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For reference: I'm able to access 6200rpm again but it does not act quite as before: Interestingly now when I start SMC Fan Control the two menu options which were user defined as "3000" and "5500" are now "3000" and "6200" (it changed the preset name AND operating RPM of the 5500 preset to...

Edited the correct plist (the one mope pointed out from the post on notebookreview.com), problem solved. Awesome, thanks a lot!

Mope, thanks for taking the time! Are you talking about the SMC_util3/Apple SMC tool? I found the original version of the tool before it was called util3 referenced on this subdirectory on the SMC Fan Control GitHub page: https://github.com/hholtmann/smcFanControl/tree/master/smc-command...

All updates available to a 10.8.5 machine are installed. 6200 is faster than the SMC will ever spin the fans up to by itself (I believe 5500 is as fast as the computer will go by itself). SMC Fan Control which to my knowledge is getting it's maximums from the SMC was able to ramp up to 6200...

I'm running a production machine for audio work and usually stay a step behind OS X updates. Now that Apple has moved to a yearly update cycle, I expect to be two steps behind. Most of the software I use isn't qualified for 10.10 yet.

Late 2011 17" MacBook Pro 2.5 i7. I just reformatted and reinstalled 10.8.5 and all my software. All the software is the same. Now SMC Fan Control will only let me take the fans up to 5500rpm, not 6200rpm as was possible on my previous install. Would this have anything to do with having done an...

The main reason I'm asking this question is due to many websites (including manufacturers) not stating whether a panel is matte or glossy. Best 22-23 under 350 meeting all those requirements?

I've been looking all over the place at LCDs, and the selection is starting to confuse me. In one store one model will look better, in another, it'll be the reverse. I guess that's down to how it's been configured/the video source, I would hope the build quality isn't that variable. I've been...