New iMac 24" 2.4GHz

I received my new iMac this past Monday and all is running wonderful! I am still installing software, but this machine is a dream.

Congratulations Mark on your new iMac! I just got the same iMac myself 2 weeks ago and it is running superbly as well.
Frank B.

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Video Card on New iMac 24"

I just purchased one of the new iMac 24" 2.4GHz. After purchasing, I upgraded from 1Gb to 4Gb of RAM. I purchased this machine solely to use for video editing. I'm a professional graphic designer, and I have owned several eMacs and iMacs over the past 5-6 years. I've always been impressed with the performance and price point of these "non-pro" machines.
Up until this latest purchase, I have been doing most of my work on a 20" white iMac 2Ghz Intel with 1Gb of RAM. I have been very impressed with this 20" machine. It runs all the pro apps very well, with great speed and performance, and super stability. I guess I could say that this 20" 2GHz machine is the best Mac I have ever owned.
Because I was so impressed with the 20" 2GHz model, is why I decided to invest in another. I really needed another machine to use as a standalone video editing machine, to run Apple Motion, Final Cut, and Cinema 4D.
So, far this newest 24" 2.4GHz 4Gb RAM model has not overly impressed me. It is a very nice looking machine, and it runs Illustrator, Photoshop and the other graphics programs great, with no lag. But, for video production using Apple Motion, it has not been as stable as my previous 20" (with only 1Gb RAM!). I thought with the addition of added processor speed, quadruple the the amount of RAM, and a so called "better graphics card" that this new machine would run Motion like a dream. I do want to note that my video projects are not HUGE. Most of them are under 3 minutes in length, and standard resolution.
As I read through discussion forums, I am slowly learning that the new graphics card may be a bit lacking in these new iMacs. For this reason I ask, is there any way to upgrade the video cards in these new machines?? If so, please advise, I have many video projects coming up in the future and I need a good solution. If it is not upgradable, what Mac machine would be the best, (cost effective) route to running motion graphics software?

jalapi, Welcome to the discussion area!
...is there any way to upgrade the video cards in these new machines??
No the video capability is part of the motherboard and therefore not changeable nor upgradeable.

Line-in mic for new iMac.

I'm like 2-days new to mac-using so stay with me here.
I just got the new iMac 24" 2.4ghz.
I'm having a hard time getting my Logitech standard-in (non-USB) mic to work. The headphones work while plugged in, but the mic doesn't seem to be working. I can get the mic to work on my PC, but I don't have any other mics to try on this Mac.
Anyway: I go System Preferences-> Sound-> Input.
When the built in mic is selected the input level will display incoming sounds. But when I switch over to the line-in with my mic plugged into the line-in I get nothing. Do I maybe have to allow access for this jack to work?
My mic is not muted.
If it means anything: when I am unplugging the mic the input level will display some incoming sound, but only right after jacking-out (hehe). I was able to playback the sound that was being input and it just likes like a book was dropped on the floor. Not anything loud, just a short soft "thud".
I appreciate all ideas, thanks.

The audio-in port on Mac computers requires a line level input. Most PC mics don't work with a Mac unless you run them through a preamp, such as iMic, to boost the signal to line-level.

New iMac running very slow

Just bought my wife the new iMac (20" 2.4GHz). Connected her old G4 Mini in firewire mode. Transferred her applications and files. Everything is working but the computer is very slow. Much slower than my version 2 macbook. It surfs so slow and Safari has locked up several times. This is on her regular websites not something new. All her apps on the mini were the PowerPC variety and not universal binaries. Could this be an issue? I had Firefox that was optimized for the G4 processor on the mini. It worked on the iMac but was slow. I just installed the latest universal binary Firefox and it is faster but the hard drive is thrashing constantly. Now it only has 1 GB of RAM (I will upgrade) but still, I am only running 1 app... Was importing from a G4 a bad idea?
Karl

I ACTUALLY think so!
I have the same iMac you have and it's SUPER fast! and I also have just 1GB Ram... but I'll tell you what I did...
First, I went online and got *Universal drivers* for my *Scanner, Wacom pen tablet* etc... then I got the Universal versions of *CockTail, SuperDuper, HandBreak, Stuffit, Adium, Firefox*... time consuming I know but if they were AVAILABLE for Intel... it didn't seem to be a good idea to SAVE time... just an afternoon that maybe would have cost me a couple days trying to fix future compatibility issues...
After doing that, I installed ONLY three *PPC Apps*, the ones I really need: *Photoshop CS, Flash and Dreamweaver 8*... actually my website is all in Flash, I only use Dreamweaver as a FTP program to upload my files...
Both Flash and Photoshop will run under ROSETTA... even taking lots of RAM, they still run faster than in my old iMac G5 with 2GB Ram... *duo to the Intel processor*...
At least I know that ALL DRIVERS are the original Intel... the iMac is super fast.. I just moved from ATT&T (disgusting 300 KBPS) to ComCast reaching *5 MBPS* on both the *G4 mini* and the *2.4GHz Intel Core 2 Duo iMac*...
Such a great experience, the large clear screen... a fast machine and a great connection...
If I were you I'd spend a Sunday *re-installing Leopard* and looking for the *Intel version of some Apps*... you don't have to sit in front of the computer all day... you can load the installation DVD and open a beer and come back after a while and download Leopard updates (and open another beer...) cook and listen to a good music... do little by little one day!
If I have a major problem I always re-install the OS... I can't work on a sluggish machine! Better a day doing it than suffering for a LONNNNNNNNNG time!
Cheers!
: )

New iMac 27-inch: 3.4GHz Periferal questions

I am considering this new iMac, 27-inch: 3.4GHz. I have a late 2009 mac pro 8 core 2.26GHz with 6GB of Ram and is loaded with SATA hard drives. I have a lot of video on the HDs and want to see if
1. is an inexpensive way or a JOB array so I can access my data via dual thunderbolt.
2. I have a FW800/ESATA 1TB external drive that I want to access.
3. I also have a 30 inch cine display from 2006
4. Finally if have a Presonus FW800 Firestudio that I need to interface
I know this is a lot, but is there an all in one thunderbolt to FW, ESATA and monitor adapter.
I also want to know if anyone can speculate on how much faster this new iMac will be compared to my 2009 mac pro. I am not ready to pay the money for the new Mac Pro, because I don't of a lot of video editing any longer and read a review that the iMac can handle so pretty heavy video editing.
Thanks in advance.

Daisy chain the two FireWire 800 devices and connect them to one Thunderbolt port with this http://store.apple.com/us/product/MD464ZM/A/apple-thunderbolt-to-firewire-adapte r?fnode=51
Then find the correct adapter for your display(I don't know what the cine display uses or I'd link to it) and connect it to the other thunderbolt port.
Seems easy to me but I may be missing something?

Hi, I am going to buy a new iMac desktop. I am going for the 3.4GHz Quad-Core Intel i7, 16 GB RAM and 2TB ATA Drive. I want to know whether I should go for the dual drives option i.e including the 256 GB SSD. I do a lot of 'heavy' media work. Brian

Hi, I am going to buy a new iMac desktop. I am going for the 3.4GHz Quad-Core Intel i7, 16 GB RAM and 2TB ATA Drive. I want to know whether I should go for the dual drives option i.e including the 256 GB SSD. I do a lot of 'heavy' media work.

by looking at the specs the laptop is better but if your not a gamer or graphics designer then you most likly wont notice a difference in the performance at all so with that said a few downsides
the processor is i5 the i7 processor is the better processor the graphics card has half the dedicated memory that the laptop has and the hdd compared to the solid state is not much of a difference unless you wanna move your computer all the time you wont need a solid state drive
but like i said before if your not a gamer or graphics designer on your computer you will not notice the difference most likely

Suitable ethernet cable for my new Imac 27-inch iMac 3.4GHz quad-core Intel Core i5 and old imac 1 GHZ PowerPC G4

I am looking for a Suitable ethernet cable for my new Imac 27-inch iMac 3.4GHz quad-core Intel Core i5 (Mavericks 10.9.4) & old imac 1 GHZ PowerPC G4 (10.4.11) for transfering files, documents, photos into my new intel mac from my old power PC imac.
Can anyone please advise me which suitable ethernet cable would be suitable for tasks.
Many thanks
Niall

Note, the iMac G4 1 Ghz only supports 10/100 base-T. Firewire is up to 4 faster with a cable such as this one:
http://store.apple.com/us/product/HA833ZM/A/belkin-firewire-800400-9-pin6-pin-ca ble-2-m66-ft
and adapted to this one:
http://store.apple.com/us/product/MD464ZM/A/apple-thunderbolt-to-firewire-adapte r
http://www.macsales.com/ may offer cheaper cables.
And since you are migrating from a G4, be sure to make your files portable to newer data formats before transferring. Old Appleworks/Clarisworks files are not compatible:
https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-2522

Brand new iMac 3.4GHz fan runs all the time - how do I stop it?

Hi, just opened my shiny new imac but the fan runs all the time and very loud! Has anyone any ideas how to fix this or should I return the imac to apple?
I've also noticed that none of my external drive icon show up on the desktop - nor does the imac hardrive icon appear - any ideas?
Thank you in anticipaction.

Try an SMC reset, you may need to do it at least 2x.
SMC RESET
Shut down the computer.
Unplug the computer's power cord and all peripherals.
Wait 15 seconds.
Attach the computers power cable.
Wait another 5 seconds and press the power button to turn on the computer.
PRAM RESET
Shut down the computer.
Locate the following keys on the keyboard: Command, Option, P, and R. You will need to hold these keys down simultaneously in step 4.
Turn on the computer.
Press and hold the Command-Option-P-R keys. You must press this key combination before the gray screen appears.
Hold the keys down until the computer restarts and you hear the startup sound for the second time.
Release the keys.

New iMac 27" i7 3.4GHz 8GB RAM - Very disappointed

I just upgraded from my old iMac, an Intel Core Duo 2.66Ghz.
I had so much hope, twice the memory, 4 faster processors and a 1TB Sata disk
But no,
Spinning beach ball is what I get for 80% of the time I am trying to use it.
Long delays, of no response at all, CPUs idle, memory usage trivial, no network traffic..
Nope, no obvious reason but long delays.
The AppleTV2 now takes 30 seconds to load the top level menu from it,74 seconds to load the TV Shows menu, often times out and fails.
Wireless network, a Time Capsule all working fine...
iTunes is locked up again....
It appears I have spent over £2,000 to power a beach ball spinning.
Bad news indeed....
On the phone with Apple Support tomorrow, if they cannot fix it then back to Steve it goes.....
This is the first duff machine I have had from Apple, I guess as it was my 10th I had bought I must be due a dud.

Nah ran the Disk Utility, no joy there.
However, I suspect an incompatibility with my new iMac and my old iMac and my USB DAS boxes.
I have 3x4x2TB USB DAS boxes and a FW800 Drobo and an Iomega 1TB fw400 attached plus 7 USB DVD drives.
I have detached the USB DVD drives - no difference
I have swapped out the USB Hubs to new Belkin 7 ways - No difference
I have detached the USB drives - maybe not sure.
Tomorrow I get another Drobo, I'll offload the DAS boxes off onto the Drobos and take the USB drives offline see if it improves then.
If that seems to fix it then I'll just use the DAS boxes for backup of the Drobos.
I have moved the Music library onto the iMac HD, nope still having stupid problems
ie:
Double click on a song in iTunes - up to two minutes for it to start
Move a song from place 10 to Place 2 in a play list - lock up for 2 minutes
Click a playing song to move the slider towards the end of the song - lock up two minutes
Maybe I just have to rebuild the iTunes Library from scratch, it will take a while, 65k songs, 9k TV shows, 2k Movies, 2k Audiobooks and a lot of eBooks and magazines.
I really had so much hope for this machine, I figured if I threw more than three times the grunt power at it than my old iMac it would do better.
Mmmmm it is getting worse as I type this, just clicking on iTunes now results in a Beach Ball of Death and lock up for 2 minutes.
I'll try to get some time tomorrow to call Apple Care, I am pretty sure this is not right.

New iMac or new Mac Mini... and iPhoto Library separate drive?

I have a 2007 iMac Intel Core Duo 2.4Ghz (4 meg RAM) with a hard drive in need of repair, according to Disk Utility (and repeated by DriveGenius 3.) The Repair option is not available. I have had occasional difficulty with this particular Mac, and this is actually my second hard drive,and it is out of warranty. I had already planned to replace this computer later this year.
In attempting to download and install Lion OS, the install failed, and the computer became essentially inoperable. I was able to use Time Machine to get it back running, but cannot repair what is surely a damaged HD. Apple Support came to the same conclusion.
I have become interested in a few goals: (1) To purchase a Mac Mini along with an Apple Thunderbolt monitor (when available) in order to separate my CPU from my monitor. (2) I want to separate my media files from a CPU hard drive for safety, for the very problem I am experiencing now. (3) I want to make my iPhoto library and iMovie library available to my wife – perhaps on an external dedicated drive - for her newer iMac, to various iPhones and iPads, and to two Apple TV units.
We have a home network with an Airport Extreme, and several Ethernet outlets. Both iMac’s currently use Western Digital external drives for Time Machine backups. I have another external Seagate drove solely for my iMovie files. I just purchased a Time Capsule 2TB (but have not yet opened) with the idea that this would be where the “shared” iPhoto library resides.
My questions –
Would you recommend using a Mac Mini + monitor, or go with a new iMac (my current iMac is my third and the only one that has given me some problems.) I do not have any specialized use of my computer beyond the common iLife applications.
I want my photos and videos to be easily available to my family on their Apple devices (I’m the only one with the significant family photo library) and I haven’t quite devised a plan to accomplish that. Can you make suggestions?
Thanks for any assistance you can offer.

Currently the Library is on EHD 1 and you want to copy it to EHD2?
Connect them both to the iMac. Make sure EHD2 formatted Mac OS Extended (Journaled) and drag the iPhoto Library from EHD 1 to EHD 2
To open either Library with iPhoto 11: Hold down the option (or alt) key key and launch iPhoto. From the resulting menu select 'Choose Library'
It will update the Library to the new formats. Remember once you do this the older versions of iPhoto will no longer be able to read it.
Regards
TD

Brand new iMacs with Lion will not read DVD-R

Our business has just purchased 3 x brand new iMacs (3.4Ghz) pre-loaded with OSX Lion 10.7.2 and NONE of them will read a DVD-R containing important files I need to access. However, the trusty 2 year old iMac running Snow leopard sees the files instantly....what's wrong with Lion...?
My 2 year old MacBook pro was updated with Lion a few months ago and hey, it stopped reading DVD-R's....how interesting....! It can't be ALL of the superdrives failing, so it's obviously a fault with the OS...seems to be a VERY common problem, so what's the problem in getting it fixed?

Contact Apple Service, iMac Service or Apple's Express Lane. Do note that if you have AppleCare's protection plan and you're within 50 miles (80 KM) of an Apple repair station, you're eligible for onsite repair since yours is a desktop machine.

External DVI monitor not working with new iMac 27"

I recently purchases a 27" iMac and i'm trying to get it working with a 3rd party DVI external monitor. I got the Apple mini display port (thunderbolt) to DVI adapter and connected everything via a new DVI-D cable. The iMac detects there is a monitor and even shows the display as it should.. however, the monitor has a large amount of static/snow/noise (red coloured), so much so that the monitor is unusable. There is also a considerable amount of flickering.
The monitor works fine when connected to a Mac Mini with the Mini DVI - DVI adapter, (old set up) so I know the monitor's connection is not faulty.
Also, the monitor connects fine to the iMac when using a mini display - VGA adapter. The problem really seems to be with the combonation of DVI cable and adapter.
Has anyone had any experiences with DVI monitors connected to new iMacs via the thunderbolt port?
(System: iMac 27" 2011, 3.4GHz i7, 16GB RAM, Graphics AMD Radeon HD 6970M 2GB. All system updates installed, running OSX 10.7.2)

I think that your assessment is right, the ATI must be on for DVI to work (so far I've only tested with an older T61p and the Quadro graphics are always running). Can't you set the machine so that when docked the ATI is used, but on battery the internal video is used? That would be what I would try.
T61p, T400
formerly x23, x40

ATI driver installation issue with Windows Vista on Boot Camp (new iMac)

I've just purchased a new 20" iMac with Core 2 Duo 2.4GHz.
Then I installed Windows Vista Ultimate on a Boot Camp partition.
Vista installation was eventless and worked nicely.
Now the problem has begun...
I downloaded the latest ATI graphic card driver (Catalyst 7.7 for Vista 32) from the ATI website. The Catalyst software did not recognize the graphic card and installed nothing. I still have generic Microsoft standard VGA video adapter, which keeps me from playing any recent 3D games...
Someone please help me on this so that I can start playing Oblivion...
Message was edited by: Giraku

Hi and welcome to Discussions,
I still have to find a verification for this, but:
Aplle has up to now always used the Mobility versions of the ATI and NVIDIA graphics chips in the iMacs and MacBooks, MacBooks Pro.
I assume that the in the new imacs, they are also using the Mobility version of the Radeon 2400/2600.
The ATI drivers you can download from the ATI/AMD website are only suitable for the Desktop Radeons, NOT for the Mobility Radeons.
ATI/AMD does not provide drivers for the Mobility Radeons, but are refering to the Manufacturer of the Computer for Drivers, which is Apple.
Sorry to say, but it seems you have to wait for a new BootCamp version which you include Driver support of the new iMacs.
Sorry
Stefan

To install Windows 8 OS on a new iMac using Boot Camp, what size "partition" should I allocate for Windows on a system with 3TB Fusion drive?

I am trying to install Windows on a new iMac w/3TB Fusion drive. The system crashed on my first attempt but appears to have partitioned the drive correctly before crashing??? So, what size partition does Windows 8 need to operate effectively? Is "more" better??? or just over-kill? And, has anyone installed Winodow 8 on an iMac...and how did it work? Would apps like "Parallel Desktop" or "VM Ware Fusion" be a good idea and troubleless?
I will try again but not too confident that it may get worse before it gets better.
Regards....?
P.S. I configured this iMac with the i7 processor 3.5GHz with Turbo Boost to 3,9GHz. When I select "About this Mac" it diplays my i7 processor as a 3.4GHz instead. Do you think they ran out of the i7 3.5GHz and shoved a i5 3.4Ghz in the iMac to meet deliver schedule??? I there a way to check the real-time speed of my processor??.

It depends on your uses. See > https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-3321 Windows 8 works properly in Boot Camp, always that your iMac is compatible > http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5634?viewlocale=en_US&locale=en_US You can only use the 64-bit Windows 8 edition.
Respecting to your processor, you may want to contact with Apple, as they may have sent you the iMac with a wrong processor

New IMac GeForce 8800 GS Graphics card questions

I am considering buying a new IMac 3.06 Intel Processor with 500 GB HD, 2GB RAM, Geforce 8800 GS Graphics Card and 24 inch display.
Will this computer be able to run Windows Vista Aero Glass with all features turned on via Bootcamp software included with Jaguar?
Also does anyone have any information on this GeForce 8800 GS card? I've tried googling it and keep getting sporadic results of Geforce GTS and Geforce GTX cards but nothing about this GS card!
I want to run Vistas AeroGlass and the games I'm interested in playing are WOW, Oblivion, Battlefield 2142 & COD 4.
Can the new IMacs with this GeForce 8800 GS handle all this?

I have the AL iMac 2.4GHz w/ 1GB RAM and the Radeon 2600 w/ 256. Running XP in BootCamp I can run COD4 @ Max and is very playable (not necessarily full throttle) w/ plenty of action on screen. Also the PREY demo works just about as good. If I go to 1600x1200 it will run flawlessly.
WoW will play great on Leopard (though I've had a few freezes in game:::not sure if this is Mac update related or patching for WoW itself). You can also max WoW out and it runs smoother than COD4 (WoW is older) but for the beauty of the game and smoothness tune it a bit and you are cool. And yes AAx8:)
Can't wait until I go to the Corsair 4GB kit w/ 4-4-12 cycle:):):P

New iMac 24" 2.4GHz

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