IMac Dual 20" Received today

Received iMac today. Transfered files from Mac mini via firewire in about one hour. 2 Gigs ram, high end video card.
Machine is very fast. Doom and Halo run great. Microsoft Office runs without a problem. Just as fast or fast than he Mac mini. No problems to report. Very nice!

Glor,
How is the 500GB drive? Is it noisier or hotter than the 250? (Or than you'd like, if that makes more sense than a direct comparison?)
I am looking to get a new iMac CD configured like yours, but don't want to lose the quietness of the Mac mini I have been using. Quiet operation in a quiet room is a priority for me.
Thanks in advance for any feedback!
--Suzanne

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Thanks for your help.

I do not agree. The headphone amp outputs a conventional two channel analog signal on the multi-purpose 3.5 mm audio output jack on all Intel iMacs. But that same jack outputs a digital optical signal if the iMac senses a mini-Toslink adaptor plug has been inserted instead of an analog stereo TRS (tip ring sleeve) plug.
IOW, the same jack furnishes two entirely different kinds of output (analog or digital) depending on what is plugged into it. The digital output encodes the audio (which could consist of multiple channels of audio) on a single beam of digitally modulated light. The analog output is two separate signals, each on its own electrical conductor, derived from the internal DAC in the iMac & amplified by the amp to provide enough power to drive headphones.
It is possible that the amp does double duty to also drive the light source for the digital output, but that is in no way is comparable to using it to drive headphones -- for the digital output all it would have to do is switch the light level between the digital high & low states.
My guess is that whoever told you about the headphone amp either did not know about the dual function of the jack or thought you were talking about an analog connection to your stereo.

IMessage on iMac not reliably receiving photos

iMessage on iMac not reliably receiving photos but my iPhone and iPad are-what's the fix for this?

Hi,
I've been with the same problem for a couple of days, until finally today Messages simply stopped showing even a the window, so absolute inability to use it.
Considering that reinstalling the operating system is NOT a solution, I searched for something myself.
Pictures are controlled by xpcd, imagent and Messages, and it seems that when the problem arises is because they're using the wrong Apple server.
While this may be solved by Apple in a update (I hope so), in the meantime you can do a workaround (it worked for me on two different machines, and even days old images appeared).
In your Library, there is a folder called Preferences (that is /Users/<your_username>/Library/Preferences). There you should delete com.apple.imagent.plist com.apple.imservice.iMessage.plist and com.apple.imessage.bag.plist, with Messages CLOSED. Then reboot so Messages creates new ones. Also delete all file starting with com.apple.imagent, com.apple.imservice, com.apple.imessage and com.apple.iChat that end in .lock.
If even then it still is not working, deleting all files starting with com.apple.imagent, com.apple.imservice, com.apple.imessage and com.apple.iChat 100% for sure. But when you reboot you'll find you need to input again your login data for iMessage, FaceTime, Yahoo chat, AIM chat, Google Talk and Jabber (if you used them on Messages/iChat).
This is an annoyance, but less than a whole operating system reinstall or losing the functionality.
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I'm about to seriously upgrade from a G3 imac and OS
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I'm starting to create more large and layered
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needs a dual core processor, extra hard drive, and
plenty of RAM to get enough power and speed, and that
means a PowerMac tower. However, I love the new Imac.
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Go with the PowerMac G5 because it will be more upgradable in the future. If you look now, there are companies that make processors for the PowerMac G4. The last and fastest G4 was a dual 1.42 Ghz G4 and now third party companies offer up to dual 1.8 GHz G4 processors. If you plan on keeping your computer for a long time, get a tower-based computer because those are easily upgradable and judging from the age of your G3 iMac, you like to keep your stuff for a long time :-D

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My MacBook Pro Core Duo from 2006 shuts down randomly requiring frequent reboots to the point I had to abandon doing any project or anything on this MacBook Pro. Same thing occurs with the iMac dual core from 2007. MacBook battery replaced.

My MacBook Pro Core Duo from 2006 shuts down randomly requiring frequent reboots to the point I had to abandon doing any project or anything on this MacBook Pro. Same thing occurs with the iMac dual core from 2007. MacBook battery replaced. Is it internal battery for both, new logic board required, bad hard drive, or bad RAM?
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Run an Apple Hardware Test using the original installation disk that has the AHT instructions on it.
Try SMC and PRAM resets:
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht3964
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1379
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I use iPhone, iPad and MacPro, all works fine but the newly purchased iMac does not receive emails on time - always later than other devices. Why and how to fix?

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I would like to inform you that i have received today an email from Apple adrees (Warning your account has been limited), Apple in this email requesting me to update my Apple ID information. After i updated that as well and follw up with instructions the

i would like to inform you that
i have received today an email from Apple adrees (Warning your account has been limited), Apple in this email requesting me to update my Apple ID information. After i updated that as well and follw up with instructions the massage bellwo was appeared to me(Apple ID doesnot have permission to access iTunes connect)
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You have been scammed. Most likely your iTunes account will be hacked. Contact Apple:
Apple Store Customer Service at 1-800-676-2775 or visit online Help for more information.
To contact product and tech support: Apple - Support - Contact Apple Support.
For Mac App Store: Apple - Support - Mac App Store.
For iTunes: Apple - Support - iTunes.
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What are the available sound cards (which you've used/ or at least know about)?
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I want to watch movies on my iMac but use Cambridge audio Aero 5.1 speakers through AV receiver Cambridge Audio Azur 751R. How do I connect my Mac to the av receiver? What cables/connectors do I need?
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IMac Dual Monitor, Mini-DP to DVI, Screen Blinking

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Been using Snow Leopard here at work, running dual monitors via Mini-DP to DVI cable. Never a problem previously.
Upgraded to Mavericks. Enjoying it. Until the 2nd monitor (Acer v223w) started intermittently blinking. Discovered I can trigger the blinking via the mail program on the second window - hiding and/or showing the info/mail activity left-side panel will cause the screen to blink.
Kinda befuddled. Any help?

I am having the excact same problem. With nearly if not an identicle system.
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Serial Number W87***B2ZCT
Display 1: Built-in iMac Display (1920 x 1200)
Display 2: ACER 23" Wide Screen AL2223W Display (1680 x 1050)
Since I updated to the latest version of mavericks the other night I have had frequent flickering and blacking out of my screen. It happens mostly when I mouse on or mouse off my dock menu, and open programs on the second monitor. There is also little yellow and organge flickers throughout the screen from time to time almost like an interference patter, generally 1px high and 20px wide with varying degress of static.
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Need help connecting my iMac to my receiver

I recently bought this product http://www.ramelectronics.net/html/RCA-mini-spdif.html
the 3.5mm mini to digital coax. I bought it so I could hook up my iMac (http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=86810) to my receiver. However, I connected it, and no sound came out. On my receiver I kept switching the signal from analog to digital, to see if that would do the trick, but no luck. So then I tried connecting the 3.5mm to my iPod to see if it was just my computer that wasn't compatible, but that didn't work either. Did I pick the wrong cable? Or could it be defective? My coaxial cable for my DVD player works fine by the way

Which iMac do you have? I have the iShight iMac whaich does have a digital out in the form of a mini optical out (through the output jack), you need to get an optical cable with a mini adaper at one end and make sure you select optical rather than coaxical on your reciver if you can...
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Apple has a good cable in the store, its the one I use. If its surround sound you will need to changed a pref in DVD player to let the sound pass through to the reciver to be decoded in DTS or Dolby Digital
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