IMac Retina 5k Display with 6 TB Fusion Drive

For no good reason Apple offers no BTO option for build-in state of the art 6 TB hard drives as Fusion Drives in the Apple Online Store. Those drives work as Fusion Drive without any problem in customized iMacs already. I have seen it! So why leave out this option? Is there any way to get a BTO Retina iMac with 6 TB Fusion Drive? Maybe a premium reseller?

Were you able to resolve this? I have the same issue and the marks look almost exactly the same...
Called Apple Care and they told me to take it in to an Apple Store, which I'll do after I backup everything.

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Imac as Thunderbolt display with built-in hard drive and...

Hello,
I'm new to this but couldn't find anything which completely sattified me on this idea on the internet.
Let's say I own a macbook pro with thunderbolt port and also an iMac 27" with Thunderbolt port.
Wouldn't it be great and rather easy for apple to do, if I could connect my Macbook Pro to my iMac?
Indeed this is already possible, but it only let's me use the screen of my iMac if I'm not mistaken.
My idea was to make it happen that once connected through Thunderbolt, my Macbook Pro is able to use all the assets of my iMac, as there are the Facetime camera, usb ports, ethernet port, harddisk and maybe even some processorspeed and memory?
My guess would be that the way Thunderbolt is connected to the machines, there should be no problem but the OS isn't ready for this.
Any ideas?
With kind regards,
Willem

That's what I thought, but dream with me, how cool would this be, maybe something for the next Mac Pro? Is apple reading these things actually? Thanks for the reply!
Willem

There is a lot of talk aout there about using a 27" iMac as a display with the mini displayport to displayport cable. It is so exciting! I am trying to connect a PC laptop with a VGA port to a 27" Dell Latitude D620?

In 2010 there was a question about using a 27" iMac as a display with a Dell laptop.
I am trying to connect a work Dell laptop Running Windows XP via a VGA cable to my personal iMac 27"
running iMac 27", Mac OS X (10.6)
Has anyone tried this or know if imac 27" Mini port with a VGA adapter can work?
I apologize if I missed this discussion already
Kind Regards
Gilly

Hi Gilly,
I have no proof, but I think it will not work with an adapter, only Mini Display Port or Thunderbolt.

IMac Retina 5K (2015) with 1xTDM iMac (2011) and 1x Dell External Display possible?

I have 1 x 27" iMac Retina 5K (2015), 1 x 27 " iMac (mid 2011) and a Dell P2715Q. I'd like to know if it's possible to run the 2011 iMac in Target Display Mode and my Dell as a secondary display from my 2015 iMac? My desired configuration is the 2015 iMac running two external displays. The 2015 iMac has an AMD Radeon R9 M295X 4GB Gfx card and both iMacs are running Yosemite 10.10.1
I have verified that running the 2011 iMac only via TDM works. Also running the Dell as an external Display only works (either at 4K resolution or the same resolution as the external iMac (2560x1440) via SwitchResX). With the Dell running @ 2560x1440, trying to put the 2011 iMac into TDM, causes a slow grey screen, then some display artefacts when coming out of TDM. Going in and out again appears to refresh the screen. But it doesn't seem to work.
I was wondering if anyone else has a similar configuration working and if so what settings or configuration changes to make?
Thanks!

I stopped by the Apple Store yesterday, and they were nice enough to try the Screen Sharing solution with me.
Indeed, we were able to share the screen of a MacBook Pro and display it on the iMac Retina 5K over a Thunderbolt Bridge network. (should also work over WiFi)
As I expected, (based on the native resolutions) the MBP window maxed out at about 55-60% of the height and width of the 5K display.
I didn't try experimenting with lower resolutions on the 5K.
I'd actually be OK with that solution except as we increased the font sizes, (e.g. 48 pt) we noticed a *lot* of ghosting around the characters.
I will have to try it again at normal font sizes and decide if that is something I can work with all day long.
Otherwise, I am leaning towards buying last year's iMac, which kinda' grates me the wrong way.
Thanks,
n8

IMac Retina 27" TDM with newly released MacBook Air

If I upgrade my Macbook Air to the newly released ( March, 2015 ), can I do target display mode with my iMac retina 27" ?

No. That iMac can't go into Target Display mode.
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Unable to install Windows on an 2010 iMac with home-made Fusion Drive

Hi there,
I've been very happy using mi iMac eversince I installed the SSD alongside the HDD. Only recently I tried to install Windows 7 but it doesn't seem to work. The installer runs, it seems as though Windows is installing but it doesn't ever seem to be able to boot. I've tried countless times. Everytime it boots to Windows it shows nothing but just a black screen with the cursor blinking at the top left corner.
Now, when I home-made the Fusion Drive the Mac OS was only 10.8.2 or older and I know that with 10.8.3 Apple has made improvements towards boot camp and especially the 3TB HDDs. I wonder if this could have anything to do.
Anyway, please enlighten me as to what is it that I need to do to make it work. I've been reading something about the position in which the Windows partition resides compared to GUID and EFI but honestly I have just the tiniest idea about all that. Just for the record, the following is what shows in the Terminal after diskutil list command:
diskutil list
/dev/disk0
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *256.1 GB   disk0
   1:                        EFI                         209.7 MB   disk0s1
   2:          Apple_CoreStorage                         255.7 GB   disk0s2
   3:                 Apple_Boot Boot OS X               134.2 MB   disk0s3
/dev/disk1
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *1.0 TB     disk1
   1:                        EFI                         209.7 MB   disk1s1
   2:          Apple_CoreStorage                         942.3 GB   disk1s2
   3:                 Apple_Boot Boot OS X               650.0 MB   disk1s3
   4:       Microsoft Basic Data                         57.0 GB    disk1s4
/dev/disk2
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:                  Apple_HFS Fusion Drive           *1.2 TB     disk2
Hope you can help..!

Hello again, by reading a couple of posts I learnt the steps and so, using an external OS I repartitioned the two internal drives making sure the Windows partition wasn't part of the Fusion Drive. I was very excited as I was sure it would work and went ahead and started the Win7 installation even before the MacOS was restored into the iMac.
No good news though. The installer run as expected however, when the time came for the iMac to boot from the newly installed Windows7, all I saw was a blank screen and a blinking dash at the top left corner of the screen.
Lastly, this morning I woke up to see that my old system was fully restored from Time Machine external back up. I also leart that using the Boot Camp Assistant I could remove the Windows partition that I created on Terminal from the external OS, which was surprising, I honestly thought that that partitioning arrangement would be off-limits for the Boot Camp Assistant.
Still, I haven't been succesfull installing Windows back to my Mac, can anybody help?

Using iMac as external display with MBP, can this be done?

I know...
This has been posted before, but I have as of yet not found a straight answer. Mostly peoples recommendation is: "Buy a display".
However, I have an older iMac, 20" and I have a newer MBP 15". The MBP has a faster graphics card, better processor and more RAM. But I still like sitting at the table using my iMac, because the comfort of working is better this way.
Now seeing that I have both, is it possible to connect the two, and use the iMac for a display? Preferably without having to buy a whole lot of expensive cables, applications or do strange hacks risking hurting myself or my computers
Thanks all
Have a nice day

but I have as of yet not found a straight answer.
I think you are getting the straight answer. You need "buy a display" because a display has a video input port. An iMac has a video output port, but NO video input port. Therefore, you cannot use it as an external display, like a regular display.
You could give the iMac a video input using a USB interface device, but the cost of such a device that would provide good quality video into the iMac would cost about the same as (or more than) a low cost LCD display. And it would probably not be ideal in terms of performance.
You could also use this clever program to use a fast network connection and VNC to display the MacBook Pro's second screen on the iMac screen.
http://www.screenrecycler.com/home.html
In your case, the program will create a virtual screen for the MacBook Pro and shares it with the iMac in much the same way as the +screen sharing+ feature. Disadvantages are relatively slow image refresh rate (because the signal is going over the network) and the need to have the iMac turned on and running separately. The speed part will not be that bad in your case, if you use a Cat-5e or better Ethernet cable to connect the two Macs, so that you will have gigabit speed. You can give it a try at no cost to see if it is an acceptable solution (in time-limited demo mode).
I use this program to give my iMac a third display. The +third display+ is an old PC laptop running Linux (Ubuntu).

Will Bootcamp work with the 3T fusion drive with the Mountain Lion update?

The notes on the update say it will work with the 3T drive but in typical minimalist fashion, Apple doesn't mention whether that includes the 3T fusion drive. Why can't they just explain things fully?
anyway, does anyone have an answer?

I installed 10.8.2 update today with my 2012 MBA. The details of the update include: Resolves a video issue with some VGA projectors when connected to certain Mac notebooks.
I tried using the MBA with a video projector and it found the correct resolution and connected with the projector automatically. Using detect displays in the disoplay preference pane wasn't even necessary.
I hope this is the fix I have been waiting for with the 2012 MBA.
Thank you Apple.
RC
(http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5460)

IMac won't boot with SATA external firewire drive attached

I have an 1T Hitachi SATA drive enclosed in a Macally firewire enclosure. If it is attached either in series with other IDE firewire drives or directly, my iMac will boot only to the Apple icon and will not engage the gear icon. If I disconnect the drive the iMac will boot normally with all the other IDE firewire drives attached. I've troubleshot with both Macally and Hitachi, received a replacement enclosure and have an RMA from Hitachi. Before I send the Hitachi back with the possibility of a replacement not fixing the problem, I am asking whether there is a known problem with external SATA drives in particular. TIA. -Dave

I have the same problem exactly but with two firewire 800 drives attached. Both are LaCie d2 500 gb drives. I have tried each one as the first in the series with no luck. I have not tried to connect with any other type of cable.

Maverick upgrade with a DIY Fusion Drive slow performance

I combined my SSD drive and regular drive into a Fusion drive. Since then I getting the spinning beach ball periodically when doing simple tasks. Any suggestions?
Hardware Information:
          iMac (27-inch, Mid 2010)
          iMac - model: iMac11,3
          1 2.8 GHz Intel Core i5 CPU: 4 cores
          12 GB RAM
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Are you booting from your clone:
Disk Information:
          ST2000DM001-9YN164 disk1 : (2 TB)
                    EFI (disk1s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB
                    disk1s2 (disk1s2) <not mounted>: 2 TB
                    Boot OS X (disk1s3) <not mounted>: 650 MB
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Does the late 2013 imac come pre-configured with a pcie internal drive or just "support" one?

Im looking at buying the new Imac. Is it just configurable after purchase (which no one would do given the complexity and cost and voided warranty)? There is no option to select pcie configuration during purchase and the language "The updated iMac now features support for PCIe-based flash storage..." from the official press release is vague.

The September 24, 2013 iMac press release states:
"The updated iMac now features support for PCIe-based flash storage that makes Fusion Drive and all-flash storage options up to 50 percent faster than the previous generation.*"
The Apple iMac page says the hard drive is:
Configurable to 3TB hard drive, 1TB or 3TB Fusion Drive, or 256GB, 512GB, or 1TB of flash storage.
The Apple Mac Pro page says the hard drive is:
PCIe-based flash storage
Configurable to 512GB or 1TB2
So… does the iMac use PCIe or not. Perhaps some iMacs do and some don’t and Apple doesn’t want to say???

IMac Retina 5K Display changes tones when waking from sleep -- Is this normal?

Every single time that I wake my Retina iMac from display or system sleep, the colors on the monitor seem to change tones twice:
First the display goes from dim to slightly brighter (within first 1-3 seconds)
Then the display goes from cooler (blues) to warmer (yellows) (within first 5-10 seconds)
Does this sound normal? Do you suspect the pixels are just warming up? I tried calibrating my display, but this doesn't fix it.

Writing it off as "warming up" for the dim to brighter effect seems sensible... but cooler to warmer colors seems odd to me...
Fortunately, you can technically reach the cooler colors of your preference by doing a Display calibration, so it's not like the monitor is incapable of achieving that tone of color. But would be nice to understand why it changes tones in the first place. Perhaps it's doing a quick refresh to achieve an ideal color temperature?
Worst case scenario, Apple is very flexible with returns (when I bought my Retina MacBook that I felt had a hardware issue, they immediately replaced it without question) so worst case scenario you could always ask for a replacement given it's such a new / recently purchased machine. I considered doing this, but am concerned it might be an issue with all the the Retina iMac machines... would hate to have to swap & setup the computer all over again.

How do I switch iMac between external display with non-Apple keyboard?

When using the Apple Wireless keyboard that came with my iMac, I can press Cmd+F2 to switch between the iMac display and a PC connected to the DisplayPort input of the iMac.
However, I prefer to use a USB (non-Apple) keyboard as I can connect that to a USB switch and share the same keyboard between my iMac and my PC. However, pressing Cmd+F2 on the non-Apple keyboard does not seem to work.
I suspect this is because it's not actually "Cmd+F2" but rather "Cmd+Brightness Up" and my external keyboard does not have a "Brightness Up" key.
Is there any way to mimic "Cmd+Brightness Up" on a non-Apple keyboard? Of is there some other way to force the iMac to switch between inputs?
It's annoying to have to keep the Apple keyboard around for the sole purpose of switching between inputs.

If they're on the same wireless network, there is no inherent difference between this and a wired network.
If the sharing isn't working then there's something else amiss. Can you describe the network setup in more detail so that someone might be able to spot the issue.

Question on Using thunderbolt iMac as external display with a Macbook Air

If I connect my macbook air to new thunderbolt iMac - can I access peripherals attached to usb, firewire, ethernet like the thunderbolt 27"?
if so how can i do this?
thanks!
Derrick

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Only video and in some scenarios audio is transmitted. Nothing else.
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Can I use my iMac as the display with my MacBook Air?

Here is the hardware configuration of my iMac:
Hardware Overview:
Model Name: iMac
Model Identifier: iMac9,1
Processor Name: Intel Core 2 Duo
Processor Speed: 2.66 GHz
Number Of Processors: 1
Total Number Of Cores: 2
L2 Cache: 6 MB
Memory: 4 GB
Bus Speed: 1.07 GHz
Boot ROM Version: IM91.008D.B08
SMC Version (system): 1.36f3
Serial Number (system): QP9110FF0TH
Hardware UUID: 27452321-D9B4-5639-8CC0-8BC5543A76CC
I can't tell from the documents posted about Target Display Mode whether my iMac is properly equipped. Help!

Target Display Mode- Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
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