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Delete on iTunes not working with External Drive
I have my iTunes Media folder on an external drive, formatted in APFS. When I delete a song I have ripped from a CD, the only prompt I get is whether I want to delete from iCloud Music Library and nothing else. Nothing goes in my Trash. The song effectively disappears or enters some kind of...- sevenseconds
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- external disk imac itunes mojave trash
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- Forum: macOS Mojave (10.14)
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Mid-2011 iMac: Graphics issue... again.
Hey guys, Bit of a back story. I bought my Mid-2011 iMac 27" from Apple in 2012. Everything was great until 2015 when it started having the infamous graphics issue (symptoms included artifacts on screen, vertical bars, or full on white screen). Apple did recognize this as a "known issue" in my...- alrec
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- broken gpu broken mac graphics card imac
- Replies: 56
- Forum: Early Intel Macs
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Mid 2010 iMac and how to get hi res sound to speakers for excellent music
Hi. I am new to this so not sure what works. But I have a mid 2010 27" iMac and now use Tidal streaming for hi res 24bit 96khz music. I want to improve speaker output (headphones already in use). Will this old model deliver? Do I need a USB DAC and/or high quality bookshelf active loudspeakers...- RobinStoker
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- dac hi res imac loudspeakers music
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- Forum: iMac
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New Mac Pro, price reduction for iMac Pro?
Hello, Considering the current iMac Pro starts at 5 grand and the upcoming Mac Pro starts at 6 grand what's the chance that AAPL drops the price of the iMac Pro at the next spin? Or do they kill the iMac Pro to prevent cannibalization of the new Mac Pro?? I'd spring for iMac Pro if it dropped... -
Did you purchase Apple Care+ for your new iMac?
Currently I have a 2011 iMac that I'm looking to upgrade. I'll be purchasing a 2019 spec'd out iMac and I'm wondering if I should add AppleCare+ to it or not. My 2011 machine needed a motherboard replacement just outside my 3 year AppleCare warranty, so I ended up paying out of pocket for it... -
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Should i get Vega 48 or 580X for Dual Monitors setup?
Hey guys I couldn't find any specific information on the internet about this iMac 2019, hope i can get help from you guys and I believe there are many experts here that can guide me. I'm currently using Macbook Pro mid 2015, 16GB DDR3 RAM, 512GB SSD with AMD Radeon R9 M370X 2048 MB Intel Iris... -
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OS Died after runing software update - reinstall issue
I have a i5 (2010-2012 range) 27" imac All was well until i installed the Mojave update.. After install/reboot the start kept erroring out I tried to run the recovery.. no dice.. so maybe the hard drive had an issue? Ordered a new 1tb hardrive. installed it. The install works fine until i... -
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Any fix for a minor scratch on the edge of my iMac?
This is pretty minor and cosmetic, but does anyone have any suggestions on how to get out a slightly deep scratch on the side of my iMac? I accidentally banged my iPad against it and there is a small 4 mm gouge on it now....It is purely cosmetic.... -
Problem with iMac 21.5 mid-2011
Hello! A while ago we bought an used iMac 21.5’’ mid-2011 for my grandfather so he could do light activities (he literally only uses safari and Microsoft word). It originally came with 4GB of RAM and we added another 4GB from OWC so it was snappy. I knew it was a good iMac because we bought it... -
Restoring an iMAC G3 (M5521)
Hello to everybody, a friend of mine just gave me an iMac G3 (M5521) (slot CDROM, indigo from the 1999), asking to try a restoration. At the moment the machine doesn't switch on at all, so I'm starting to troubleshoot the power board and the power rails. Since now I was able to found only the...- pixel63
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- imac m5521 no power
- Replies: 5
- Forum: Apple Collectors
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Is 1TB SSD faster than 512GB SSD?
For the 2019 iMac, anyone has any idea if that is true? I remember someone posted when Mac mini came out that the larger the SDD the faster it is. I wonder if that also is the case for iMac? If so, by how much? Thanks! -
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Startup problem
Well, for no apparent reason, when I start my iMac and fill in as always my password in the login screen, a new login screen appears. Only this time my user account and password are not accepted. Same happens in Safe Mode, while Apple Diagnostics finds no hardware issue. Please help. Any ideas? -
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SSD and Fusion and HDD kinda strange idea.
Hi all , So I have an iMac 2017 with Fusion. Since my first iMac that could have a fusion drive first thing I did when I mode the Mac was to destroy the core storage and split the SSD from the HDD. Using a external Thunderbolt SSD everything was always speedy and had some slow storage in my Mac... -
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iMac sleep wake failure
I have an iMac 2017. After sleep it never wakes up, instead it needs to be powered back on. On wake I see a sleep wake failure popup. A sample of the report it generates is below: Anonymous UUID: XXXXX Wed May 22 08:15:54 2019 *** Panic Report *** panic(cpu 0 caller... -
Best place in the EU to sell your iMac?
I bought a new iMac (2017 model) like 3 weeks before the new ones came out. It is a great machine, and I don't really regret buying it, since it's almost the same to the new one, BUT, I want to sell it or trade it for a Macbook pro from 2018, since I need the portability. I would be selling it... -
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Help with no boot - white screen
Hi all, I need some assistance for a reoccurring problem with a iMac 2010. The problem has run through many phases over weeks (beginning with black screen with thin vertical white bars) on start-up, but through finally getting it to boot with a CD and reinstalling the existing OS it appeared... -
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facing some issues trying to install High Sierra on old imac, need someone to guide me and help
Ok little bit of history, it's a old mid 2011 imac, its last supporting OS is High Sierra, but ever since El Capitan I've been trying to update my OS and I've constantly run into numerous issues, I never really got too into fully fixing the issues coz I'd eventually give up trying for hours... -
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Trying to avoid Boot Camps install partition.
Hello, I have an iMac 27" 2017 model with a 128GB flash blade and a 1TB flash SSD inside. I'm on Mojave and I use the big HD for macOS and the small one for Boot Camp. When I install Windows via Boot Camp the BC Assistant creates a 8GB partition named Wininstall that contains the Windows iso...- nicozagi
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- boot camp boot camp assistant imac mojave partition windows 10 wininstall
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- Forum: Windows, Linux, macOS, & Others on the Mac
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Lags when second monitor is turned off
Hi everyone. I have the newest iMac 27" (2019) with the latest Mac OS (Mojave 10.14.5). When I connect second monitor (Dell u2414h 1920x1080) all is ok while it is working. When I turn it off (Dell) then my iMac is starting lags (some little freezes every 2-3 seconds). Connection is done...- Dima Nazdratenko
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- imac imac (27" 2019) lag second display
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- Forum: macOS
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Problem upgrading iMac memory (late 2009)
I've had this iMac since new and finally decided to upgrade the memory. It came with two of the four slots filled with 2GB RAM and I recently purchased 4 x 4GB cards to replace. Following the advice of the store, I first added 2x4GB to the existing cards and turned on to check all was fine - it...