24inch iMac scren appears to be transparent

I'm using a 24in iMac purchased in August 2008, and using it for photo editing...my monitor appears to be transparent..when i'm in on application, I can almost see an underlying layer of whatever other application is open, or in some cases even silhouttes of whatever image is currently being used as my desktop. My display is set at 1920 x 1200, and brightness is turned all the way up. i have it currently set to the sRGB IEC61966-2.1 color profile.
does anyone know how I can get rid of this. it gets really distracting when looking at images in full screen.

Are you absolutely sure that the lines that you are seeing are from an active program that's running in the back, at that very same location?
It looks like 'screen burn-in' to me. More info: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Screen_burn-in
Have you let your computer run for a very long time without a screensaver at full brightness? Burn-in can still happen sa far as I know..
You can try Googling for burn-in solutions.. If it's really burn-in, I don't think you can fix this easily.
Hope this was helpful, eventhough it's not exactly good news.
Regards.

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First open iTunes (version 11). Then connect the iPad. Now is it recognized?
If not .............
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http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1591
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http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1386
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Apple TV For 24inch iMac Will It Work

If I Ever Wanted To Buy Apple TV? Will it Work with a 24inch iMac Computer? or just a Certain Kind of TV Monitor? Cause when i go to The Apple Computer Store I See they have it on a Really Big TV Monitor do i really have to Buy that kind of Sized TV Monitor? instead of Using it on a 24inch iMac Computer? I Don't Go To The Apple Store A Lot, but I Was Just thinking of it cause i Notice They Have That.

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I did read a piece earlier this week about Apple giving free copies of Snow Leopard to new iCloud subscribers, you might want to look into this here:
http://www.macgasm.net/2012/04/18/apple-now-giving-away-snow-leopard-to-mobileme -customers-for-free/
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Hi, I am thinking of getting the 24inch Imac. 3.06Ghz processor. 4 gigs of ram. 1tb HD. And the price is $3,017.
I was wondering if I go to my nearest Apple store on Tax Free weekend (or the apple online store). Will I get Tax off the Imac?
Also my mom is a homeschool teacher. Will she be able to get the Education discount at the Apple Store (not online one)?

You'll need a lot more than tax off your imac. The question you should be asking is..."should I buy one?". You should (try and) talk to someone at Apple before you spend that much money, and ask them why the Video/Display on the 24" Intel Core Duo is so unreliable and flaky. They don't seem to want to address the SERIOUS issues. You have no idea what I'm going through (conveniently for Apple , after warranty expiration) with my lemon. I have owned dozens of Macs, and this is by far, the most unreliable, flaky, crash-prone, frustrating piece of equipment I have ever purchased. I have to place a large fan about 12 inches from the computer to prevent it from overheating. If the ambient room temperature gets over 22-23 degrees Celcius, the crashes are far more frequent... sometimes about 30 minutes apart - if I'm lucky enough to be able to work that long. I can't count how many preference and database files have been corrupted by these sudden shutdowns. Often, it takes many attempts (or a long wait) before I can reboot. I can barely see what I'm writing now, because there's a grey line through most of the text. I've emailed Apple, but received no response - no surprise there. I send many crash reports a day too. They need to concentrate on developing a reliable, stable platform before they waste so much of their time and my money on pretty, shiny boxes. I'm disgusted. I posted (just a few) examples of what I see all day, every day, at: http://gallery.me.com/jjmcharg/100009
Good luck with your search for a computer.

Apple TV Will It Work On A 24inch iMac Computer?

I Posted This in The Wrong Forum I Hope Someone Will Delete The Other? its in The iMac Forum, If I Ever Wanted To Buy Apple TV? Will it Work with a 24inch iMac Computer? or just a Certain Kind of TV Monitor? Cause when i go to The Apple Computer Store I See they have it on a Really Big TV Monitor do i really have to Buy that kind of Sized TV Monitor? instead of Using it on a 24inch iMac Computer? I Don't Go To The Apple Store A Lot, but I Was Just thinking of it cause i Notice They Have That.

It will connect to a TV or monitor with either HDMI or component inputs.
It is mainly designed to be used with HDTV's.
It won't work with an iMac's monitor.
Some monitors have HDMI inputs.
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When I start my iMac 2008, appear something like folder with question mark inside

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Thank you, I see now, i just expected some consistency between the two, especialy as the group button is mentionwd in one of the advice videos.here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WzxLBKYR5pg
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an iMac can last 10 Years? My iMac Computer has Been fine since the bottom of July 2009 when i 1st bought it Last Night when I Tryied Using Onyx it was Going a Little Freaky on Me so i Uninstalled it, I Think My 24inch iMac Computer is Fine without it, I Really Don't Have any Problems @ All with My 24inch iMac Computer I Come on The Message Boards to just ask Questions when i need Help With Something & if there is Something that i don't know & Understand, just to try & get Help, I Been a New Costumer to Mac since July 27th of 2009 @ 1:18pm I Bought a 24inch iMac Computer @ The Apple Store in NYC in Manhatten 767 Fifth Ave.
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2008 24inch iMac freezing - any suggestions?

Hello,
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IMac screen appears to have smudges under the glass. They are not on the surface and it doesn't matter what wallpaper is in place.

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I have a 24" aluminium iMac from 2008. Yesterday it swallowed a DVD which made it unhappy; there's a continual (2 second or so cycle) of the drive spinning / stopping / spinning / stopping.
I tried the various procedures for ejecting the disc, (including normal methods within OS X, the command line utility and holding the mouse button on a reboot) without luck. I then tried setting bootcamp to start up the machine as windows to see if that would offer an eject method that worked. Since then, the machine just turns on, makes a chime, and stays on the white / gray screen (with the drive spin / stop in the background).
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there's a continual (2 second or so cycle) of the drive spinning / stopping / spinning / stopping.
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The only thing that appears to do anything at the moment is holding down Cmd-Opt-P-R on turning on the machine. Other key combinations, such as holding down Shift, or the Opt key, do not appear to do anything.
That's a PRAM Reset. You mean that's the only thing the computer responds to? What happens after doing that?
Try doing an SMC Reset. Shutdown, remove all peripherals except the keyboard and mouse, unplug the computer, hold the power button in for five seconds, plug power back in and restart.

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24inch iMac scren appears to be transparent

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