Imac and ram simple question

I am getting a new imac in a couple of days, i aready have the 4gb of ram. The question is should i install it first, before i even turn on the imac????
is there a site or directions that tells you how to install ram??

It's a pretty simple procedure. The HOW can't be explained any better than in your little manual.
You should run it for a few days (or at least hours) to make sure everything works properly, with the original RAM. Try everything, stress it a bit by running multiple programs, like an iTunes video podcast at the same time as playing a QuickTime HD movie trailer. Once you are satisfied everything is working fine, then upgrade the RAM.

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I don't think you will notice a difference. Other system factors (such as video card, system CPU clock speed, amount of RAM installed, speed of hard drive, etc.) will most likely overwhelm any noticeable difference cause by the slower bus speed.
If the price of the refurb was good, you should keep it. I have an online Apple Store refurb myself, and although I know that the latest iMacs are a bit faster, I don't see how that extra speed will be of great benefit to me. I'm much happier with the money I saved on the refurb compared to a new iMac.

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Skeet, here are the SPECIFICATIONS for your machine if you have not seen them. And on pages 44-53 of your User's Guide is a very thorough description of the adding memory process. As far as transferring files are concerned, at the Start screen, type Easy Transfer, hit Enter and follow instructions.
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2010 iMac running on 10.10.1
2007 iMac running on 10.10.1
2012 Macbook Air also running on 10.10.1
SMS works fine on the Macbook Air (check)
SMS does NOT work on the 2010 iMac
SMS DOES work on the 2007 iMac
What is confusing to me is I just went though about 2 hours with Apple support. They discovered that the reason SMS is NOT working on the 2010 iMac is that under system information you see this:
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Instand Hotspot Supported: No
Under the Macbook air, all these fields are YES.
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On the iMac 2007, they are all set to NO, but SMS works fine!
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What are the true requirements to have SMS work correctly?
You need IOS 8 and Yosemite
You need a specific piece of hardware?
Support told me that the 2007 iMac should NOT be working because the Bluetooth fields are set to NO, but it does!
Any clarification in this would be appreciated.
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I think you or her will have to call Apple, should be free 90 phone support on the new one.

Selling my iMac and have multiple questions

I am selling my imac with applecare still on it. First off, how do i transfer applecare? I see you can in the terms and conditons but it is kind of hard to understand. what exactly do i need to email to [email protected]? Second, I have Mountain Lion installed on my computer, but you get updates and such through the app store. Is the OS tied in any way to the apple id I purchased it with? Like will the new buyer be able to update and never see my apple id show up or need it? And lastly, how to I go about preparing the hard drive for a new owner? i.e. wipe all data, writing over it, not sure what the best option is here, then how to get mountain lion back on there as new computer. Thanks.

See > How To Prepare a Mac For Sale
and/or > MacTalk - Preparing Your Old Mac for Sale
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I am new to JSP. I just installed Sun Java Studio Enterprise 8 to create a JSP project. I created a jsp file and java class file in the same project. the class file is in default package. I use <jsp:useBean id="date" class="DateFormatBean"/> in jsp file to call the java class. When I run the jsp page I got the error:
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Workflow question - IMAC and MacPro combination

Hi
QUESTION: what is the simplest workflow to pass an FCP project created on a laptop in the field to the home base desktop?
BACKGROUND: FCP allows a licensed user to have FCP installed on a desktop and a laptop - as long as only one is hooked to the internet. I've used this set up to capture footage on the laptop in the field and do some simple editing. Right now, I don't have enough Gigabytes on the laptop to store hi-def files. So I just purchased a G-TECH 200GB mini hard-drive, which works slick with the laptop.
When I'm on the road, shooting, I want the ability to do some editing before I get back to home base. I can do that with the laptop and mini setup. However, I'm not sure how to set up the FCP video file structure on the IMAC and LAPTOP so that I can pass an FCP project to the IMAC and have it fetch the project without getting 100 error message that needed footage, files etc.. is offline.
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That seems like a work-around. Is there a correct and standard workflow for this situation?

starinova wrote:
FCP allows a licensed user to have FCP installed on a desktop and a laptop - as long as only one is hooked to the internet.
More like as long as only one is used at a time.
Anyway, When you capture FCP should store all your footage files in a folder that has the same name as the project. This folder will be inside Capture Scratch, and Capture Scratch's location is set in System Settings in the Final Cut Pro menu.
When you move from system 1 to system 2 just copy that folder (the one inside Capture Scratch, the one named for your project) from system 1's Capture Scratch folder to system 2's Capture Scratch folder. Obviously copy the .fcp project file too.
FCP might launch and say it can't find your 100 media files because the path to the media has changed. This is no problem, just point it to the first file and it should find the rest.

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First of all, Welcome to the Apple Discussions!
In regards to your #4, I would just suggest running Software Update (after upgrading the RAM memory if possible) and upgrading to the latest version of 10.3 that should be offered to you, ie. 10.3.9). As the other posters have suggested above you should upgrade your RAM to at least 256 MB. With any updates to system software, remember to Repair Permissions from Disk Utility found at HD/Applications/Utilities/Disk Utility before and after the update.
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http://www.thexlab.com/faqs/faqs.html
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Check here for specs:
http://www.info.apple.com/support/applespec.html
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Taking RAM from old 24" iMac and switching it to other Macs.

Hello there,
My old 24" iMac was damaged beyond repair and It's been replaced by my insurance company with a brand new 21.5 inch model. This is great, but I was wondering if I could take the RAM from the old mac and put it in the new. The old mac in only fit for spares - the logic board has gone.
My old iMac was a 24inch model purchased in October 2008. It had 4 gig of RAM fitted by Apple from the outset. So, potentially, I have 4 gigs of RAM that I could put in my new iMac that has 4 gig as well - pushing it up to 8. Will it fit, or is the hardware incompatible?
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Hello J:
My old iMac was a 24inch model purchased in October 2008. It had 4 gig of RAM fitted by Apple from the outset. So, potentially, I have 4 gigs of RAM that I could put in my new iMac that has 4 gig as well - pushing it up to 8. Will it fit, or is the hardware incompatible?
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http://store.apple.com/us/browse/home/shopmac/macaccessories/memory
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