has released a range of firmware updates that enable the Lion Internet Recovery OS restore feature across most of its 2010-vintage Macs, enabling easy reinstallation of the operating system in the event of a software or hardware failure.
Lion Internet Recovery, a feature which builds on the NetBoot technology in OS X Server, was introduced along with the 2011 MacBook Air and Mac Mini refreshes, and then extended to the rest of Apple's shipping Macs in the following months. Today's updates, which enable support for the 2010 iMac, the late 2010 MacBook Air, and the 15" and 17" 2010 MacBook Pro, follow updates from late January that enabled support for the 13" 2010 MacBook Pro, the 2010 Mac Mini, and the 2010 MacBook. The only model left out is the Mac Pro, none of which (even the currently shipping model) support the feature. Some (but not all) of the firmware updates also fix other minor issues.
The updates can be downloaded using the links provided above, or via Software Update - all updates require a Mac running OS X 10.7.2 or later. The possibility exists that Apple could choose to enable support for even older Macs - models going all the way back to 2007 are capable of running Lion - but until we actually see updates I would say that such a thing is pretty unlikely.
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7 Comments View All Comments Post a Comment Ironic.... by 7sudden on Wednesday, February 08, 2012 The 10.7.3 update also prevents the wifi re-connection when waking up from sleep mode.One allows recovery from the internet, one breaks your internet connection.
Thanks Apple.
7sudden Reply requieminadream by requieminadream on Wednesday, February 08, 2012 Actually, 10.7.3 fixed that issue for me.*shrug*
requieminadream Reply RE: Ironic.... by name99 on Wednesday, February 08, 2012 Since I have 4 macs running 10.7.3 and they all connect to WiFi just fine on wake from sleep, I think you might want to be a little more nuanced in your claims.The Airport SW update that came out just before 10.7.3 did very slightly change the name of the 5GHz WAN created by an Airport Base Station, if you are using separate names for the 2.4 and 5GHz WANs. I'd look there if I were trying to debug the problem --- easiest would be to go into Preferences/Network/Advanced/Wireless, remove your home WAN from the list, then reconnect to your home WAN.
name99 Reply RE: Ironic.... by phoenix666 on Wednesday, February 08, 2012 I assume you mean WLAN whitch stands for Wireless Local Area Network. Not to nitpick but WAN stands for Wide Area Network in whitch multipule sites are linked on the same network usaly but not always via wired connection. 
phoenix666 Reply Off-topic: Wallpaper by rpsgc on Wednesday, February 08, 2012 I *want* that wallpaper!:]
rpsgc Reply RE: Off-topic: Wallpaper by Andrew.a.cunningham on Wednesday, February 08, 2012 It's the default Lion wallpaper. Google is your friend. :-) 
Andrew.a.cunningham Reply RE: Off-topic: Wallpaper by rpsgc on Wednesday, February 08, 2012 But... Google hates me :( rpsgc Reply Subject Comment Post Comment 
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