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Wait for new 24" iMac or buy M1 Mac Mini now. Please suggest.
Hello folks, I'm currently torn between buying the already released M1 Mac Mini or wait for the new redesigned iMac 24inch w/ M1X chip. My use case - I'm a student and I generally use my current MacBook Pro for reading PDF assignments/books and watch online videos in VLC/YouTube and make notes...- legionsunited
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- imac mac mini
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Move 2009 iMac components into 2006 iMac
Hear me out, ha! Let's see how much can-do attitude we can muster here! Recently acquired an old late 2006 24inch iMac - classic, gorgeous white shell style. Naturally given it's age there's only so much that can be done with it - I got it rather cheap so am happy to use this as a... -
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Looking for a good SSD external Drive for 2020 27' Retina 5k iMac
I'm new to Macs and I'm looking for advice on an external drive for my iMac. 2020 27" Retina 5K. It currently has a 1TB internal SSD and I use 2TB of cloud storage. I am in the process of copying data from my old PC to this iMac and it includes a lot of photos so I can't really proceed until I...- BababooHi
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- external hard drive imac ssd drive ssd external hard drive time machine backup
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- Forum: Mac Accessories
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ColdMac Project : 2009 iMac self-serving graphs of it’s temps in a freezing outdoor shed
I recently ran across a project that I find to be somewhat nifty. "ColdMac" Excerpt from the statement of purpose: http://coldmac.macfixer.com:8888 bp- blakespot
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- imac project weather
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- Forum: Community Discussion
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iMac w/ Apple Silicon: Do you think it will include a new design Magic Mouse or Trackpad?
When Apple finally announces an entirely new iMac with an M-series chip, do you expect there to be a brand new Magic Mouse as well? There might be at least two factors to consider. First, the current Magic Mouse has been a polarising design, and is by all accounts an example of form over...- Apple Knowledge Navigator
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- imac magic mouse trackpad
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- Forum: Apple Silicon (Arm) Macs
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Does Target Display Mode use Extra CPU Power?
Hi Friends, I have 2017 MacBook Air. I'm using a 2010 iMac 27" in Target Display Mode as an extra monitor. I can't find this answer anywhere else online but I'm wondering if running the extra monitor in Target Display Mode uses extra CPU power from the MacBook. I'm sometimes struggling to...- keithlittle
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- imac macbook air target display mode
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- Forum: Mac Basics, Help and Buying Advice
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Broke a piece of the motherboard, what is?
While upgrading the RAM to an iMac 21.5” 4K 2017 I broke a piece of the motherboard but Mac still worked. Checked for issues using the “D” Diagnostics Command, and found “no issues”. Anyone know what it is? Is the little green circle at the bottom of the image. -
Broke a piece of motherboard, what it is?
While upgrading the RAM to an iMac 21.5” 4K 2017 I broke a piece of the motherboard but Mac still worked. Checked for issues using the “D” Diagnostics Command, and found “no issues”. Anyone know what it is? Is the little green circle at the bottom of the image.- andresus
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- imac motherboard
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- Forum: Early Intel Macs
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EGPU for imac to edit/watch xavc hs 4k h.265 4:2:2 video? 5700xt working? [FOR A7siii]
This might have been brought up somewhere, but I was just wondering if anyone was able to use an egpu for their macbook (pre M1) to allow for playback and final cut smooth scrubbing specifically for xavc hs 4k files from an a7siii? Im currently on a maxed out imac 2017, and I was looking to get...- hsiunghsiung
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- egpu imac
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- Forum: Mac Accessories
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Which browser for an iMac G3 on OS9?
Hi, I have an old (2000 ish) iMac G3 which my good lady used to use on a dialup basis. I fired it up, the machine runs fine. I plugged in an Ethernet cable, my router sees the iMac and gives it an IP address from its DHCP pool I can ping the iMac from other devices on my home network, so far... -
Imac G3 won't turn on
Hey guys, I recently ended up with a 600mhz snow imac g3. I won it for very cheap, and so, as expected, it was in pretty rough shape. the entire inner bezel was in pieces and the outer bezel was barely held in place. however when i plugged it in it bonged and booting into 10.2 just fine. however...- mikelark456
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- imac powerpc g3 repair vintage mac
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- Forum: PowerPC Macs
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Does a dead display use processing power?
Hello All, I've spent weeks scouring the internet but I can't find the answer to this question: Does the dead display of an iMac or MacBook use any CPU/GPU power? For example, I have a Mid 2012 13" MacBook Pro with a dead display that I've been using as a desktop (with an external display)...- davemcollins
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- built-in display external display gpu graphics card imac macbook pro
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- Forum: iMac
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Mid2011 Imac 27" Graphics compatibility
Hello everyone! My Imac's graphics card recently just went and I see very few options for upgrades. There are the AMD graphics which are known to fail, Which I am not trying to replace mine with. There are the 4gb Nvidia K4100M's and I am about to pull the trigger and buy it. I would like to be... -
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Mid 2011 Imac Graphics Compatability
Hello everyone! My Imac's graphics card recently just went and I see very few options for upgrades. There are the AMD graphics which are known to fail, Which I am not trying to replace mine with. There are the 4gb Nvidia K4100M's and I am about to pull the trigger and buy it. I would like to be...- Joakes02
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- imac imac graphics imac mid 2011 imac upgrades mid2011
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- Forum: Early Intel Macs
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Possible to rebuild iMac
I love the design of the iMac and were wondering if it could be converted into a gaming machine. I have found myself a used iMac 27" from Late 2013 and I am trying to understand if it would be possible to upgrade more or less everything apart from the chasis. In other words, I would like to do... -
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2008 iMac 10.5 boot stuck on blue or multicolor screen
Hey guys, I'm having a huge problem. This morning I was working on a project on PT 8 LE on my 2008 iMac (10.5), when suddenly a plugin crashed. I had the multicolor wheel cursor for a while and couldn't force-quit or anything, so I rebooted my mac. Since that moment, the mac hasn't been able...- Sacha Baptista
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- blue screen boot imac safe mode stuck
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- Forum: Mac OS X Leopard (10.5)
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2017 iMac Display -Please Help!
I’ve got a difficult one... (I joined the forum simply to ask this question so I’m hoping you all can help me!) I have a 2017 5k iMac 580 8gb 3.8 i5 with 2Tb Fusion Drive that I upgraded. I put in a 4Tb Samsung 870 SSD, a 2Tb Samsung nvme and a 4.2ghz i7 After installation, everything worked... -
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iMac Pro Dosdude1 Catalina on Imac 2011 APFS error
Hi all, I want to install catalina on my 2010 Imac (with dosdude1 latest Catalina pathcer) but everytime I try i'll get an error: 'MacOs cannot be installed on your computer. With an error: com.apple.DiskManagement.disenter.fout 49244. It seems I cannot fix the issue, disk utility wont help me...- Teachermark01
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- catalina imac
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- Forum: iMac
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21.5" iMac will not power on
The HDD on my iMac failed couple weeks back and yesterday, I opened the screen and replaced the dead HDD with an SSD. Powered on the Mac and reinstalled Catalina using a bootable USB drive. Everything went well and macOS got installed. After first login, the system prompted me that there are...
