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Tough iMac Black Screen Issue
My screen goes black at random times for random reasons. First, medium brightness levels went. Solution: Use lowest or highest brightness. Then high brightness starting going to black screen. Solution: Force sleep (cmd+opt+eject) and then wake after 2 seconds. That held me over for a while... -
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iMac 2017, Radeon Pro 580 video bios
Dear community, I want to backport iMac's Radeon Pro 580 EFI BIOS to make it work with normal RX 580 and with Mac Pro 5.1 (etc..) efi boot menu. Problem is that I don't have access to iMac currently. Is there anyone who can dump for me their videobios from iMac equipped with Radeon Pro 580? You...- viktorkovarik
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My Mac has gone crazy! Help appreciated.
I was using my 2011 27 inch i7 Imac and the screen suddenly went green! And i had to shut it off with the power button. And now it doesn't boot up anymore! It will start up and display pink bars and start to load but then it will get stuck and then restart. And it will do this until you turn...- Conradish006
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- exceptwhentheymalfunction help! ilovemacs! imac macsrock not booting
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Windows 10 freezes when a USB-C video adapter is connected
Hello everyone, I have an iMac with an external monitor (Dell u2719dc), who works fine under MacOS through USB-C, but when I try to use it in Windows 10, that OS simply freezes and after ~30 seconds, reboots. Any of you knows what can be, or how it can be solved? If you need more information... -
Why IMHO the i9/Vega iMac is a great machine for photo editing (mostly)
Hi all, I didn't really know where to post this, as it touches topics that were/are discussed in different threads, e.g. "580X Vs Vega 48 in the real world?", "Why people go for Vega 48?" or the various threads where people wonder if they should get the 2019 iMac with the i9 and/or Vega 48... -
Old Mac Pro (coffee can) or new iMac?
I have a Late 2013 Mac Pro with 3 Ghtz 8 core Intel Xeon E5 processor. 32 gigs ram. AMD Firepro D500 graphics. This is the black, "coffee can" mode. I also use a 27in iMac (Retina 5K, 27-inch, Late 2015) - 3.3 GHz Intel Core i5 - 16 gigs ram. Question is.... am I better off to sell the iMac... -
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Advice upgrading PCIe and SATA drives on 2017 iMac
Hi! I have a 2017 27 inch iMac (EMC 3070) with a 1TB fusion drive. I'm wanting to upgrade the storage, and thinking: Upgrade SATA III to: Crucial MX500 2TB (3D NAND, SATA, 2.5 Inch, Internal SSD) Upgrade the PCIe to: Samsung 970 EVO 250GB M.2-2280 SSD Does this seem a good plan? I reckon I can...- Woodlandjustin
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- 2017 imac pcie ssd upgrade
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iMac question on internal hard drive.
Now, first of all- I want to start off by saying I am new and do not know how to use the site but I am in desperate need of help. I have an iMac that me and my family have been using for a while. I have the iMac Aluminium Unibody, I don't know what model number it is- I just know it is that one... -
2019 iMac 21.5 vs 27 buying advice
New to forum My space would work better for 21.5 but 27 could squeeze in. It might be to "tall" I might add a 2nd 1080p monitor on the side With these two options, what do I gain, what do I lose? I have light usage (email, documents, light photo/ video shot on phone, moderate gaming (Fortnite)...- kmtrain83
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Replace a Late 2015 iMac with a MacBook Pro?
Looking for some advice on replacing my workhorse iMac with a MacBook Pro. I work in video and animation and now need to be able to work mobile. My iMac is a late 2015 27” 5k model with the 3.2 i5, AMD M390 2GB, 1TB fusion drive and 32GB ram. I would be looking at buying a used 15” MacBook...- logicpro7
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- 2015 imac macbook pro
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iMac 5k 2017 logic board in late 2015
From my research it looks like it is possible to put the 2017 iMac 5k Logic Board in my Late 2015 iMac. It appears the only modification would Making new holes for the the TB3 connectors. The reason for wanting to do this is to have the improved graphics card and TB3 for EGPU use. I already ran... -
how I ubgread my Imac 2008 softwear
hi guys I hove old Imac 2008.. device specifications.. processor .2.16 GHZ.intel croe 2 DUO Memory: 3 GB SOFTWEAR . MAC OS X 10.5 Can I change the old softwear 10.5 to mac osx 10.7 or 10.8 or 10.9. or 10.10 I tried .. but I encountered a problem as shown in the picture sent o_O -
iStat Menus doesn't show iMac 2019 sensors
iStat Menus from Bjango doesn't show any sensor readout (except SSD temperature) on my iMac 27" 2019... Is that some incompatibility and app needs an update, or is this an issue in my case only? -
I now have an iMac Pro and maxed out 2019 iMac. AMA.
A beautiful new base model stock iMac Pro just showed up at my work. It’s a surprise because I was originally denied an upgrade to the Pro version but I think my boss’ boss pulled some strings. I also recently purchased a maxed out 2019 iMac 5K for home use. So I’m in a bit of a unique... -
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iMac 2019 - upgraded w 2 extra ram and the speed dropped to 2400 MHz?
Hi everybody. I bought the iMac 2019 27" base model with 2x 4GB ram in it. Today I upgraded it with 2x 16 GB 2666 MHz DDR4 Corsair Vengeance. At first the computer didn't boot, but after inserting the new Corsair ram into the slots the original ram was, and placing the original ram in the empty... -
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2011 iMac Reboot Loop
I'm hoping someone can offer me some advice on a problem I'm having with a 2011 27" iMac. I bought the machine with video not working. I replaced the video card, and installed an SSD, and the machine seemed to be working fine for a couple of days. I started to notice that the fan seemed to...- pricklypete
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External drive not detected on one specific iMac
Hi All, Looking for some help. All of a sudden my iMac will not detect my seagate 4tb drive. 3.49tb available. I'm working off Mojave 10.14.4. Its showing up on other computers. Any ideas? TIA -
How to speed up an iMac mid 2010 that's running very slow?
Hi all! I have an iMac Mid 2010 that I bought around 2012. It was running very well until last year, I guess. I only did a RAM upgrade on this machine (it has 14GB of RAM). I wasn't using this computer for a while (8 months or so) and now I got a job that I need to do on this machine. It was... -
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Opinions welcome: Best iMac for graphic designers?
Hello all! I'm hoping to get some opinions/advice if possible! (I've done hours of reading on this forum, everyone is always extremely knowledgable!). I need to get a new computer - I'm still sitting with my early 2015 Macbook pro *with an accidental damaged screen (whoops)* with some of the... -
Broken screen, AppleCare and SSD upgrade
hi all, as this is my first post, hope this is the right section I just got my first iMac 2019. I upgraded to 40GB of ram from 8GB which was like using a netbook with Atom CPU few years ago - abysmal performance and horrible experience. Glad that's over! After this success I wanted to upgrade...
