It's been a week since the Youtuber Dave Lee, stated that according to the first actions with the 2018 MacBook Pro with an Intel i9 processor and six cores, had an overheating problem that was slowing down performance. This was below its immediately previous model.
Apple has quickly got to work to detect a problem. In the June 2018 tests there had been no problem, just before the release of the new MacBook Pro with i9 processor. Apple's initial proposal has been to release a complementary update to macOS High Sierra 10.13.6.
The MacRumors website has received a statement from an Apple spokesperson.
After extensive performance testing under numerous workloads, we have identified that there is a missing digital key in the firmware that affects the thermal management system and could reduce the speed of the processor, under strong thermal loads in the new MacBook Pro.
A bug fix is included in the macOS High Sierra 10.13.6 Supplemental Update today and it is recommended to install it. We apologize to any customers who have underperformed on their new equipment.
Customers can expect The new 15-inch MacBook Pro is up to 70% faster, and the 13-inch MacBook Pro with Touch Bar is up to 2x faster, as shown in the performance results on our website.
The YouTuber found that rendering a 5k video with the new 15-inch MacBook Pro with Intel i9 was up to 10% slower than his previous generation Mac. This caused many users to cancel their orders.
According to statements by Apple, the problem is solved with the new update for the 2018 teams. Apparently not only affects this computer, but other MacBook Pro 2018, both 15 and 13 inches, with i5 and i7 processors.
Apple comments that it contacted the Youtuber to replicate the workflow that it had maintained, in order to experience the performance drop first-hand and tackle the problem via software.
