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• 2008 Mac Pro Firmware Hack

some may know that I was trying to make a firmware hack earlier to update 2009 MP with 2010 EFI, allowing for hex core CPU support
it was a bit tedious without even owning the machine though.

Note: Mac will reboot with a “bong” noise, let it reboot for 3 times and then release the keys. Mac will now start with a cleared password. Then reset PRAM and NVRAM 5. Turn off Mac and rearrange the RAM configuration Solution 2: Use iCloud feature 1. Open iCloud feature and then select the “Find my Mac” checkbox 2.

But finally one person solved it:
http://forum.netkas.org/index.php/topic,852.0.html

1. Mac users interested in Mac pro firmware tool generally download: Mac Pro EFI Firmware Update 2.0 Enhance and add support for new features in Mac Pro series starting from late 2013.
2. Need to get around the boot level Mac firmware password? You can bypass a firmware password by doing a little bit of a hardware hack. There’s many reasons you’d want to get around firmware protection, but here’s why we got the instructions from an anonymous submitter.
3. Effortlessly update or restore the Apple TV firmware. To get started you must connect the Apple TV device to your Mac via USB, launch iTunes, and identify the device model. The next step is to manually download the appropriate firmware package and then proceed to update or restore the firmware for the connected device, via iTunes.

a note about this:

Mac Pro 2009 and Mac Pro 2010 is the exact same machine.
They are physically identical.

The ONLY thing separating them, is that the 2010 has a firmware that supports new CPU’s.

So about 2 megabyte data is the only different thing.

Every PC-motherboard manufacturer released this update for free.

Apple chose to release the same hardware but with this update as the “Mac Pro 2010 model” instead of releasing the update for free.

Hoverboard Firmware Hack Mac

This is because Apple does not encourage users to upgrade their own hardware.
Something that is a bit contradicting considering that “upgradeability” is one of the big sale arguments for the Mac Pro.

This hack works. It uses Apples own software to replace the computers 2009-firmware with the 2010-firmware.

2008 Mac Pro Firmware Hack

It might not be practical for most users, but it’s a proof of concept to show where the power over our machines should be – in the hands of the users, not Apple.