New iMAC 27" Firmware available - Good News

There are 2 new Firmware available today and they are meant to:
1. Resolves an issue that sometimes caused high processor utilization while playing audio through the headphone output mini-jack.
2. Resolves an issue that prevented the display backlight from turning on after powering on the iMac.
3. Power and thermal management, the Sleep LED, and battery.
4. Controlling the fans, supporting Sudden Motion Sensor, Ambient Light Sensor (ALS), and the power switch.

I dunno, I tried it at the Apple Store, and I thought the performance was pretty bad. Less the 7fps in the orientation islands. Slightly better (10fps) if I shrunk the window down to about 1280x900 or so. Went to a more simple sim with a fountain and in that window size got what looked like a nice 30fps. Went home and ran on my pc, a modest 2.1ghz intel core 2 with a nvidia 7900GT, and was getting 70-90fps on 1280x1024.
Seeing that, I cancelled my order for the 2.8ghz iMac. I had nothing to gain throwing away $2300 for a new system that doesn't provide me with any more utility then the PC and 1st Gen MacBook pro I have now. If there was a BTO option for a better graphics card, I would have taken the extra expensive. The iMac is supposed to be the top of apple's line for Consumer-grade products. That includes games. Everything else about the iMac was top notch. Except the graphics card. After my test in the apple store, I can see why they never posted any graphics performance comparisons in the iMac's hardware section. it's truely an embarasment.
Anyways, what sort of performance metrics were you seeing before, and after, you reinstalled? Who knows, maybe it would have been better if VTO could be enabled. The game got VERY unstable though if VTO was unabled, so all of my testing was with it turned off.

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when will the new iMac mini be available in India ???

Contact the local Apple guys. Or keep an eye on the local website.

Hi ! Today I see the new iMac, and I love the new floral wallpaper. Someone know I can found this new Wallpaper, Thank You

Hi !
Today I see the New iMac, and I love the new floral wallpaper in demonstration. Someone know where I can found this new floral Wallpaper,
Thank You !!!

It is a fair question and Apple have obviously used some original photography for the new product shots. Wait and see if they are included in Mac OS X 10.8.3..

Installed new iMac Intel firmware, restarted and now the computer is stuck

I installed the new iMac Firmware for my iMac Intel 1.83GHz and since restarting its been stuck on the loading screen.
I've tried inserting the restart CD/DVD and holding down C
I've tried restarting it with OptionCommand P + N
Still nothing, any ideas?

You want to disconnect everything possible, to limit what your iMac needs to do when it finally boots up.
According to the "What is Safe Boot, Safe Mode?" article linked below, AirPort will be off during safe boot, anyway. But you'll want to turn it off, if/when available in the menu bar, to limit memory usage when you return to a normal bootup.
Is the "loading screen" you've mentioned the firmware screen? or one of the usual boot screens? Not a black screen, right? If you mean a grey startup screen with the progress indicator dial below the apple, it wasn't able to complete what it was doing due to lack of hard drive space.
We have to hope some caches will clear in the meantime, although sometimes all it takes is shutdown and startup, but that apparently did nothing for you. Now we need to count on safe boot for saving some space.
Safe boot is of critical importance to keep anything else from loading into the system and continually jamming up the memory and what little, if any, free hard drive space.
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=107392
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=107393
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=107394
Emptying Finder trash will be necessary just to be able to open Mail. Too much stuff in Finder trash will not be able to be deleted, so if it's possible to remove something from the trash and put it on the desktop, do so until you can empty the trash, then trash one item at a time, smallest first.
Emptying Mail trash frequently will be necessary to keep each email deletion from enlarging Mail trash to a size too large to delete. Each email can be very small, which is good, as you need a place to start where deletions will be very small. It's bad from the standpoint that it'll take a while for those small deletions to add up to a decent amount of space.
One of the first larger things you can delete is the Firmware Updater if you find it in Applications/Utilities.
Coming back from a full hard drive is really just a matter of trial and error, and remembering to start small. Waiting a week is just a guess on my part. It may be that it's so locked up with the firmware install that there's nothing that would help. Then again, it may have been on the verge of booting, just needing a few extra bytes of trash to empty. What's the symbol for a "shrug?"
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New portal component not available for new iView

I've just written my first portal component using the NetWeaver Developer Studio. It's a trivial "Hello World" application.
If I run it in the portal from the NWDS it runs successfully allowing me to capture the full URL.
I tried to export the par file and upload it to my portal. I used the Archive Uploader from the portal to load the par file (System Configuration -> Support -> Portal Runtime -> Administration Console). The upload appeared to go successfully but the "Archive Deployment Checker" shows the local and repository versions as "undefined" with "update", "delete" and "refresh" buttons - no "install" button.
When I try to build an iView to display this component I don't see it in the list of possible types.
(portal content -> new iViews -> choose source type of "portal component") I can't see anything that looks remotely like my component.
If I create a generic applicationintegrator iView I can paste the full URL from my NWDS test run and it works. I can even build that into a role and make it appear in the portal content area.
How do I:
1 find/make visible my component so I can build an iView directly from it
2 if I can't do 1, configure the URL a little more generically so it's portable.
The URL in the iView looks like
http://dev.mycompany.com:5xx00/irj/servlet/prt/portal/prtroot/MyHomePage.HomePage
and I'd like it to look like
http://<prtroot>/MyHomePage.HomePage

Hi Murray,
Try to deploy your portal application from NWDS itself.
NWDS
Windows / Preferences / SAP Enterprise Portal /Add
After that check in Portal Archive Selection your component will be there.
And for shorter URL you needs to check the DNS settings.
Regards,

New imac 27in availability

Hello,
When will the new Imac 27inch be available in the southwest area (El Paso Texas)

Apple has said that you can order them now from the Apple Store, but they won't ship or be available under late December.
Hope this helps

Where do i insert a cd into my new iMac?

I just setr up my new mac. I can't find a place to insert a CD or DVD?????

The CD/DVD SuperDrive is no longer built into the iMac. Basically it comes down to the fact that there is no optical drive thin enough to be installed into the ultra thin iMac enclosure.
You need to either purchase Apple's own external drive for $79 U.S.D or purchase a third party external CD/DVD optical drive.
Not trying to be sarcastic or rude here, but we see a lot of these posts about the absence of the SuperDrive. Before plunking down a lot of money for a brand new iMac, it would be good to do a little research about what features are available or not available for Apple products.
There is nothing in Apple's current iMac product specs that mention the iMacs coming with a built-in CD/DVD drive, any longer.
And, if you did a little research about the new iMacs like product reviews and such, you would've found out about the deleted optical drive in the new iMac design.
Plus, being so thin, some common sense would prompt you to ask before buying where would a CD/DVD go in such a thin computer as the new iMacs are, now.
Sorry,
But the missing iMac built-in CD/DVD drive issue has been covered to death here and elsewhere.
Why would one buy a product without knowing anything or everything about it before you buy?
It boggles me.

FCP on new iMac or keep present PowerMac?

Perhaps this sounds like a silly question, but then again, perhaps not...
I currently have:
- Dual 2.0 GHz 64-bit PowerPC G5;
- 2GB 400 MHz DDR SDRAM;
- 2 250GB Serial ATA 7200 rpm hard drive;
- AGP 8X Pro graphics slot;
- ATI Radeon 9600 with 128MB DDR SDRAM;
- 3 PCI-X slots (one 64-bit 133 MHz, two 64-bit 100 MHz); and
- 8X SuperDrive (DVD+R DL/DVD±R/CD-RW);
- Firewire 800 & 400
- USB 2
I also have an external HD and a DVI 19" monitor
Question: Would the new iMac be faster then my PowerMac?
I use the computer for normal everyday applications, but I also use the following programs often:
- Final Cut Pro HD (4.5)
- DVD STudio Pro 3
My thinking is, I can sell my MAC and have plenty of money to purchase a new iMac. If I sold my monitor with it, I would be even better off.
What do you guys think?
Would the new iMac be faster?
Would the new iMac be better for video editing?
Looking forward to your thoughts...

Hi Singit
Its hard to make a call as i don't know if you are an up and coming post house or a bed room industry..or whether you work on DV.Digibeta or HD..whether you are loaded or scrapping by making a living
Well..in this ever changing world it is tempting to upgrade, switch machines/models (whihc is what the corporation want), but reading your specs I would say that your MAc isd pretty spec happy. I must admit that I don't know what the exact up grading capabilities of the new imac is or how the new intel processors will work..but my advice is don't bother. The G5 will be much better regards upgrading (adding capture cards such as decklink..adding extra ram)..it sounds like you've already spent a decent amount of money on your machine and if it ain't broke don't fix it. The money a new Imac would cost..you could get a HD and SDI Decklink capture card (£260 in the UK), more drives..hire in a digi machine..buy a DV camera or a good DSLR. I run a small but busy post production house in the UK and I WOULD NOT use imacs full stop. I have a G4 Imac at home and the problem with it is that its a self contained unit. If the screen goes I've had it and also its about as upgradable as an Ibook
So thats my thoughts for what its worth
Andrew

I bought my first iMac 27" i5 in November 2011 last year. Do you think there would be a update that will Features a Retina Display, Siri etc ?? So my iMac will be the same as the new one that will be released this year, Or will I have to buy a new iMac t

I bought my first iMac 27" i5 in November 2011 last year.
Do you think there would be a update that will Features a Retina Display, Siri etc ??
So my iMac will be the same as the new one that will be released this year,
Or will I have to buy a new iMac to get all these new updates ??
It would be a shame if I did because my iMac is only 6months old if that ..
Kind regards Simon Trott Apple user and proud of it

We're not allowed to speculate on future or rumoured Apple products, but we all know there'll always be newer tech coming along.
The iMac you have is an excellent machine, be happy with it and get a good few years use out of it. By the time your machine is slowing down, whatever comes next will have been updated numerous times.
I had the 2011 i5 27" delivered about 3 weeks ago. It's a cracking machine

After 7.5.1 Time Capsule firmware update -- bad news

Has anyone else had a new 2TB 5GHz Time Capsule, with factory firmware 7.5 with a fan that always runs AND after updating to the recent 7.5.1 update, the fan stops running -- but then AirPort Admin reports it is overheating?
AppleCare seems to have never heard about this issue...

So here's the good news and the not-so-good news...
The good news is that the genius was able to reproduce my issue and replaced the unit.
The not-so-good news is that the new unit's fan -- so far -- has never turned on. It gets warm to the touch in normal operation. So far, no overheat alerts. Will see how long it lasts...
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Itunes from Windows XP to new IMAC and IPOD

I had a 4th generation 20 gig IPOD that broke and I have Itunes and all my music on a Windows XP machine. I recently purchased a new IMAC and I'm going to purchase a new 5th gene Photo IPOD to use with my new IMAC. Does anyone know if I can backup my music from the Itunes on Windows Xp and install/restore all my music files on Itunes on my new IMAC, and then connect the new IPOD to the IMAC. Is this possible somehow? I have over 2300 songs in my music files on Windows Itunes, none of them have been purchased from the Itune store, they are all from my own CD's. I want to transfer everything to the Mac but dont want to have to redo my whole music files on the Itunes Mac. Thanks.

There is a good general guide to switching from Windows to Mac at the following link that touches on moving music as well: How to Move to a Mac - Get your stuff from your PC to your new Mac
There are also these guides:
iTunes for Mac: How to copy purchases between authorized computers
iTunes for Windows: How to copy purchases between authorized computers
Networking with a Windows PC
Don't forget by the way if you have purchased any tracks from the iTunes Music Store to deauthorise your old PC if you are disposing of it so you don't use up your 5 allowances: About iTunes Music Store Authorisation and Deauthorisation

RAM prices for new iMac

As of today, Apple's price to increase the memory of a new iMac from 1 GB to 4 GB is $850. Kingston 2 GB modules for this computer sell at $172 each - that's $344 for 4 GB. Apple is over $500 more. Kingston's RAM has a "lifetime guarantee", Apple's is one year. Why should I order the extra RAM from Apple? What am I missing here?

Crucial is great, and is where I get my RAM, but they're not above trying to make some extra profits, especially considering the absolute disaster that the RAM market has been all this year due to the price war prompted by the opening of new RAM factories. RAM is cheap now compared to what it'll cost in Nov-Dec, the time every year when the market tightens up. I already bought a pair of 2GB modules a month ago, and I didn't even have a Mac to put them in yet, although a new iMac seemed like a good bet:)

Missing iPhoto for new iMac

Hi,
Just got new iMac. Great! Using new software that came with it. No iPhoto on my hard drive. Missing. What am I supposed to have? And since I don't have it, how can I get it? I don't see any download for iPhoto. What version should I have with my new iMac? Thanks.
Ed

Thanks for your prompt answer. I have looked through the applications folder and the rest of the hard drive. I have done a search with spotlight but there is no iPhoto. I have contacted the dealer and will be contacted the individual there that helped set up the transfer of data and applications from my failed iMac G5.
My guess is that they somehow deleted iPhoto in this process
In the booklet that is titled "Everything Mac" it shows iPhoto under iLife.
That is correct
reinstall iPhoto - go to your receipts folder ("Your hard drive" ==> library ==> receipts) and remove any iPhoto receipts and reinstall from the restore disks that came with your computer - do a custom install of bundled software only
For more information click here for the MacWorld article on reinstalling OS X applications.
I have used the Software update to download and install all updates that were listed. Nothing there to update iPhoto.
If there is no iPhoto you can not update iPhoto - iPhoto (and iLife) are not available from downloads - they must be installed from the original disks as noted above and in my first answer

How long is the new imac update supposed to take?

I am currently installing the new iMac graphics firmware update, and its taken 35 minutes so far, is this normal? This seems to be a bit long to me, I've been staring at the blue screen with the moving circle and no change. Did anyone else's update take forever?

I see this on that link:
Do not shut off the power on your iMac during this update. Loss of power could result in your iMac failing to start up.
Do you have high speed internet access? If not, it probably shouldn't take 35 minutes.
From that page also: This firmware update fixes an issue that in rare cases may cause an iMac to hang during startup or waking from sleep.
So you were having problems with your iMac before you tried installing the update?

Sorry, New iMac is Ugly

I know "Beauty is in the eye of the beholder" and "There's no accounting for taste," but the new iMacs are ugly. (I have one of the "old" (nine months) Intel iMacs with a 24" screen; it was love at first sight.) Leaving aside the horrible glare, does anyone really think the black border around the screen is attractive? The design is a confusing mix: white, black, silver. I know the insides are top-notch, but Apple has been about so much more than that. At the beginning I thought maybe it was a bad first impression, but I've been back to my local Apple store about six times since the new iMacs were unveiled, and still leave feeling the same way. Interesting, during my visits, while there are crowds swarming around the iPhone, MacBooks, and iPods, there hasn't been a single person in front of one of the new iMacs.

I also find the new iMacs to be beautiful. The white ones looked nice, mind you, but they were too much of a "look at me" item, and plastic at that. The aluminum ones seem to me like they are designed to be more elegant, and less flashy, which I love.
I didn't think the black border was a particularly good idea at first, but it really does improve the view of graphics versus the border being shiny aluminum. It also helps hide the iSight camera and IR receiver for the remote.
The glare on the display is no worse than a CRT monitor. The same monitors we all used in our windowed offices before LCDs came out. The same monitors some of us still use today. I really think the glass is an asset to the screen that really makes the colors come alive.
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New iMAC 27" Firmware available - Good News

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