Questions tagged [imac]
iMac, a range of all-in-one Macintosh desktop computers from Apple
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1 External SSD with OS and all files, used by 2 Macs, possible?
I have an iMac M1 at home, and a Mac Mini M2 at an office, instead of having 2 completely separate operating systems, programs, files, etc I am wondering if it is possible to clone my iMac's internal ...
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27in iMac running at 100% CPU usage resolution
How do I resolve 100% CPU usage on my late 2012 27in iMac running MacOS Catalina? The processor is a he processor is a 3.2GHz quad-core intel core i5 with 24GB RAM.
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iMac 21" i3 very slow even on clean install of OS
A friend has a 21" i3 iMac 2019 with 8Gb RAM and it's horrendously slow. He's had Apple Support and Geniuses look at it and they cannot find a problem. The only extra software he has is Photoshop ...
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2006 iMac won't turn on - No Indicators of Life
I have an old iMac that ran like a beauty. It could play Minecraft like a champ, and was great for browsing and retro games. Recently, the iMac shut off and took a while to turn back on. It wouldn't ...
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My iMac takes more than 30 minutes to start after a restart
I have an iMac, 2019 with 14.3.1 MacOS. I use to keep it on Sleep, but from time to time, I need to either restart or shutdown. Whenever I do this, no matter if I chose to reopen the apps or not, it ...
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Can an iMac 5K's Display be overclocked to a higher refresh rate with the right display controller?
I was looking at iMac 5K models and found out that some people have successfully gutted them and turned them into external displays by installing a third-party display driver board, such as this one [...
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iMac (Retina 5K, 27-inch, Late 2015) not booting from USB Catalina getting prohibition symbol
Every time it's powered on (with no keys pressed) it shows a prohibition symbol. Using Command+R for reset doesn't work(same prohibition symbol).
Pressing Option mid-chime brings up the disk menu(its ...
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27" iMac 5k VDH002, won't mount other disks
2015 27" iMac 5k with SDD. Diagnostic says "VDH002 issue with storage device" and it won't boot from the internal drive any more. Recovery can't mount any other disks to reinstall.
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2008 iMac screen problem
I have a 2008 iMac, running El Cap, screen unusable, went stripey and unreadable in full screen mode, using Firefox. Can anyone please tell me:
Likely issue, graphics card? Repairable? No response ...
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Connect a DVD player to an iMac
I have a DVD player that I want to connect to an iMac M3. This is not the standard external-drive DVD player, but one that you'd normally hook up to a TV or similar; more a set-top box style. It's a ...
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3rd party keyboard not recognized at startup
What must I do to enable recognition of my logi keyboard at startup.
macOS fails to recognize logi "MX MCHNCL M" * keyboard at startup.
I must enter login credentials via Mac Magic Keyboard.
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Need assistance installing Windows 10 64bit on a late 2009 IMac 27in with a non functional optical drive
So far I have attempted the answer/instruction to this question.
I also attempted to UEFI boot install windows 10 from start up manager by creating a ExFAT Flash Drive with the contents of a mounted ...
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How do I delete tunnels on the localhost (lo0) interface?
How do I delete tunnels on the localhost (lo0) interface? I have tunnels on my machine, but no active VPNs, so it seems like they shouldn’t be there. How do I delete these tunnel interfaces and routes?...
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M1 MacBook doesn't see Intel Mac in Target Disk Mode
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iMac, 2019
3 GHz 6-Core Intel Core i5
Ventura 13.6.3
MacBook Air, 2020
Apple M1
Sonoma 14.2.1
Thunderbolt cable (edit: actually, charging cable. My mistake.)
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I want the iMac in Target ...
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Configuring iMac 2023 to use Google LDAP Configuration but cannot connect
I am setting up a series of new iMacs 24 inch 2023 models to use Google LDAP in a classroom setting. I have gone through the directions that Google provide as well as Apple on adding LDAP to the users ...
