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imac 2012

  1. Chuckeee

    Guess Larger than iMac 27" M3 Starting Price

    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...
  2. M

    Apple Mail Stuck Moving 2K+ Emails

    I am running Mojave 10.14.6. I was moving emails on my iMac's Apple Mail from one Outlook address to another. Apple Mail has been stuck moving +2K emails for several days. The missing emails are not in either of the 2 mailboxes; neither in Apple Mail or accessing the addresses via Outlook...
  3. T

    2012 imac gpu upgrade

    Hello, I know that Collin Minster, aka dosdude1 knows how to upgrade soldered on ram and gpus vram and upgrade graphics cards and stuff like that. Can someone find a bios for me for the iMac 21” early 2012 to upgrade the gpu from 512mb to 2gb? I have no idea if it’s gddr5 version or gddr3...
  4. O

    iMac Late 2012 27" Black Screen and Trouble Booting

    Hello hello, I currently have a really frustrating problem with my iMac 2012. For about a month now I have been experiencing a unresponsive black screen, it would usually happens after the computer goes to sleep. It won't wake after sleep (completely unresponsive) however I can hear a faint fan...
  5. parisinvest

    iMac 27 2012 restart problem after install owc ssd

    hi, i've upgrade my imac 27 2012 a ssd owc aura 480gb, not the pro one, i did see any thermo sensor to attach, but after use for a while, my imac start to restart itself sevral times a day, and the the fans turn on for longtime before it begame quit, it's really a headache, anyone met the same...
  6. R

    Late 2012 i5 iMac 27" RAM upgrade with 1066 MHz PC3-8500 DDR3 SO-DIMMs?

    Hello, Newbie here please go easy on me. I am currently looking into upgrading the ram on my macbook 7,1 white unibody with new 1066 MHz PC3-8500 DDR3 SO-DIMMs (also upgrading the HDD to a Crucial SSD drive). this means I am going to have two 1066 MHz PC3-8500 DDR3 SO-DIMMs modules, 2GB each...
  7. pbedrosi

    2012 iMac Memory Upgrade, which memory? w/Pic

    I'm trying to upgrade my 2012 iMac memory from 8GB to 16GB, like most I'm trying to find reasonably priced memory. From my previous Mac mini experience I've known for some time that there is no "Apple memory", Apple does not make memory, they buy it from many vendors...its just memory. However...
  8. J

    Creating a "Twin" iMac from a different year iMac?

    I am wondering if it is possible to back up a mac, then use that back up on a different mac to make a twin. The end goal is to update the OS on my late 2012 iMac from 10.8.5 to 10.9.5. I have a mid 2011 iMac and a late 2013 iMac at my disposal, each running on 10.9.5. Also, I don't want to...
  9. T

    Do any 4K monitors work with my late 2012 iMac?

    My iMac is a 27-inch Late 2012, "Core i7", model A1419 (EMC2546), which has an Nvidia GTX 680MX 2048MB GPU. I'm interested in using a "4K" monitor with it, like the "Dell Ultra HD 4K Monitor P2415Q".
  10. C

    IMAC 27 (2012) Monitor Issue

    Switch on my Imac today suddenly got this screen. The Imac is connected to a second monitor and everything is working fine. Anyone know what's wrong with the monitor and how can I fix this? Thank you in advance. S
  11. darkweather

    iMac slow boot - prohibited sign

    mac boot time is very slow with usb 3.0 external ssd. it was better months ago. here is etrecheck result: i add a video. : edit: disks /dev/disk0 (internal, physical): #: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER 0: GUID_partition_scheme...
  12. X

    Fusion Drives reliability durability

    My fusion drive has died after 3 years. Has it been shown that fusion drives are less reliable than normal drives? All that moving around of files between the SSD and HD adds miles over time. I read that on average drives fail after 3-6 years. Is that a researched figure, or just by thumb? Is...
  13. U

    Late 2012 iMac - Sluggish "Jerky" Performance

    I have a late 2012 iMac with a 3.4Ghz i7, 32gb of RAM, and the 3tb fusion drive. Recently it's felt increasingly sluggish while performing basic tasks (browsing the web, switching between apps, etc.). If I had to describe how it feels, it feels "normal" for a little while, then it seems to...