Brief Hands-On Report--MacBook, MacBook Pro Software Update 1.0 plus Additional Instructions

Apple released the MacBook, MacBook Pro Software Update 1.0 and it is available via Software Update or as a stand-alone file from this Apple Web page. According to the Read Me file,

This update enables file system journaling on MacBook and MacBook Pro notebook computers. Some MacBook and MacBook Pro systems were shipped with file system journaling turned off. Journaling is recommended on all Mac computers as a preventative measure against file corruption.

The MacBook, MacBook Pro Software Update 1.0 supports the following products:

• MacBook (13-inch Mid 2007)
  
• MacBook Pro (2.4/2.2GHz Mid 2007)

and requires Mac OS X 10.4.10. Apple's note requires one to follow explicitly these steps following installation of the update:

1. Insert the Mac OS X Install disc that came with your computer then restart the computer while holding the "C" key.
   
2. When your computer finishes starting up from the disc, choose Disk Utility from the Installer menu. (You must select your language first.)
   Important: Do not click Continue in the first screen of the Installer. If you do, you must restart from the disc again to access Disk Utility.
   
3. Click the First Aid tab.
   
4. Click the disclosure triangle to the left of the hard drive icon to display the names of your hard disk volumes and partitions.
   
5. Select your internal hard disk drive volume. This is usually Macintosh HD but your internal hard disk drive may have a different name.
   
6. Click Repair.

We downloaded the update via Software Update and installed it on our 15" 2.4GHz MacBook Pro Core 2 Duo (LED). Then we followed Apple's directions with some modifications:

• Step 2. Disk Utility is found under the "Utilities" menu.
• Step 3. We had to choose our internal startup hard disk volume (Step 5) before the "First Aid" tab appeared.
• Step 4. There was no triangle.
• Step 5. This had to be performed before Step 3.

After we performed the the repair, our disk was fine and needed no repairs. Perhaps, this was because we repair our hard drives routinely. Then we performed the following steps:

• Step 7. (New) Quit Disk Utility.
• Step 8. (New) Choose "Startup Disk" under the Utilities menu, check to see that the internal hard drive is selected and click the Restart button.

After several hours use, no issues cropped up. [Bill Fox]