Is this the end for my iMac 2012 (late) with 680MX.

[FNH15]

You can boot it in verbose mode and see where it’s hanging. Hold down cmd+V immediately after holding the power button down.

 

[Azrael9]

It hangs on the boot screen half way on the progress bar.

I can get the Bootcamp or Mac OS options. It will boot into Bootcamp (with flek screen) and no flek screen in windows safe mode.

The Mac partition won't let me get to the desktop as I guess the primary dGPU is friend (flek green...is the clue on the windows side...)

I've tried to uncouple the dGPU in the hope that my model has iGPU. But it was a bit like wading around in the dark. I've followed procedure to remove the 'point to dGPU Nv' drivers...as pref' and it still wouldn't boot to Mac.

I don't have an external Mac or access to one to see the contents of my hard drive until I buy a new Mac. And that currently is a waiting game. (See iMac threads as the 'wait' goes on.)

Regards,

Azrael.

 

[cltd]

I'm in the same boat. I think about getting cheap, low tier Mini as "transitory Mac"

 

[Azrael9]

I'm in the same boat. I think about getting cheap, low tier Mini as "transitory Mac"

Yes. I thought about the Mac Mini.

Buy Mac mini

Mac mini with the M4 and M4 Pro chips. Built for Apple Intelligence. With front and back ports. Get credit when you trade in an eligible Mac. Buy now.

www.apple.com

£800. For 8 gigs of ram. Quad core. No gpu. ugh.

To me, it's a £299 computer. I might 'do it' at that.

That's half (just about) the entry 27 inch iMac.

If Apple still did at least a couple of iMacs under £1k, I'd have bought a replacement 'for now.'

But those days are long gone.

The only internal debate I've had is regarding Hack'toshing. Which for £800 gets you at least 6 core, 16 gigs of ram, a 580 gpu...with the right components...you have a 'Mac.' Of sorts.

It would see out the 'wait'...with iMac shipping times out to August for BTO models...then...a new iMac could drop at any moment.

Azrael.