My iMac (early 2009) will not except a dvd.
There seems to be a disc in the iMac. No disc is reconized in finder. Eject does nothing.
problem solved. Restarted the iMac while pressing the mouse button.
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My iMac (24-inch, Early 2009) will not play DVDs.
My iMac (24-inch, Early 2009, purchased new from an Apple store) will not play DVDs. When I attempted to open the DVD Player file in Utilities I got the following error message: ‘A valid DVD drive could not be found. [-70012]’ I've downloaded nearly every software update that Apple has notified me has come available. It's been several years since I last used the CD/DVD player, but i was quite surprised and unhappy today when it spat out every DVD I inserted. Anyone know how I can resolve this problem?
Hi there,
Your machine should be supported, the requirements for Mountain Lion are:
iMac (Mid 2007 or newer)
MacBook (Late 2008 Aluminum, or Early 2009 or newer)
MacBook Pro (Mid/Late 2007 or newer)
Xserve (Early 2009)
MacBook Air (Late 2008 or newer)
Mac mini (Early 2009 or newer)
Mac Pro (Early 2008 or newer)
You must also have:
OS X v10.6.8 or later
2GB of memory
8GB of available space
Some features require an Apple ID; terms apply.
Some features require a compatible Internet service provider; fees may apply.
Also, you might like to try unplugging any external drives, and backup ones, and try again.
Nathan -
my laptop will not except a DVD.
Well, sometimes it's just bad luck. Remember, manufacturing isn't 100% perfect, so even if it's 99.9% perfect, that leaves thousands of devices with issues. You're luck, I know.
Try another brand. Even still, I'd get it repaired officially. -
Will my US iMac early 2009 work in South Africa?
I am moving. I know that mobile and portable devices will work, but will a desktop? I do not see voltage guidance on the iMac casing.
Yes they are also 100-240V AC, see > iMac (Early 2009) - Technical Specifications
However you may need to find a power cord with the correct plug end or a plug adapter depending on the outlet configuration there. -
without changing settings, iMac mail V4.6, 1)will not save password 2)takes accounts offline 3)will not except password 4)will not send mail from accounts every time.
What happen? How do I correct this?Hi Nuch1,
I found an article that is contains very thorough Mail troubleshooting steps:
OS X Mail: Troubleshooting sending and receiving email messages
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS3276
You can use that article to figure out what part of the email "ecosystem" is the cause of the issue, and it can also help you attempt to resolve it.
Hope that helps,
David -
24" iMac early 2009 - how to duplicate screen (mini DP to HDMI)?
Hello
I want to play movies on my TV which are located on this harddrive.
I have a PS3 so when i have software streaming that movies (uPnP style) to my PS3 it works. But then again, considering I like nature and all, I have to use 3 devices for getting that image through.
It would be far easier to just connect the mac to my TV using HDMI.
I know this is possible with a mini DP to HDMI cable. But does this iMac (early 2009) support audio streaming? I've read numerous of forums and they all have different answers. I know this forum is the right one to ask.
But if it doesn't support audio, then i'll need a devide which combines the mini DP and audio jack into a a hdmi output. This isn't such a problem I think except ...
If this audio jack is plugged in my iMac, won't I'll always loose the sound of my iMac (but I'll have that on my TV)? This bother me because I don't want to insert the audio jack every time I want to play a movie on my TV. But when the HDMI side is not connected to my TV, will my Imac still loose its audio?
It seems complex, but I just need a solution for watching those movies easily on my telly without having to switch cables all the time (and not use the PS3 which consumes power like a mad machine).
I'd like to know your input on this.
Thanks in advancedThe mini-DisplayPort does not carry audio. You can solve that issue with a device such as this one available in the USA. I do not know where you would find one in Europe.
However, as long as something is plugged into the Mac's audio port, that is normally where the audio goes. So if your TV is plugged into the audio port and the TV is off, your Mac will be silent.
Dah•veed -
Kernel panic - iMac Early 2009 - OS 10.9.5
My iMac Early 2009 computer has been shutting down in different ways during different programs, usually graphics oriented. Usually it freezes the display or some part of the display, becomes very very slow and then maybe I can wait and save work before restarting, maybe not--it's just frozen. I was watching a video in Chrome just now and it completely shut down and restarted. This is the first time this has happened--complete shut down. I wonder if anyone can interpret the shut down log.
Specs are as follows:
iMac "Core 2 Duo" 3.06 24-Inch Aluminum (Early 2009) (E8435)
6 MB shared level 2 cache
1066 MHz system bus
8GB of RAM (1066 MHz DDR3 SDRAM)
1 TB (7200 RPM)
NVIDIA GeForce GT 130 graphics - 512 MB GDDR3
Log of the shut down follows. Thank you very much in advance if anyone has any idea what is wrong.
Mon Oct 6 22:29:21 2014
panic(cpu 0 caller 0xffffff7f99628f30): NVRM[0/2:0:0]: Read Error 0x0061002c: CFG 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x04000000, BAR0 0xd2000000 0xffffff8124c6e000 0x094700a1, D0, P3/4
Backtrace (CPU 0), Frame : Return Address
0xffffff81233cbbe0 : 0xffffff8018a22f79
0xffffff81233cbc60 : 0xffffff7f99628f30
0xffffff81233cbd20 : 0xffffff7f996f250a
0xffffff81233cbd60 : 0xffffff7f998c991c
0xffffff81233cbd80 : 0xffffff7f996c68c7
0xffffff81233cbda0 : 0xffffff7f99769dbf
0xffffff81233cbe20 : 0xffffff7f99610fce
0xffffff81233cbee0 : 0xffffff7f995debc5
0xffffff81233cbf20 : 0xffffff8018a4a20a
0xffffff81233cbfb0 : 0xffffff8018ad7607
Kernel Extensions in backtrace:
com.apple.nvidia.classic.NVDAResmanTesla(8.2.4)[D61B2BB9-4289-318D-9197-5E1E13B 1FF32]@0xffffff7f995d9000->0xffffff7f99841fff
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.9)[2852ACFE-FD28-3C37-9B39-885201BB8D25]@0xffffff 7f990bf000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport(2.4.1)[D41125CE-69BD-32E7-9B1D-4E83431662DD]@0xff ffff7f995c9000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily(2.4.1)[75D81741-64C1-3941-ADFA-9D6B6C434EE4]@0 xffffff7f99586000
com.apple.nvidia.classic.NVDANV50HalTesla(8.2.4)[B0E6AAA7-E970-3D81-8B43-145D56 A3A4AC]@0xffffff7f9984c000->0xffffff7f99af5fff
dependency: com.apple.nvidia.classic.NVDAResmanTesla(8.2.4)[D61B2BB9-4289-318D-9197-5E1E13B 1FF32]@0xffffff7f995d9000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.9)[2852ACFE-FD28-3C37-9B39-885201BB8D25]@0xffffff 7f990bf000
BSD process name corresponding to current thread: kernel_task
Mac OS version:
13F34
Kernel version:
Darwin Kernel Version 13.4.0: Sun Aug 17 19:50:11 PDT 2014; root:xnu-2422.115.4~1/RELEASE_X86_64
Kernel UUID: 9477416E-7BCA-3679-AF97-E1EAAD3DD5A0
Kernel slide: 0x0000000018800000
Kernel text base: 0xffffff8018a00000
System model name: iMac9,1 (Mac-F2218FA9)
System uptime in nanoseconds: 116336346660163
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Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GT 130, NVIDIA GeForce GT 130, PCIe, 512 MB
Memory Module: BANK 0/DIMM0, 4 GB, DDR3, 1067 MHz, 0x802C, 0x31364A53463531323634485A2D3147314431
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AirPort: spairport_wireless_card_type_airport_extreme (0x14E4, 0x8E), Broadcom BCM43xx 1.0 (5.106.98.100.22)
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Thunderbolt Bus:Thanks Mike. I have no third party peripherals, but I did install ram, so I'll take that out. I'm unable to install the Apple Hardware Test (holding D down doesn't work for me and I don't have the install disks that came with the computer anymore.) I think it is a hardware problem though, due to it happening during lots of different programs running etc. I'm guessing it is GPU related as well, because it says
Kernel Extensions in backtrace:
com.apple.nvidia.classic [...]
From research I've done online, I gather replacing the video card will be half as expensive as buying a new computer, so I'm in a jam there. The iMac screen display is also quite old -- it has a yellowish color now and often on the desktop you can "see through" windows "on top": you can see the outlines of windows below. -
My microphone doesn't work after installing lion on iMac early 2009
Hello,
I've just installed LION and everthing seems to be OK except the microphone, it doesn't work on skype, imovie.
I have an Imac early 2009.
Will this bug be fixed in the next 10.7.1?
Please if you can help me,
ThanksIf it suggests that you install iPhoto again, install iPhoto again. In your Macs Box that it came in there should be 2 Discs, one is an Applications CD (You need this one) And another is the Mac OS X.
Insert your Applications CD and hold C while the computer is starting up, then you will be walked through the installation of Applications. -
I want to upgrade my iMac (Early 2009) 20-inch to 8GB of RAM
I want to upgrade my iMac (Early 2009) 20-inch to 8GB of RAM the maximum specified by apple but i've been reading installing to 4GB RAM modules causes a kernal panic in os x lion, is this a lion specific error or is this a iMac error?
Thanks for any helpThat machine will support 8GB RAM, please look over
http://eshop.macsales.com/item/Other%20World%20Computing/8566DDR3S8GP/
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I have installed mountain lion on my early 2009 macbook (not unibody) and it is terrible, it's like owning a windows pc again (almost) What can I do? I paid for mountain lion, is there any way of giving it back and getting a refund? obvisoulsy after unintalling it. I couldn't see any reason why it would be bad for my particular macbook, and it downloaded without a problem.
In what way is it terrible? Mountain Lion is pretty stable. If you are having problems, most likely they are unique to your particular system and can be fixed. If you don't like some of the new features, that does not constitute reason for a refund.
If that does not suit you, you will have to discuss a refund with Apple, as they are the only ones who can say. Note that the App Store terms do say that all sales are final, so you are not guaranteed a refund, especially since whatever problems you had are not due to defective software. -
Adobe CS6.0 out of memory error on iMac (early 2009)
Hi:
Adobe CS6.0 Photoshop is returning "Out of Memory (RAM)" errors and is unusable on a lab of iMacs.
The system exceeds Adobe minimum specs (1GB ram).
Our school has a lab of computers with both Adobe CS5.5 and Adobe CS6.0 Master Collection installed on a lab of iMacs (early 2009).
The computers all have 4GB of memory and come with an NVidia GeForce 9400M 256MB video card.
I notice that this video card shares ram with the main system.
CS5.5 runs perfectly well but CS6.0 is not co-operating.
We have updated Photoshop to version 13.04 and have run Apple's Software Update (latest version).
I have looked online and this is a known problem with computers that have Adobe CS5 & 6 installed with Mac OS10.7.x but only on certain video cards.
There are people out there with 32 GB ram having the same problem.
I'm guessing the answer may be to update the video card drivers somehow.
Your input is greatly appreciated.
Regards
ODrewHi ODrew,
I'm shocked you can operate OK with only 4GB of RAM, that certainly wasn't enough for my 2007 iMac to not continually slow down!?
CS6 Sys requiremnts...
Mac OS
Multicore Intel processor with 64-bit support
Mac OS X v10.6.8, v10.7, or v10.8**
4GB of RAM (8GB recommended)
4GB of available hard-disk space for installation; additional free space required during installation (cannot install on a volume that uses a case-sensitive file system or on removable flash storage devices)
Additional disk space required for preview files and other working files (10GB recommended)
1280x900 display
7200 RPM hard drive (multiple fast disk drives, preferably RAID 0 configured, recommended)
OpenGL 2.0–capable system
DVD-ROM drive compatible with dual-layer DVDs (SuperDrive for burning DVDs; Blu-ray burner for creating Blu-ray Disc media)
QuickTime 7.6.6 software required for QuickTime features
Optional: Adobe-certified GPU card for GPU-accelerated performance
And I don't see that Video card supported...
http://www.adobe.com/products/premiere/tech-specs.html
I don't think you can upgrade that video card...
http://www.ifixit.com/Answers/View/93250/Upgrade+the+NVIDIA+GEFORCE+9400M+GRAPHI CS+PROCESS -
My 15" iMac G4 800mhz will not recognize my iPhone 4s at all. It charges but doesn't load as external memory or in itunes.
I am running OS X 10.4.11 and using iTunes 9.2.1.
I have tried to be as specific as possible, I hope somebody can help as this is the main thing I will be using my mac for.
Thanks in advance.....and an 800mHz Mac cannot officially run 10.5.8. There may be some third-party hacks to allow tricking the installer into thinking the computer qualifies and permit the install to continue, but 10.5 will be very sluggish on that machine even if you have a lot of RAM.
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My daughter updated to the ios 7 and it asked for a passcode. The phone will not except the passcode and now her phone is disabled. Anyway to unlock without resetting?
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My imac and ipad2 will not connect to the internet with Windstream using an 2wire DSL modem.
Help my brand new imac and ipad2 will not connect to the internet with Windstream using an "2WIRE" DSL modem. Windstream tech service is useless. i can connect with the built in router through Ethernet or wireless, but still no connecting to internet, help! windstream said everything is working on their end, yea right. What i do know is that both the mac and ipad work at other places and can connect with wireless connected to the internet, so i know it's not the apple products.
these are brand new machines with lion.
This is my first mac, so I’m still new to how it works, which is not helping either so a detailed help would be great. Please help before my wife losses it
thanksThere is a 2701HG-B, and a 2701HG-D. If not labelled on the modem, ask Windstream which one they presently supply or how to tell the difference.
By the way tell your wife it isn't that bad. At least you have an ethernet DSL modem. There were times where DSL modems had RJ-11, USB, and Ethernet, and all three were used to provide access. At least now only the craziest DSL providers still use those modems. -
I recently purchased the iPhone 5 and my itunes account on my iMac 7,1 will not recognize it as a device. My imac has stopped downloading new updates, it says it is up to date with iTunes 9.2.1. My imac will not run the newest 10.7 itunes either. All I want to do is put my music from itunes on my computer to my new phone. HELP please!!
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