Just wanted to share my experience upgrading an old iMac, my first time doing anything like it. My parents have a 2013 27 inch iMac in their living room that’s starting to show its age with general slowness and some adware I can’t get rid of.
I cleared everything off (pictures, documents, etc)...
What is your guess for lowest entry level large screen M3 iMac assuming:
Smallest Screen that is 27” or larger
For US purchase
US cost in $
No discounts
Available to general public
No trade-in
Lowest level M3 processor to be offered with a large screen
Smallest RAM & SSD to be offered (even...
So, I have an iMac Late 2012 3TB Fusion. but whenever I turn it on there’s clicking sounds (6 sounds to be exact) and after that it continues to start perfectly normal with no issues at all after that it doesn’t even turn off by itself when I’m using it.
It’s 3TB fusion drive but, after it...
Hi everyone! I'm trying to decide which iMac to get. The 3.7GHz 6-core 9th-gen i5 or the 3.6GHz 8-core 9th-gen i9?
80% of my usage will be for software development.15% gaming and just 5% for video editing. I have the budget anyway but I'm trying to be practical as well. I want my machine to...
Hello all,
I have a late 2009 27" iMac with the HD 4850 graphics card, which has failed. Looking online right now these parts go for about $200, which is manageable but a lot to ask for such an old machine. But I still would like to the machine repaired. Looking around I've seen that the HD 5750...
Has anyone found a way to clean the imac screens to get the greasy smear's off? I have already tried apples method of just a dab of water on a clean soft cloth. Didnt work, smears are still there and are driving me crazy.
Hey There,
So i went through a headache with Apple because i had no idea the base wasn't removable on the new IMACs and on top of that you can't just easily vesa mount them. You have to buy a special IMAC just for vesa mounting.
So i was wondering what people thought of these mounts that...
Hey There,
I am looking to do some light editing for youtube. I am going to have a small retro games channel that will have 1080p videos shot from my DSLR and gameplay footage from a capture card, also 1080p.
I had gotten the 27 inch IMAC a few months back, but i am disabled so it literally...
I am running a 27 Inch 2009 i7 iMac which was having problems, The graphics card has been repaired before.
When I turned it on It had these lines on the screen.
I was told it was an LCD problem by a user.
I went ahead and ordered an LCD, I installed it and booted it up again and as you...
Hi all
I have an iMac from mid 2011, 27" i7 with the 2GB GDDR 5 AMD 6970m card.
And im getting some black screens, with vertical 1pt. red lines, when i then reboot i get Grey or mostly Blue screens.
I have tried this:
Boot into Single-User mode
Execute the following commands:
/sbin/fsck...
Today is the 2nd time my 27" imac has crashed to a black screen with just a cursor showing.
Last time it crashed I was able to restore everything just fine. This time when I was trying to restore, somehow my hard drive went missing.
I called apple support which I should have done from the...
Looking at a pre-owned Late 2013 27" iMac 3.2GHZ 16GB ram, 1TB SSD drive. Price is $1200....is this worth it or should i just spend the extra for a 5k?
Hey everyone,
I need to run dual displays on my late 2012 iMac and would like to pick up the Monoprice 27" monitor. I know it has VGA, HDMI, and Dual Link DVI-D and I believe what I need is a mini displayport to dual-link dvi adapter, correct?
Also, is mini displayport the same as...