i have a 2010 3.2 Ghz HDD imac running Sierra and a while ago i wouldnt turn on-no chime-no noise completely dead-i brought it to my local guy and he was able to re-set a kind of fuse(?) and got it running again-awhile ago i had a brown-out at my place and now the same problem-seems the imac is very sensitive to power fluctuations and is getting "tripped"-my other imac on the opposite end of the room is a 2009 and no issues at all-has anyone experienced this? was there some bug about this particular year/type? incidentally-the faulty mac was connected to a power strip before and i was advised to plug it direst into the wall, but that didnt seem to help...my computer guy said just get a new one-so ill be starting that soon unless any recommendations? thanks!
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imac no start!
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Sounds like something with the power supply? This is such an old machine at this point. If it was me I'd buy a more recent used Mac instead of trying to track down whatever's broken.
yeah-youre right-i use this for music production and there are only certain years/OSX that work with certain versions of Garageband-the latest version of GB isnt as functional and user friendly as older versions which makes me have to do a compromise with everything but i will have to get a newer model and learn a different GB version...
