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i have an imac late 2015 with a 2tb fusion drive that started randomly giving kernel errors and once rebooted into the OSx Monterey it gives me an error saying "the disk you attached was not readable by this computer" and gives me 3 options: eject, initialize or ignore, when i chose initialize i was taken to disk utility that showed me apple ssd 128GB as unmounted and when i try to format, it keeps going and doesn't format. thanks!
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Hi, I'm a Computer Science student, my painful journey begins when a friend told me that he had an old iMac (iMac 21.5, Mid 2010 [11,2]) that wasn't turning on and because I study this he thought I can fix it. I have to clarify that this is my first time really fixing a Mac, I used one for around a month at work, but I then changed it for a Windows one because I'm more conformable with it, so I know the bare minimum about macOs. When I just plug it in my house the PC just turned on but it was showing just a blank screen, my friend told me that he took it to a repair shop and they told him that it was a hard drive issue and that it would cost a lot. I started trying to open recovery (Command+R) but it just wouldn't open, like it was corrupted, so I opened it and take the hard drive out for testing. The guy was correct, the drive was dead, so I installed it an SSD, took a USB with High Sierra installer (last supported OS for this mac) and install it. I taught it was an easy job, spoiler, this was almost a month ago, I'm still dealing with this F iMac. When I started the OS everything looked ok, but when I test everything the PC was getting REALLY slow, it was unusable. So I checked the temps and they seem a bit high, so I thought it was a thermal issue, because this mac has more that 10 years and has never been cleaned. So I opened it again, cleaned everything, changed the thermal paste, remove the dirt of the fans, and everything. After all of this the Mac was as slow as it was before. It had no sense, the temps were ok, no CPU usage, RAM ok, an upgrade from the HDD to SSD, no dirt, fresh OS, but it was still unusable slow. After all that, I thought macOs was the problem, so I took an Ubuntu USB and installed Ubuntu. The installer was all ok, but when it booted to Ubuntu the screen was completely black, the backlight of the display was also off, it was super strange. Tried turning it on and off but nothing worked. When booting it makes the "mac sound", white screen, then completely black until you shut it down. I tough it was an Ubuntu problem, so I tried with windows 10, but exactly the same happened. After a bit of research I found that it was a problem with the dedicated AMD GPU and the drivers, so I installed macOS again (because I erased it thinking Ubuntu or Windows would work perfect), then opened the bootcamp app -> Action -> Download Drivers. I thought it was it, but no, this iMac wanted to continue ruining my life. When I selected where the drivers to download, click OK, but then an error popped up, "Can't download the software because of a network problem". The Mac is connected to ethernet and also to wifi. My internet connection is great, it also worked great on the Mac for browsing (when you could, because it keep freezing) and things downloaded fast. I couldn't find any answers on internet. The only guide I found for installing Windows on older Macs was to modify the macOS bootcamp app to enable a 3rd option that helps installing windows. I created an USB with the Windows 7 iso using bootcamp but without the "Download drivers" option, because apparently Apple servers are not working or something and it can't download them, and also created the partition. So when the process finished I rebooted, hold Alt, but the USB was not showing. I tried the same process with Windows 8.1 (I know is a horrible OS, but it was supposed to be the last officially supported Windows). To my surprise, it booted the usb and I installed it correctly (almost). Obviously, it needed drivers because audio was not working etc. So I launched Brigadier (also searched on the apple website but this was easier), and found out, after having the drivers downloaded, that the latest Bootcamp drivers for windows on this mac where for Windows 7 (BootCamp-041-84868). Tried installing them anyway but all windows crashed. Now, I'm back on macOS, it's still VERY slow, idk what to do next, because for some reason Windows 7 installer doesn't want to show up, and the UEFI version of Windows 7 needs secure boot disabled and it can't be done on this iMac. At this point I just want to throw a brick to this F machine, nothing works, and EVERY TIME i taught i found the right path it just keeps failing or having some apple things that make thing even harder (Apple being Apple). Someone, please help, I don't know what to do next, I can say that I LITERALLY TRIED EVERYTHING, and don't know what to do now. I don't want to give back to my friend his PC that's more usable as a door stoper than as an actual PC. Makes me feel like an awful technician, I brought back to life laptops with Intel Core 2 Duo that are actually working great, and this PC with an i5 can't even open facebook. Thanks.
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can any one please list all supported GPUs for 27" imacs from 2009-2011? i want a cheap compatible GPU, and last question, is there a hack that allows the integrated GPU thats in a CPU to be used instead of the Discreet GPU ?
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Hey there, everyone! I'm Ekto, and I could really use your help with upgrading my 2017 27" 5k Retina iMac. I've been doing some research to see if it's possible to upgrade to a 9th Gen Intel CPU. My goal is to give my device a boost and future-proof it until I can afford a full desktop PC build: My research so far has been kind of fruitless. Most of the posts I've come across end with something like, "Well, it should theoretically work with an i7 9700 (non-K) since the socket and TDP match, but there might be compatibility issues with the EFI firmware." What surprises me is that I haven't found any solid evidence of someone actually attempting this specific upgrade, and with a lot of the Tech subreddits participating in the current blackout for due to the API pricing changes still, it's not making things that much easier. So, I thought I'd try turning to this forum for some info on this. If any of you have any knowledge or advice regarding an upgrade like this, I'd greatly appreciate it. Thank you all in advance for your time and assistance! PS: Here in the forums, people to seem to be split about this as well:
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I have 2 sticks of 8 gigs of ram at 2400mhz with an imac coming with 8 gb at 2667, if the 2 sticks were to be added would the mac underclock the 2667 one or would it not boot?
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TLDR: can an IMAC 27in 2017 be upgraded with 8th/9th gen processors? Found a listing for an iMac 2017 at a really good price and am considering it, problem is it uses an i5-7600 cpu (4 cores, non hyperthreaded), personally would rather have more than that (perhaps a 9700k or so) so would it be possible to upgrade the cpu to an 8th/9th gen processor?, they do have the same socket?
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Hello everyone! My name is Rafael Ferreira and i´m from Brazil Last week my company autorized us to go back to a hybrid workplace and now i will home some days a week, it will be great as i can help at home with my 1 year daughter. I was a really long time mac user, using an 2010 base model Macbook Pro, it lasted from college, 3 different jobs and outlived as my wife work computer until late last year when she bought an 2019 base model 21.5 imac mid last year. I have upgraded it with 16GB of 2666 memory and a 500GB SATA SSD from kingston (the black one with DRAM cache). It was pain and suffering opening the screen but it was really worth it. Now i´m with a 2017 imac 27 inch mid-tier model equipped with an i5-7600k, 24GB of 2666 memory, 2TB Fusion drive (128GB NVMe + 2TB spinning drive) and a 8GB Radeon 580 and i´m really tempted to open it and upgrade everything i can. With that i would need an i7-7700k, a samsung 980pro 1TB ssd (with adapter) and a WD Blue 1TB Sata SSD. But here is the question.. It would make a significant difference in performance? i do mainly web based work and some large database querys locally.Doing it with everything new would cost me arround 400 usd. Other question, with that combo (980pro + wd blue) would be better using the fusion tech or just run everything separated? If you guys have any other suggestions or different aproaches please feel free to comment. Thanks!
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Hi everyone! I have an 2017 27” iMac and I’m looking for an usb c / Thunderbolt hub / dock for my imac Today I’m running: USB c to HDMI USB C to charger USB A to: keyboard, mouse, streamdeck and external mic Everything I have a look has 12, 15, 20 ports and things but i feel that half of them i will not use. So anyone has any idea of a reasonable priced hub / dock that has: 3 usb-c / Thunderbolt out ports 3 USB As 1 hdmi or dp I don’t need Ethernet, card readers or audio. Thanks for the help!
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Essentially, my 2013 iMac won’t connect to the wifi. It started randomly yesterday where the wifi suddenly disconnected (but would work on any other device, just not the mac) and when i tried turning on the wifi again it didn’t do anything. the wifi stayed off, and it doesn’t seem like it can turn on again
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I bought this iMac what's the latest operating system it can run? And should I use a dual layer DVD or USB for the boot drive?
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I need help to build custom case for iMac 27 inch late 2015 A1419. The LCD display broken, and I don't want to spend money to buy it's display, instead of using cheaper external display. Another case is.. There is 2 and half of 4 led indicator. I believe.. First led for power supply, second is for the mainboard, third for GPU, and fourth for display. Third LED not fully bright. Fan spinning faster since starup but somehow, the external monitor working good.. So.. I just thinking to bring all the machine out of the iMac steel. And put into a custom case. Or if you having any solution and advice please, I love to know it.. Thanks..
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Summary NOTE: This is a Rumor, not confirmed by Apple. Everything here should be taken with a grain of salt. A new small Mac Pro with Apple Silicon will come out and the redesigned iMac will have colors. The small Mac Pro looks like "3 to 4 Mac Mini stacked on top of each other" and apparentally looks like the PowerMac G4 Cube. The iMac will have a redesign that is similar to an iPad Pro and the Pro Display XDR, and comes with "fun" colors. The IO and it's location is unknown. Quotes My thoughts As with all leaks, this one might not be accurate. To me personally, I think this would be a pretty logical move of Apple. The small Mac Pro was pretty interesting to me, since it would probably be cheaper than the current Mac Pro, and it seems like it's the same design idea as the 2013 Mac Pro. Small and premium looking. With the iMac, I was genuinally suprised that Apple would add colors to the iMac, but I guess it's targeted on the younger people market. Anyways, any Apple news are exiting, since when Apple releases this creature we may finally see other companies finally get high performance ARM processors into powerful laptops and desktops. Sources
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What was the original hardrive in this iMac late 2006 here's the model number A1208 (EMC 2114).
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Okay so, a friend of mine gave me their iMac, model A1312, and saidsaid it was broken, allegedly the hard drive inside it had failed and needed a repair. Now, after trying to boot up the system, i found that there was no OS found on any drives(shown the the flashing question mark in a folder icon), upon entering the iMacs drive utility menu through the recovery, I had noticed that the drive had failed completely, not just some corrupted files on the system, there was no verification available nor were there any repair options, and such i wiped the drive. After a few days, i decided to try and install it myself, so i grabbed an old(but working) hard drive, and found the original operating system for that model, the Snow Leopard version 10.6, after trying to boot with that drive, the same no OS found symbol appeared, and after holding down the option key to choose a drive, there were no prompts available, so i couldn't try booting from that drive. A few days later, I obtained an official install CD for the Snow Leopard OS and inserted that, to no avail mind you, and nothing i found online had worked, no keyboard shortcuts during the startup, clearing the PRAM, nothing has worked so far. So that brings me to here, wondering if i had just missed something stupid and small, or if there is actually no way to restore the system, any input or feedback i can get would be appreciated, thanks in advance.
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Hello, I have an Apple iMac (Late 2015, Core i5 5575R, 8GB DDR3 Ram and 1TB Hard Drive), it is feeling too slow for me to use it as my daily driver, and the screen also flickers all the time, it goes black and it comes back to life in a second, I don't know what to do now as this is my first Apple Computer, it is so slow that if i CMD A and type something at the same time it will get the rainbow spinning wheel and it will take 6-7 seconds to process what i did and show on the screen, any recommendations and help are welcome. Thank You.
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Summary A mysterious system packing a Core i9-10910 Comet Lake CPU and a (currently unheard of) AMD Radeon Pro 5700 XT with 65GB of RAM has been spotted on an Ashes of the Singularity benchmark score. All data indicates this system could possibly be a prototype for the next generation iMac from Apple. Quotes My thoughts Honestly, I find this a little weird. But I wouldn't bet on the OS support for this system lasting very long. Ah well, whatever apple does, hopefully it will make sense. Sources https://www.tomshardware.com/news/potential-next-gen-corei9-imac https://www.ashesofthesingularity.com/benchmark#/benchmark-result/a3ec0e28-1210-4ce1-b9ad-81886ef60dac/
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iMac will hang intermittently during boot up. When system hangs it will hang for about 60sec. Once it does boot the Bluetooth symbol will have a diagonal line through it. Note the Bluetooth mouse and keyboard still work. If you click the icon the system will lock up. The OS is macMonterey Version 12.1
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I upgraded an old iMac from a Core 2 Duo T8300 to a Core 2 Duo T9900 (it previously came with a T7700). Afterwards, when attempting to turn it on, the fans spun up, turned off, turned back on and it was stuck on a black screen with no chime. The 3 leftmost LEDs on the motherboard light up, with the LCD LED staying off. I suspect it's to do with the fact that the new CPU has a 1066 MHz bus while the RAM is rated for 800 MHz. Can this be fixed by buying DDR2-1066 modules for it?
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I have: Late 2009 iMac 10,1 OS X Yosemite 10.10.5 Core 2 Duo, 3.06 GHz Socket 775 4GB RAM 500GB HDD Obviously I’d max out the memory to 16GB. Thinking about swapping in an SSD for my boot drive. This takes a Socket 775 CPU. The fastest one in that form factor is a Xeon X3380. Does anyone know if I could swap the Xeon CPU into an iMac, or does Apple lock it down, only allowing the CPUs they initially offered? If it is possible would the performance increase be worth it? Would I run into issues with thermals? Is the overall upgrade worth it? This is my old, casual use computer. Browsing the web (lots of tabs open at once), watching videos, etc. I have an M1 Mac Mini for my creative endeavors.
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So I just got an imac for free (2010) but the bard drive was replaced in it. And I want to reinstall Macos but an having issues. I put in the usb, and it just says "insert boot disk and press any key". But when I hook up a USB keyboard, it is unresponsive. I'm not sure what to do. Any help is appreciated! Thanks
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Hi LTT fam, I was thinking with the new imac studio of moving my whole worksetup to iOS from Windows. I'll start of cheaper with an iMac I found - questions: Is this worth it? What would be the limitations of getting the latest IOS or any other limitations anyone has experienced with future proofing. Is this price fair? Here's the specs a Apple 27" iMac late 2012 Intel Core i7 1TB HDD 16GB Ram 680M GPU My daily use is for using web based applications, downloading creative made on Canva and uploading it into different ad platforms. I also have files for receipts and so some documentation and folder organization. I thought the IOS file system would be easier to tag and organize and sort through. Thanks!
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I have a iMac 21" Mid 2014 but BIGSUR runs slow on it. Is it worth upgrading the hard ware like disc to SSD and RAM maybe or is there something else I can do to improve performance? I only use it for simple tasks browsing etc as I have other apple kit.
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Apple wasn’t even expected to HAVE an event this Spring, but they surprised us by not only doing one, but announcing new iPads, iMacs, and more! Mac Address video: Buy Apple iMac 24" (PAID LINK): Coming soon Buy Apple iPad Pro 2021 (PAID LINK): Coming soon Buy Apple iPhone 12 (PAID LINK): https://geni.us/fgfF6Y Buy Apple Airtags (PAID LINK): Coming soon Buy AppleTV 4K (PAID LINK): Coming soon Purchases made through some store links may provide some compensation to Linus Media Group.
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My friend currently has a 2012 MacBook Pro 13" that has treated him well. Surprisingly easy to upgrade and get to everything in it considering its an Apple product. He is looking to upgrade since his MacBook died after a family member spilled water all over it. Thankfully we were able to pull the drive and recover all of his files. He said he doesn't really need the mobility of a laptop anymore since he's not in college, and so he would rather have a desktop. We were thinking either the Mac mini or the iMac. His price point is $500 but we can push it to $700 for something like the 2017 4k iMac. We are definitely open to used and refurbished options as his budget (obviously) doesn't support the price of a new mac. He is a video editor and photographer and is used to the apple ecosystem and has advised me that he would not like to switch to windows. My recommendations are: >2015 i7 4k iMac 16GB RAM, and we could upgrade the HDD with an SSD (yes I know they are glued together with adhesive, but I am comfortable taking iMacs apart) >2017 i5 4k iMac 16GB RAM, 256 GB SSD comes standard usually >2018 Mac mini, probably would get the base model i3 or i5 with a 256GB SSD and upgrade the RAM >2020 Mac mini M1 8GB RAM, 256GB SSD What do you guys think? He thought the 27" iMac was too large for his needs so I stuck with the 4k ones instead of the 5k ones.