Apple Certified

Is there any reason not to purchase an Apple Certified iMac? I assume I can add memory later if I necessary. And most come with Bluetooth.
Any Comments?
Thanks.
John.

John,
There is no reason not to purchase an Apple Certified. Compared to a perfect used machine from some place like eBay, the Certified model will always have a longer warranty life because the clock has yet to start ticking.
"And most come with Bluetooth."
That is not accurate. Until now, the larger number of offerings have been first generation, which did not come with Bluetooth except for B-T-O's, which don't usually show up as refurbs. For instance, the 17" 1.8GHz model of the first gen did not come with BT, but the second gen 17" 1.8GHz has the BT module built-in.

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Try:
- Reset the iOS device. Nothing will be lost
Reset iOS device: Hold down the On/Off button and the Home button at the same time for at
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- Unsync all music and resync
- Reset all settings
Go to Settings > General > Reset and tap Reset All Settings.
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Contact the nearest Apple store for a definitive answer. We are users like you and cannot provide you with an accurate answer.
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Where can I find an Apple certified internal hard drive?

I have a December 2006 MacBook Pro that I upgraded RAM and hard drives (twice) from OWC. After having Apple replace the display and the motherboard (again twice) I've been having boot problems. My local Genius Bar told me to replace the RAM with my original RAM and see if it solves the problem.
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I can take it back to the Genius Bar to find out if they can sell me the right stuff without having to install it themselves, but I'd much rather do it myself, so I don't have to let go of my computer, which I use every day.
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Where can I find an Apple certified internal hard drive?
At Apple
But if you want to spend less ..... OWC have a great selection and are very Mac Friendly

Does the Apple Certified Associate test cover new elements of FCPX 10.0.7?

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This registry is a voluntary public listing of Apple certificants. Since not all certificants are listed, you can click hereto obtain an individual's official credential status. If you hold an Apple certification and would like to send an official verification to another party, log into the Apple Certification Records System and select Publish Credential.
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Who are Apple Certified Engineers? +1-877-340-9184 (Toll Free)?

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Fix Some Browser Pop-ups That Take Over Safari.
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Quit Safari
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Also, visit The XLab FAQs and read Detecting and avoiding malware and spyware.
See these Apple articles:
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OS X Lion- Protect your Mac from malware
OS X Mountain Lion- Protect your Mac from malware
OS X Mavericks- Protect your Mac from malware
About file quarantine in OS X
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2. There is no anti-malware that can detect everything targeting the Mac.
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I have a Mac Pro (early 2008) filled with all Apple Certified hard drives in it.
I want to put the largest available Apple Certified hard disk drive into one of the bays.
Apple won't sell me a drive. They say I have to bring in the computer and have their service people insert a new drive.
So... They have the drives. They just insist that they... not I... do the replacement and charge me for the drive and installation.
Three of the drives were replaced BY ME at various times since I bought the computer in 2008. They sold me those drives over the counter in my local Apple Store a few miles from my house.
How can I duplicate that without losing custody of my computer for days while they put in the new drive?
Suggestions:
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Memory lane.... ? "Once upon a time, far and long ago... disk drives and controllers had to be closely mated and sourced..."
SCSI drives and controllers, and later SAS, you could make an argument - maybe - and buying a set of drives, with extra spares for later when one of them failed.
Enter stage right: DIY and CIP
SATA drives are off the shelf. OEM does not matter in a system that does not use specialized hardware RAID
SSD drives can require firmware for compatibility so I could make an argument for an Apple SSD which were offered as BTO and because TRIM on 3rd party devices - because OS X looks for an ID in the product string to say "I am an Apple SKU" or not, and that is the beginning and end of that, and only matters with Yosemite for all intents and purposes.
So then you can read up on StorageReview.com and others and see what the Leaderboard has to say as well as elsewhere as far as what storage devices.
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Then use 4TB drives for data, cheap large and still fast and outstanding.
APPLE HAS NEVER UPDATED THE DRIVE COMPATIBILITY SPECS when new drives become available, leading people to mistakenly think or ask and wonder "can my Mac use drives larger than ______ (where 750GB was the largest capacity and was for some odd reason listed as such) instead of something like "SATA II and higher" Where SATA 3.1 (?) is the current version and is backward compatible.
PCIe devices are often listed as "PCIe 2.x" or 3.0 and my Samsung XP941 with Lycom adapter is nice enough to list and state that while it is PCIe 3.0 compliant it also supports and backward compatible with PCIe 1.0 and above. It won't get the same bandwith/performance in PCIe 1.0 - 2.0 but it works perfectly.
The firmware of controllers determine support, and sometimes though less and almost unheard of with standard "rotating spindle" disk drives (NAS and hardware RAID being the exception that makes the rule).
SSD has changed and evolved faster than anything I have ever seen in computer technology and storage specifically. A year seems like a lifetime in evolution. And yet... my old 2006 (turns 9 in August) was discovered to fully support PCIe-SSD like the latest device in the nMP and the XP941. Amazing but I guess Intel knew something when it designed the SkullTrail systems and EFI 1.0 back in 2005. So the latest SSD tech is supported in a 1,1 (thru 5,1) running Leo or higher.
There have been issues with the size and screw holes of 4-8TB drives (and yes you can use those too). And when Apple created Fusion drives for the iMac and had trouble with Windows Boot Camp the changes in formatting using Disk Utility turned into a Windows XP 32-bit problem formatting drives larger than 2.2TB in Mountain Lion 10.8.4 and above. I am still scratching my head over that one. Even as it was documented and confirmed. (And no it does not reflect on 3rd party or only with drives that are not labelled Apple OEM
Others can probably make a shorter more succinct case without the long history and rambling my prose is given to as I wonder around in the cobwebs

I can't log in to the Apple Certified Registry to get my certificate!

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http://training.apple.com/certification/records You need to work through those paths. Surely, there's a phone number for your training efforts.

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and
http://www.peachpit.com/bookstore/product.asp?isbn=0321335465&rl=1
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Anyone have a similar experience or know what is involved in the refurb. process? I was excited to get my Mini today. Now I have to wait until a replacement arrives. I hate waiting for things like this.
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This is a bit like asking if anyone has ever had a problem with a new Ford - there are bound to be those who have had bad experiences just as there are certain to be those who haven't. Given this is a forum where people typically come to report that they have a problem and to ask for help, the predominance of posters are going to reflect on problematic issues rather than that their systems have run perfectly.
My own experiences of Apple refurb products has been generally good, after buying a number of items that way over the last couple of years or so. My only issue has been with a G4 iBook that suffered a display fault, which by it's rather obvious nature when the system was first run, rather suggested it had not been tested before being sold. But as with their new products that arrive faulty, Apple responded promptly and resolved the issue. I must say that I would not hesitate to buy a refurb if there was a product I was interested in at a satisfactory price - my problem is that I don't see much in the way of satisfactory prices in the refurb store - particularly not on minis!

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Why can´t we have Apple Certified Refurbished Products in Portugal? This time I need a 3rd MacBookPro, for field work.

Tell Apple. No one here can answer for them. http://www.apple.com/feedback/

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