IMac to Macbook Pro as extended desktop. Will they work together?

Can I use my iMac as an extended desktop with my MacBook Pro? Or vise versa? iMac is late 2009 and MacBook is late 2013. The iMac has a mini display port and the MacBook has a thunderbolt port. Can I make the connection with a thunderbolt cable?

Here is the criteria:
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT3924
I think it looks good for you.
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Macbook pro hard drive upgrade - will it work on my spec?

Hi People
Basically looking for advise, as i know the basics, but heard there could be issues with the drive i want and macbook Pro's, so looking for advice whether the drive will work or not.
Now i know that i need the hard drives without the shock protection built in, for example i need the seagate AS range and not the ASG Range.
however iv heard issues with this drive in some mbp's spinning up and down, will this happen on my Macbook pro?? The drive i'm wanting is the Western Digital Scorpio Blue 640gb Sata drive - WD6400BEVT
the spec of my machine is 2.5ghz penryn Non unibody, 4gb ram, 15.4" mbp
Hardware Overview:
Model Name: MacBook Pro
Model Identifier: MacBookPro4,1
Processor Name: Intel Core 2 Duo
Processor Speed: 2.5 GHz
Number Of Processors: 1
Total Number Of Cores: 2
L2 Cache: 6 MB
Memory: 4 GB
Bus Speed: 800 MHz
Boot ROM Version: MBP41.00C1.B00
SMC Version (system): 1.27f2
the drive i'm wanting is the Western Digital Scorpio Blue 640gb Sata drive - WD6400BEVT
specs of drive are - http://www.wdc.com/en/products/products.asp?driveid=683
Performance Specifications
Rotational Speed 5,400 RPM (nominal)
Buffer Size 8 MB
Average Latency 5.50 ms (nominal)
Seek Times
Read Seek Time 12.0 ms
Track-To-Track Seek Time 2.0 ms (average)
Transfer Rates
Buffer To Host (Serial ATA) 3 Gb/s (Max)
Physical Specifications
Formatted Capacity 640,135 MB
Capacity 640 GB
Interface SATA 3 Gb/s
User Sectors Per Drive 1,250,263,728
Physical Dimensions
English
Height 0.374 Inches
Length 3.94 Inches
Width 2.75 Inches
Weight 0.26 Pounds
Metric
Height 9.5 mm
Length 100.2 mm
Width 69.85 mm
Weight 0.117 kg
Environmental Specifications
Acoustics
Idle Mode 24 dBA (average)
Seek Mode 0 26 dBA (average)
Temperature (English)
Operating 32° F to 140° F
Non-operating -40° F to 149° F
Temperature (Metric)
Operating -0° C to 60° C
Non-operating -40° C to 65° C
Humidity
Operating 8% to 95% Non-condensing
Non-operating 5-95% RH non-condensing
Altitude (English)
Operating -1,000 feet to 10,000 feet
Non-operating -1,000 feet to 40,000 feet
Altitude (Metric)
Operating -305M to 3,050M
Non-operating -305M to 12,200M
Vibration
Operating 0.00459 g²/Hz (10 to 500 Hz)
Non-operating 0.05102 g²/Hz (10 to 500 Hz)
Electrical Specifications
Current Requirements
5 VDC
Read/Write 500 mA
Idle 400 mA
Standby 50 mA
Sleep 20 mA
Power Dissipation
Read/Write 2.50 Watts
Idle 0.85 Watts
Standby 0.25 Watts
Sleep 0.10 Watts

People have been having some trouble with this drive. You might want to look at this discussion on the 640 WD:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2250690&start=0&tstart=0
Don't know if WD has resolved the issue yet or not--might be good to check with them before purchasing.
Good luck!

Mac Mini & MacBook Pro with Identical Libraries - Will Match work?

Hi Guys,
This is the scenario:-
I have a Mac Mini & a MacBook Pro, both machines have identical Music libraries kept in sync using the automatic downloads function within iTunes (I only buy music from iTunes) This is great as I can ensure that anything I download to my Mini is also available on the MBP. However it does not keep the Play Count in sync which would be fantastic if it could also I would like a little more piece of mind when it comes to backing up my library so I am considering iTunes Match.
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If I enable iTunes match on my MBP and let it do its thing, when I enable it on the Mini will there be any issues I should be concerned about and will it keep both libraries intact and keep the play count in sync accross both machines?
Thanks in advance!

Congratulations, because if you do, indeed purchase only from iTunes and haven't added anything from CD, you are the ideal customer for Match. Your music should all be in the "purchased" category. This is good for you in several ways:
(1) your first Match session should go pretty quickly. What bogs things down are numerous tracks that are neither purchased nor matched, thus need to upload.
(2) the number of tracks you have that might get tagged as "ineligible" is probably going to be very low. There is a fix for most ineligible tracks (making an AAC version in iTunes), but it's a hassle you might be able to avoid.
(3) the 25,000 limit applies to everything - except purchased tracks. So if you had 24,999 purchased tracks and one "match" you could still add 24,999 from CDs if you wanted to in the future. You'd also have access to those purchased tracks in a matter of minutes. Uploading the same number, well, people are reporting days . . .
Not certain what might happen to your play counts. I understand some of that gets nulled out for some people, but perhaps in your case it won't be an issue.
Finally, I echo Michael when he suggests you not look at the cloud as a reliable backup. Even if you were willing to trust that it would always be there for you, there are enough reports of songs being mis-matched that it would be foolish to assume what's in the cloud is really identical to what you have on your Mini and MacBook Pro.

Transferred CS4 to new MacBook Pro, now some fonts will not work when PDFing documents from InDesign CS4. Help!

I recently purchased a new MacBook Pro. I transferred my CS4 from my older MacBook Pro to my new computer, and although it seemed to be working fine now some fonts will not work when PDFing documents from InDesign CS4. These fonts are installed on my new computer, can be found in InDesign CS4, and work fine within the program but will not appear in PDFs. The letters turn into rectangles. Does anyone know why, and how to fix that?
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Kristen.

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I bought it in late May of '12. The USB ports stopped working a couple of months after I bought the computer. I did not spill anything on it or drop it. I went in and had them fix it and they worked for about a month. They will work occasionally and it takes me removing and entering the USB connector multiple times before it recognizes that anything is there. The computer is no longer under warranty and I don't want to have to pay a bunch of money to have it fixed. Is there anything that I can do to fix this or am I going to have to have someone else do it.

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http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1379
If there is no change, bring the MBP to an Apple store genius bar for a free evaluation. Bring the recalcitrant devices with you. This should at least determine exactly where the fault lies, with the MBP or the externals. Any repair costs quoted you may accept or reject.
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If available, try connecting to another TV, try another cable and/or another Mac. An appointment at an Apple store genius bar can determine if the fault lies with the MBP. There is no software solution in this case.
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IMovie and Canon FS100 Camcorder - will they work together?

Hi! A MacUser since 1989, and using a digital camera for stills and videos since 2004 - +but really have done next to nothing with a true "camcorder".+
I'm considering a Canon FS100 camcorder which records onto SD and SDHC cards (but has no internal memory / storage).
*But my concerns are this:*
1. How to transfer from the SD cards to my Mac? (currently 10.4.11 but likely 10.5 in a month or so)
2. If I purchase the camcorder in the USA it is apparently set for NTSC - i.e. I can only play back from the camera to an NTSC television - but I travel in the US, live in Europe (PAL) -- is there no "switch" to choose either the recording or the playback mode (like there is with my iPod Touch- for playback that is).
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Hi there Stephen,
I feel so lucky that I stumbled into a great file management scheme with my Canon HF100 and I can also report that before that I tried an FS100 and the same procedure for a week before I got this camera. I picked up this method on a thread on MacRumours, I believe.
Without the inconvenience of needing the AC power adapter plugged in to download files direct from the camera, simply use a USB card reader to read directly from the card. The card will mount as a device labeled "Canon" and inside that is a single directory labeled "Private". Inside that is the one you want, labeled "AVCHD". Create a disc image just a little larger than this file and drag the "AVCHD" file over to the disk image. Name the disk image to suit, such as place/date. Both iMovie 08 and FCE recognize the mounted image as a camera and import the footage just fine. Not quite PNP, but this procedure is so smooth that I'm almost surprised that this video n00b could get it going so well If you are in a hurry you can just drag the file to a folder named similar to what you will name the disk image to keep them sorted and do the disk images later on.
I use 8 gig SDHC cards so that I can archive each full card's AVCHD file's disk image on a dual layer DVD. I leave the images on a hard drive as well, but won't be shy about deleting less precious ones and using the DVD's only for storage. The images will mount directly from the DVD and import easily too.
This weekend I upgraded from 10.4.10 to 10.5.4, installed FCE, and was able to mount a disc image and import the files as easily as before.
But of course, you need an Intel Mac do work with the AVCHD files....
Hope this helps!
Cheers!
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S750 GIGAWORKS AND ASUS MOTHERERBOARD REALTEK SOUND CARD
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I am wondering if these speakers will work fully with the built in sound card or will I need to purchase another sound blaster card?

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I have a iMac Desktop and MacBook Pro laptop. I generate my work related files on both of these machines. What is the best way to keep the files in these machines synchronized?

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HT5268 Just purchased Imac and Macbook pro and upgrades to Mountain Lion. Java will not run with one important site where my Grandson is in Kindergarten out of state with in room camera. What to do. This is very disappointing and non of apple geniuses kno

My new IMac and Macbook Pro are each loaded with Mountain Lion. Have Office for Mac also
When I try to see my Grandson on webcam out of state the login will not activate. For PC use I needed Java and Active X to let it run. My Java is checked as ready to go but nothing happens. Otherwise these are great computers. Please help me through the process. The Geniuses at my apple store can't understand what to do.
[email protected] or [email protected]

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IMac or Macbook Pro? Help

Okay, so I need a new mac. I run Logic Pro 8 on my 1.33gHz Powerbook G4 w/ 1.25GB RAM, and basically My computer is soo slow its affecting my creative juices. I Know I knwo... I should have upgraded a long time ago.
I am Debating Whether to get a new (24") iMac 3.06gHz w/4GB RAM to run Logic Pro, or a (15") Macbook Pro 2.8gHz w/4GB RAM?????????? I Use Logic mainly as a sequencer. Average: 30 Track Sequences, roughly 10 tracks playing simultaneously. I need to be able to record vocals with 4-6 effects (especially Pitch Corrections) in addition to the multi track sequences. It would also be nice to add new track sequences thru a MIDI keyboard with minimal latency on top of that.
So, Please Let me know which would you prefer. iMac or Macbook Pro, Pros and Cons. Incorporating Snow Leopard in the Answer is also very much appreciated.
Thanks in Advance!

disagree - I own a macbook pro and a iMac. And the macbook pro's runs logic like ****. My iMac is over 2.5 years old and is much faster and more stable than the MBP. I never had system overload errors on my iMac. I get them every 5 min on my macbook, even on projects with 2 tracks sometimes. My mbp is the version before the unibody.
(Turn off the I/O Safety Buffer on the MBP)
Also the biuld in audio card of my mbp is noisy and create radom noise signal when nothing is played back. (maybe they changed it with unibody).
But the problems with the mbp are also happening when i use my duet.
The mbp are good notebooks and can run logic 8, but are far not as optimal as an iMac.
I couldn't disagree more. It's interesting to me how many people assume that if their setup behaves a certain way, then EVERY computer will behave that way. This is the wrong way to think about it and often not other peoples experience.
I have a MBP 2.33, 2 generations before unibody, and it smokes Logic. I have a test project with 16 automated space designers and 4 Sculptures, and they all can run simultaneously on a 64 buffer with absolutely no pops or drops. I know MANY people who run Logic 8 on laptops with awesome performance. If your MBP has a faster processor and as much or more Ram as your iMac, then there is something wrong with your MBP. In fact, I'm pretty sure that the iMacs and laptops share many of the same components.
I have a 24 inch cinema display, and when I'm home I plug my MBP into it, and have an awesome desktop with a big screen. Then I simply unplug and go. It's awesome.
To the OP: if you need portability, get a MBP! If you set it up correctly, you'll have awesome performance from Logic.
And yes, I have owned Powerbooks, iMacs, and Macbook Pros, and run Logic on all of them.

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I agree the Mac is good for some many things especially for consumers and light business needs, ranked very highly but it's not for everyone and perhaps for what you require a more specialized Windows machine is better suited.
Windows 7 will get support until 2020, Apple tends to upgrade their OS X versions annually, so that's a slight drawback for someone who needs stability in their software amd investment.
The only somewhat 3D capable laptop Mac is the 15" MacBook Pro and it's video card isn't as powerful as PC models for specialized professional needs. Neither is the one in iMac for that matter as Apple customers have more or less gone for thinness, style and lightness verses uber performance, which mean thicker and heavier.
The MacPro hasn't seen a update in two years, PC's with Xeons have outstripped it for performance. Apple recent issues a press statement it's being pulled from European markets for not updating to meet new EU requirements (set nearly three years ago.) So perhaps a powerful Mac tower is out and a PC one with Windows 7 is better suited to your professional needs at this time.
http://arstechnica.com/apple/2013/01/apple-to-stop-shipping-mac-pro-in-europe-on -march-1/
http://www.cbscores.com/index.php?sort=ogl&order=desc
Also then comes the operating system and programs tailored for it, which you really would have to run Windows 7 on the Mac in Bootcamp, but may have issues etc for hardware compatability also problems with tweaking things and custom drivers etc., as Mac's are not generic PC's although they can run Windows 7 in BootCamp
I can make some suggestions for some uber PC machines for awesome professional results.
HP has a line of Elitebook 8770w Mobile Workstations with some truely awesome video cards for fast rendering speeds costing upwards anywhere up to about $6500 if you so need it, plus the displays are larger and detailed.
Sager has some awesome machines anywhere from $2000-$5000
Dell has their Alienware series, but that doesn't sound so professional
Asus has their The Republic of Gamers line of powerful prebuilt desktops and laptops, but they all don't look like 3D gamers machines.
Not exactly as nice as a Mac for the thinness of hardware, but they are performance powerhouses for specialized needs, and they should come (request it) with Windows 7 Professional (so you can run XP programs too).
Windows 7 is not a bad operating system, everyone seems to love it, even Mac users like it.
It does need the services of a professional Windows geek to make sure it's crapware free and anti-virus installed, System Restore Disks and images made before being used online. I also suggest Deep Freeze if you really want a almost trouble free PC, a simple reboot resets the machine back minus any changes.
I hope this assists and perhaps you will consider getting a Mac or iPad for less intensive requirements.

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