Need early 2006 iMac installation disks, which ones?

I need to know which SPECIFIC installation disks came with or are usable on a 2006 iMac. I wiped the computer before knowing my MacBook OS X Tiger disks wouldn't work on the iMac. So I either need to purchase new disks as the computer I inherited did not come with the disks or can anyone help me figure out how to get the OS back on the computer?

You can get replacement System Install & Restore CD/DVDs from Apple's Customer Support - in the US, (800) 767-2775 - for a nominal S&H fee. You'll need to have the model and/or serial number of your Mac available.
If you're not in the US, you may need to go through the regional Apple Store that serves your location to find the contact number. Here's a list of links to all of those - http://store.apple.com/Catalog/US/Images/intlstoreroutingpage.html Another resource: International Support Phone #s.

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Where can i download audio drivers for early 2006 imac?

please help me to download audio driver for my early 2006 imac that i purchased USED my built-in mic does not work! THANK YOU

It most likely is disconnected or broken if someone has been working on that iMac.
Go to: Apple > About This Mac > More Info and in the Hardware secton select Audio (Built-in) and see if the Internal Microphone is listed there.
If it is, then go to: Applications > Utilities > open Audio MIDI Setup > select Built-in Input and fiddle around with the settings to see if you can get it working.
If not, then you need to have the Built-in Mic serviced and/or replaced.
Alternately there are Mac compatible USB Mic's and iSight Cameras out there that work well with iMac's.

So I cannot use iCloud cause I have with one early 2006 iMac, one Macbook Air

I have two Macs now:
1 iMac early 2006 (intel core duo)
1 latest Macbook Air
So I upgraded my MobileMe to iCloud in my Macbook Air and I syncronized my info. But when I use my iMac (i cannot install lion cause it doesn't accept core duos) I cannot have the syncronized info!! Because I cannot have iCloud installed on my Snow Leopard!!
So when I was doig everything smoothly with MobileMe (keeping syncronized two macs) now I cannot cause iCloud couldn't be installed on Snow Leopard of my iMac.
WHY?? Apple instead of simplifing things (as they were doing not long time ago) now it gets things more complicated!!!

But this wasn't the way apple were doing things!! I can see that you are a new apple user,
this is the mentality which apple styaed always away: old tecnology!! it's just a crap! I am a paying MobileMe (or call it .Mac) customer since 2005.
and it is not about tecnology!! they can simply still allow installing iCloud on Snow leopards!! and using it could be allowed who owns another Lion computer or IPhone ios5!

17" early 2006 iMac powers down during startup

I am running 10.5.2 on an early 2006 1.86GHz Intel Core Duo 17" iMac (white), 160GB HD, 8x Superdrive, 2x1GB RAM.
1MB L2 Cache (from memory), bus speed 667 MHz (also from memory).
Latest BootROM (forget which one), checked for updates about a week ago.
Am, or rather was. It died this afternoon. I came back to it after lunch and the hard disk was making a distinctive pattern of clicks - a slow 1 - 2 - 3, which sounded like regular clicks and releases of a button, and then a short burst, followed by the 1 - 2 - 3 etc. The noises themselves weren't unusual, sounding just like ordinary disk access sounds, it was just the regular pattern that was distinctive, and the fact that none of my open apps were responding. I had been copying some files to the computer over the network and the copy had errored out with only a few files left to copy. Over the next 30-45 minutes I managed to force quit all the apps (about 7mins per program), but still couldn't shut down or restart, and ended up holding down the power button to switch the machine off.
I gave it half and hour's rest and powered it up, but it got stuck after the apple logo and the circle of spinning bars appeared (they were both still there). The hard disk made the distinctive pattern of sounds again.
The next time I started it, I tried zapping the PRAM, but the machine got to the same stage before powering itself down. Trying to boot into Safe mode or from my Leopard install DVD or in Target Disk Mode also failed. Every time, the Apple logo and the spinning circle of bars appeared, then the machine shut off, I presume before it can do any of those tasks.
I have tried taking each of the RAM modules out - same result.
I am not sure whether the problem is the hard disk, or the logic board or power supply, or something else entirely. I have heard on another forum that some iMacs went out with faulty capacitors on the logic boards and that you can check on Apple's website to see if your serial number falls into that range, but I can't find the page (search terms were intel imac logic board faulty capacitors power supply serial number, and variations thereof).
Recently I have installed several freeware and shareware apps from magazine DVDs, and had particular problems with Intego Fileguard. It creates 'safes' to encrypt folders you specify, though when I asked it to put my emails, pictures, movies and music in four separate safes they all became corrupted immediately. In the case of the pictures and music I lost most of the files (nearly all recoverable from backups/original CDs, thankfully!).
Also, just yesterday the machine had crashed after a restart, reaching the same point as it does now, but this time it didn't power off. When I powered it down and gave it a rest, it started up normally.
This is my first dead Mac, and I'm realising what a traumatic experience it can be. Help will be much appreciated!

Welcome to the Apple Discussions!
I would reset the System Management Controler.

Early 2006 iMac processor upgrade

I have an "Early 2006" Core Duo 20" iMac. I know that the processor can be upgraded (this model was socketed, unlike later iMac models).
My research on the internet concerning this comes up with info that outdated. I know that it is difficult, and I know that the chip needs to be a "mobile Core 2 Duo chip" (those that
My questions are:
1. Has anyone on this board done this?
2. What processors am I limited to, as the info I see is a couple of years old and applies to older processors? I obviously do not want to insert an incompatible chip or one that runs too hot for my logic board & fans (even though I am sure I could use SMC fan Control to help out).
3. Is the old limitation of 2gb ram limited by the 32-bit nature of the Core Duo or by the logic board... meaning if I DO upgrade to a 64-bit Core 2 Duo chip, does that change the 2GB RAM limit?
BTW, these are two of the older articles I've combed through:
http://www.maclife.com/article/createupgrade_your_imac_to_a_core_2_duoprocessor?page=0%2C0
and
http://www.xlr8yourmac.com/systems/macmini_core_2_duoswaps.html#storytop

Hi Charles
It's a little off the subject, but it would probably cost you less in the long run to sell your Core Duo and buy a New, an Apple Refurbished or Pre-Owned Core 2 Duo.
Check out > [Pre-Owned Intel Core 2 Duo iMac's|http://www.applepalace.com/apple-mac/apple-computers/imac-desktop-system s/imac-intel/index.asp]
Dennis

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I have an iMac 10.4.1 installation disk that I want to run on my Powerbook g4 which has 10.3.9 installed. When I try to run it, I get a frightening looking screen that has the message "we are hanging here" (or something like that, I don't want to run it again to get the exact quote). Is this happening because I'm trying to run an iMac disk on a Powerbook or is there another problem here? Thanks.

Hi skogie!
As BDAqua posted, if the PowerBook G4 meets the Tiger System Requirements, you must use a a Full Retail Version, of the Tiger Install DVD to upgrade.
Additional info in these links.
Using OS X Install CDs/DVDs On Multiple Macs
What's A Computer Specific Mac OS X Release
Software Update, Upgrade: What's The Difference?
Tiger is available for purchase at The Apple Store (U.S.).
If you know what to look for, a Full Retail Version, of the Tiger Install DVD, can also be purchased, sometimes less expensively, at some online Apple retailers, Amazon, eBay, FastMac, HardCore Mac, AllMac, etc.
Be sure not to purchase grey, upgrade or machine specific CDs or DVDs.
The disc should look exactly like the images in the above links, and not say Upgrade, CPU Drop-in DVD, or "This software is part of a hardware bundle purchase - not to be sold seperately." on it.
Caveat Emptor!
If any are presently available, examine these items very carefully, and if in doubt, ask questions of the seller before purchase!
Tiger On eBay
Once Tiger 10.4.x is installed, you can use the PPC 10.4.11 Combo Update, to upgrade to the current version.
ali b

Desperately need CS5 web premium installation disks (or download link)

Hi there, I need a little help.
My hard drive had to be reinstalled last week, and I don't have my disks for web premium cs5 and indesign 7.0
I don't have my installation disks, my brother got me the program, emailed me the serial numbers and I downloaded from the website. Now my brother is (seriously, no jokes) riding a pony across mongolia and the disks are nowhere to be found.
I just spent heaps of money to fix the computer, I'm definitely not going to spend heaps more to upgrade to a version I don't even want (have not heard good things about 5.5, going to wait until cs6). Do you know of any way to get my hands on a set of those installation disks? For windows for extra fun.
Thanks so much, looking forwarding to hearing from you!
Jenn

I'm in a similar situation. In my case we had a sewer flood in the basement (where my office is) and the clean-up crew (running around in hazmat suits) were a bit overzealous tossing everything in the dumpster.
Adobe's scripted response: "We only keep copies of the current version." When I pointed out that several of Adobe's own License Agreements state that copies of DVDs are available for several years (i.e. of versions other than the current one) I was promised that they'd get back to me "within 2 or 3 business days". Several weeks later I finally received a reply; no replacement DVDs are available but I could upgrade to the latest version (at the regular upgrade cost)...
Given that some of the License Agreements state that replacement DVDs will be available for some time after the new version has been released contrary to Adobe's stock answer that such copies are never available, I wonder if it would help to contact the Attorney General in my state and/or whether there's ground for a class-action lawsuit?

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In these years I've been using my PC mainly for photoshop retouching, video editing and little gaming.
Which 21.5 model do I need for my purposes ?
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Welcome to Apple Discussions,
If you are doing 3D gaming get the best graphics card you can. Any type of 3D graphics and video editing is taxing on a video card. I would recommend getting the model with the ATI Radeon HD 4670 graphics with 256MB.
Regards,
Roger

Imac installation disks

hi, I have an early 2009 imac 21 inch and a late 2009 27 inch iMac. I only have the installation disks for the 27 inch. Will those disks work on the 21 inch?

The DVDs that came with a Mac only work on this Mac. It includes a special Mac OS X version for that Mac. Call Apple to get a replacement DVD > http://support.apple.com/kb/HE57

Need a Windows 97 installation disk for pavilion g7 to boot my computer .

Tried to reboot my laptop as read error during configuration data and need windows 97 installation disk for pavilion g7 to restart my laptop

Ray65 wrote:
Tried to reboot my laptop as read error during configuration data and need windows 97 installation disk for pavilion g7 to restart my laptop
Hi,
For normal computer, we only have Windows 85, 98, XP, Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8 and now Windows 8.1. Probably you need a recovery discs set for your machine. Please call HP technical support: 800-474-6836. If you live outside the US/Canada Region please click the link below to get the support number for your region.
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Early 2006 iMac Kernel Panics on startup

We have recently purchased a second hand 20" iMac, and after a few days it has started to kernel panic on startup, before the Apple logo disappears. A whirring when it begins to turn on has also appeared.
I shall photograph the kernel panic message if it helps. The local Apple Store have suggested that since there is a greater time period before the Apple Logo appears, the fault might be something to do with the motherboard/hard drive. Are there any suggestions here which may help us?
Thank you.

KimGale wrote:
The kernel panic occurs before I can log in.
here's some to read up on:
_*Resolving Kernel Panics*_ and here _*http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2546*_.
for OS X 10.6 specifically, see this: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=Mac/10.6/en/8965.html.
also
_*What is a kernel panic*_,
_*Technical Note TN2063: Understanding and Debugging Kernel Panics*_,
_*Mac OS X Kernel Panic FAQ*_,
and
_*Tutorial: Avoiding and eliminating Kernel panics*_
The disk is in there, and now we can't get it out
FWIW,
Kappy wrote:
Five ways to eject a stuck CD or DVD from the optical drive
Ejecting the stuck disc can usually be done in one of the following ways:
1. Restart the computer and after the chime press and hold down the left mouse button until the disc ejects.
2. Press the Eject button on your keyboard.
3. Click on the Eject button in the menubar.
4. Press COMMAND-E.
5. If none of the above work try this:
Open the Terminal application in your Utilities folder. At the prompt enter or paste the following:
/usr/bin/drutil eject.
If this fails then try this:
Boot the computer into single-user mode. At the prompt enter the same command as used above. To restart the computer enter "reboot" at the prompt without quotes.
JGG

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Im looking to upgrade from my macbook white (nearly 2 and a half years old now) to a new imac.
Spec: 2.1 ghz intel core duo, 4gb ram, 120 gb hard drive, 500gb external seagate HD, 160gb external seagate HD
I am running logic 8 and use AU's such as all the native instruments ones, Rob Papen synths and Spectrasonics instruments a lot (normally running at least 10 instances of each in a project). Everything i do is software based and i am not currently running an external audio interface but i will probably get one to connect my mackies and my decks.
My macbook is now struggling to keep up with it all and regularly cuts out while playing which gets very frustrating, therefore i feel it is time to upgrade.
I dont have much money and am looking at buying the basic imac available on the apple site. Would the step up from 2.1ghz dual core to 3.06 ghz i3 processor be significant and very noticable i.e. would it stop logic cutting out while playing? or is it actually worth going for a quad core even though the i3 processor can run 4 threads at once?
Also, is it worth going all out on 8gb of ram or would it not be worth it if i wasnt running a much more powerful processor?
Any issues with the hard drive, graphics cards etc?
Obviously a new imac will have a significantly improved performance to a 2 and half year old basic macbook white but i just need to know if it is worth spending a lot more money on a more top spec imac since i cannot afford to be upgrading very often.
Matt

Even the lowest end base model iMac would be a pretty significant jump from what you have now. The amount of RAM would be the same, but the RAM in your laptop is almost certainly DDR2, while the new system would be DDR3-1333, and the Core i3 has an integrated memory controller which further reduces memory latency. Add to that hyperthreading, and I believe even Turbo Boost, it will make for a very nice step up.
What I would suggest doing, is trying things out with 4GB of RAM and see how it goes for say a month. If after some sufficient period of time, like a month or at least a couple weeks, you need more RAM, it's a lot cheaper to add it aftermarket. Any DDR3-1333 (Non-ECC) SO-DIMM should work. All you need is a Philips #2 screwdriver to remove a couple (captive) screws on the panel on the bottom edge of the system. There are 4 memory banks there you can fill. I want to think the current iMacs can take up to 32GB of RAM in a 4x8GB config.
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Macintosh Plus Boot Disk - Which One?

I have just recovered my old Macintosh Plus (circa 1986) from my parents basement which is where I left it in 1988/89. I am trying to get it working again. The only information I have about this Mac is from the back panel where I find its full name "Macintosh Plus 1Mb" and "Model Number: M0001A." When I try to start it, I get a blinking question mark. I looked through other posts and found a reference to a great site, "Gamba's Home Page" in which I found access to a number of different versions of downloadable boot disk software. My only question is...how do I know which version to use?
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In need of a new Mac Pro, which one?

In the market for a new Mac Pro, mainly for CS5 apps, an ocassional Final Cut project and some Modo rendering (simple work). My Mac is an early 2008 2.8 GHz 8 core with 10 gigs of RAM, rock solid performance and trouble free and I'm looking to buy a new one within the next week. The 4 core 2.8 appeals to me for the lower price, but inclined for the 8 core, is the $1,000 difference between 4 and 8 core woth it? The 4 core has a faster processor, so I would assume that the difference in speed is basically a non-issue for the work I do, am I right? On the other hand, I rather get the 4 core with at least 12 gigs of ram, since most apps don't take advantage of 8 cores.
Need opinions and suggestions and if someone has a link for performance comparisons test between the two, would be appreciated, can't find any.

Not everyone, but more than a few, swear by SSD making their Mac run smooth and faster all around.
You are rather low on RAM for any real strong CS5 use.
Your Mac can boot into 64-bit kernel, too. Read up on that on MPG and along with 24GB pays 15% dividends.
And you can take advantage of 5870 or 5770 as well as Quadro 4000 ($789 PNY Quadro for Mac on Amazon, versus $1195 on Apple Store). 5770 + 4000 is $1050 investment.
You 'should' be using say 3 x 2-3TB enterprise version drives. And 120-240GB SSD $600.
Intel 3.2GHz Harpertown (Penryn) 5400s are probably not cost effective and seems the highest MHz you can go.
I go with coffee can, create an account to go towards the next system. Put X-amount aside each month and only buy on cash or your business pays for itself in six months.
The real hard part comes when a new model comes out, knowing the first 3 months are often rough and best to hold off, wait, read the reviews and reports. And know that buying that while today you could 'down grade' to Snow Leopard, the next time you can't and it takes time to optimize all the drivers and software that a workstation is more likely to need.
If you have $3.5K burning a hole, then the ref'd 2.8 and optimize "the heck" out of it, with W3680 and everything else, and then sell yours later too for $1500 probably.
http://store.apple.com/us/product/FC560LL/A
Your 8-core 2,8 is not yet ready to retire!

Is my early 2006 iMac 32-bit or 64-bit?

I ask because Mactracker says that it's 32-bit, so does that mean that Snow Leopard would be a waste of time? I thought the whole point was that it's 64-bit, but if it runs in 32-bit mode only then I can't see the performance increase being anything to talk about.

I get:
+| | "firmware-abi" = <EFI32>+
This just tells me that the EFI (firmware?) is 32-bit, but not anything about the Core Duo processor or other hardware capabilities.
There is nothing under Hardware in System Profiler that identifies the bit of the hardware, 32 or 64, it doesn't even tell me the CPU model number (in fact, there is no CPU information other than "Intel Core Duo", "1.84GHz", 2 cores and 2MB L2 Cache). Mactracker says that this is a "Yonah" T2400 Intel Core Duo.
After a bit of digging I came up with this on the Intel website:
http://ark.intel.com/Product.aspx?id=27235
It states that the T2400 CPU has a 32-bit instruction set, which I take as final proof that it is a 32-bit CPU and (as far as my understanding of computing goes) is not capable of running true 64-bit code in a 64-bit address space. Therefore all Snow Leopard code should run in 32-bit mode (I really don't know how or believe it if someone says that it can run 64-bit applications on 32-bit hardware). I can only conclude that I should expect 32-bit performance, any performance increase over normal Leopard will be from more efficient code and not anything to do with it being 64-bit.
I think my best option would be to wait for a few updates, perhaps by 10.6.5 they will have better 64-bit support, the iMacs will boot into 64-bit mode by default (I know it can be tweaked but that's not the point) and I can expect to see much improved performance from the latest hardware and software.'
One of the things I do that takes a lot of CPU time is video crunching, whether it be converting or iMovie / iDVD. This process is what I am most interested in speeding up, I know there will be no substitute for a faster CPU but I'm hopeful that running in 64-bit mode will help with shifting such large amounts of data around the system.

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