New iMac - built in power adaptor?

Does anybody know if the new iMac has a built in power adaptor or does the power lead come with a small box at the end of it, like on a laptop? Sounds like a random question, but I think the new iMac is almost like a "easily portable desktop" with its slim keyboard.

The new iMacs, like the previous Intel-based iMacs, have a built-in power supply that is self-adapting 100-240V AC. All that you need is the proper power cord for the elecrical outlet configuration for the country you visit or an Int'l plug adapter kit.
For traveling, I use the iLugger.

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HT5219 can i connect my dv camera to my new imac via thunderbolt firewire adaptor

can i connect my dv camera to my new imac via thunderbolt firewire adaptor

If FW is the only connection the camera has then yes Thunderbolt Firewire adapter is correct. It's available from a number of sources including Apples own online store, in the USA the link would be:
http://store.apple.com/us/product/MD464ZM/A/apple-thunderbolt-to-firewire-adapte r

My brand new iMac will not power up after an update restart, any suggestions?

Any suggestions on why my IMac will not power up after it done a restart?

Try an SMC reset and PRAM reset: https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-3603
If that doesn't help:
See if it will start in Safe Boot: restart holding down the Shift key until you see a grey progress bar, type your admin password when prompted, let it continue to (hopefully) boot. Restart as normal from the Apple menu.
If that didn't help, try booting into the Recovery HD: restart holding down Command+r and choose Disk Utility from the four choices when they appear on screen. Once DU has launched select your Macintosh HD on the left and click on 'repair disk'. If anything gets changed click on repair disk again until you get a clear pass, restart as normal from the Apple menu.
If you still have problems, give AppleCare a call.

What can I do with just a Built-in AirPort Extreme on a new iMac.

If I get a new iMac (Built-in AirPort Extreme), and plug my internet modem to it, my other computer (G5 10.5.8) should be able to connect to the internet wirelessly? Can it also use the printer attached to the iMac?
Thanks in advance!

So it's a Power Mac G5. The answer is yes. That's one of the ways a router is designed to work. The "router" is the AirPort Extreme Base Station in this case. It obviously has wireless, but it also has Ethernet ports for a wired connection. So if it's convenient for the Power Mac G5 to be located near the ISP's modem device (and router), that will work.
You can also add wireless to a Power Mac G5 without Apple's AirPort card, which is hard to find and somewhat slow by today's standards.
If it is the older Power Mac G5 model (not the last "dual core" version), it has PCI slots. You can get something like this
http://eshop.macsales.com/item/Newer%20Technology/MXP802NPCI/
or for any Power Mac G5
http://eshop.macsales.com/item/Newer%20Technology/MXP802NU2C/
There are other similar products, but make sure there are Mac OS X drivers for the product.
If you can locate the Power Mac G5 near the router, and you are going to get an AirPort Extreme Base Station, you should just connect it with an Ethernet cable. A wired connection is faster and more reliable than wireless.

How do I transfer music and photos from my Power Mac G5 to my new iMac. Have an old FireWire but it does not fit the new iMac

I am trying to transfer photos, music, etc from my Power Mac G5 to my new iMac. The Power Mac is too old for the migration assistant to help. I have an old Firewire but it does not fit the new iMac. Any suggestions? If a Firewire is the best option which one do I need? Thanks.

You need a Firewire 800 to 400 adapter or cable or a external USB 2/3 drive (self powered) it can default to the old USB the G5 uses 1 or 2.
Format the drive info here.
Backup and restore info
https://discussions.apple.com/message/16276201#16276201

How to connect my mini-dv camcorder to new imac with no firewire

I have a Sony Mini-DV camcorder (Handycam) and used to connect it via firewire to my last iMac.
My new iMac doesn't have firewire - just thunderbolt & usb.
Is there a way I can use this camcorder on my new iMac? Are there adaptors, etc.?
Thanks.

As far as I know, all recent iMacs still have a firewire 800 port.
So you would need a firewire 400 to 800 adapter.
21.5" and 27" iMacs ports
One model here:
http://www.sonnettech.com/product/fw_adapter.html

Things You Need To Know about old= New iMac

1) Your HP All-In-One printer/scanner/copier - will it work with this new Leopard iMac? Maybe. I struggled with the all-in-one Printer Scanner Copier PSC 2355 for hours, and that includes reading the discussion forums on Apple's website. Apple support will tell you to call HP. HP will tell you to call Apple, or to check back for updated drivers. This was unacceptable. I finally crossed my fingers and loaded HP drivers for "Tiger", the previous OS version. Hey, the PSC 2355 works perfectly. Hope you have success also.
(2) PPT and PPS files in email. If you do not have Microsoft Office and PowerPoint, you need to know this: iMac comes with a trial version of Keynote and a trial version of PowerPoint software. If you receive a PowerPoint slide show from a friend, and you click on it to view it in Mail, Keynote may open up, for the first month or so. But if you don't buy keynote, this will eventually stop working. If MS PowerPoint opens up, same trouble - it may work a month or so. On my machine, the trial version actually locked up the iMac at the "Splash Screen". And if you don't buy Keynote, MS PowerPoint or MS Office for Mac, then your last hope for seeing PPT and PPS files is "Quicklook" which doesn't step through slides one at a time, but presents them as a long document. Not so great. Our solution was (A) delete the trail versions, and (B) buy a family pack of iWork and then everyone gets Keynote. Too bad the PPT and PPS music doesn't work.
(3) Moving old iMac (circa 2001) files to new iMac. This worked very nicely and seamlessly - all the music, photos, passwords, bookmarks, email moved smoothly from old iMac to new iMac. Only thing is... I think some old crap also moved. Old stuff that will never work in Leopard such as OS 9 apps and games. Even found some old fonts moved. THUS, we received an error "Helvetica narrow substituted for Helvetica which is corrput". Apple support was useless, telling me to reinstall the entire system, which did not solve the problem. After reading Apple discussions, someone suggested copying the fonts from the system folder to the user's library folder. Problem goes away, all is well.
(4) Thus, once you get these kinks worked out, you will LOVE this new iMac. built in camera, mic, fantastic screen and color rendition, fast processor, wonderful iLife apps, and the whole experience. Hope my comments help you transition into your new Mac Life.
John C

I have my Mini Mac with Leopard 10.5.1 for about 3 weeks. My learning curve looks like a dead man's EKG, thus my simplistic question: OpenOffice or NeoOffice? I basically write and have old files rescued from my Windows 98 written in Word 2000. For my purposes, is one office program preferable to the other?
Thanks.

Power adaptor compatibility?

I have a G3 Dual USB 500MHz iBook with power adaptor problems. The model of the adaptor is M7332 (with the small plug). There appears to be a break somewhere in the power cord to the wall, not in the yo-yo part of the adaptor itself.
I have an older adaptor from an orange clamshell iBook. Although the yo-yo part will not fit (it has the large plug), the cord to the wall part appears to be identical (other than color).
Do you think that I could safely use the older cord with the newer adaptor? I tried it and it works, but I'm still reluctant to use it continuously. Any ideas?
G3 iBook Dual USB 500Mhz Mac OS X (10.3.8)

Thank you for your helpful response to my posting.
I checked the link that you offered; however, this listing only shows one type of yo-yo style adaptor (the one with the big plug). I have a feeling that my iBook (which was one of the very first small white G3 iBooks) is a bit of a hybrid between old and new because the dual USB iBooks that shipped a few months later had the newer square style of power adaptor.
I know that there are two types of yo-yo adaptors because I have both in front of me at this moment. Unfortunately, they both have the same model number M7332 (part number 922-4323?). They appear to vary only in the size of the plug at the computer/cord connection.
Can I assume that since the adaptors have the same model number (despite the plugs being different sizes) that they would use the same AC power cord (part number 922-4529?) to connect them to the wall?
Thanks again.

I recently bought a new Imac. Do I have to set up a wireless router or can my other devices connect thru the WIFI built into the Imac??

I recently bought a new Imac. Do I have to set up a wireless router or can my other devices connect thru the Wifi built into the Imac??

jason1074 wrote:
I recently bought a new Imac. Do I have to set up a wireless router or can my other devices connect thru the Wifi built into the Imac??
For the Internet, you should set up a router on your modem, this router will route the packets to any device on the local area network.
If you use the iMac as a router, like if you connect the Ethernet cable from your modem to the iMac, then broadcast a Wifi signal, the iMac will have to remain on all the time, at full power. Thus drastically shortening it's lifespand.
A router is only about $100 or so, offers much better security as it's like a large guard, someone has to hack through router first to get your iMac or other devices.
If it breaks, you buy another 5 years later for another $100, so your not placing all that always on wear and tear on your expensive iMac.
Apple's airport routers are pretty good, easy to set up and have automatic firmware updates, plus music sharing etc.
Set up properly you will be very secure
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Connecting an iMAC Power PC G5 to a new iMAC with Intel

i would like to buy a new iMAC with Intel, but i was wondering if i can connect my current iMAC Power PC G5 to the new one? the display on my current iMAC is going bad. the reason i ask is because i would like to continue using some of the software on my current iMAC and just be able to work with them using the new iMAC. i just dont want to buy new software to put in the new iMAC. does somebody have an answer for this? or can i tranfer, for example microsoft office, to the new iMAC?

Nope! As Rick Lang noted, Apple provides "Migration Assistant" with OS X - when you get your new iMac, and go through the setup at power-on, you'll eventually be presented with a "Migration Assistant". To migrate from your G5, it's as simple as connecting the G5 to your iMac via a FireWire cable (You may need a FireWire 800 cable for new iMacs - also called a "9-pin to 9-pin" firewire or IEEE 1394 cable. Shop around - most retail stores, like Best Buy, charge way too much for cables). Then, startup the G5, holding the "T" key. It'll enter "FireWire Target Mode", acting as an external hard drive. Migration assistant while then happily copy all your user data to the iMac - it may take a while. If you've already setup the iMac, you can still use the Migration Assistant - it's in the "Applications>Utilities" folder.
Your applications should now work just fine, with some exceptions. First is that some applications aren't entirely compatible with Snow Leopard (which ships on all new iMacs) - although most currently developed applications have updates to do so. Secondly, you need to check that the apps are "Universal" - that they will work natively on Intel processors. If they are not, they will still work under "Rosetta" - essentially a built-in PowerPC emulator - they will just be slower. Finally, while I haven't had trouble with software licenses, depending on the application you may be required to re-enter the serial numbers/license keys. I can't remember if Office required this, but make sure you have them available.
Also, if you plan to get rid of your old iMac, remember to de-activate iTunes (and other applications that require licenses), and securely erase the hard drive. (Startup via the CD the iMac shipped with, go into Disk Utility, and do a "Secure Erase")
I hope that answers your question! If you decide to upgrade, enjoy your iMac!

How Would The New iMac Compare To My Old PPC G5 Power-Mac?

I'm a bit out of the loop as far as the performance increases since I bought my G5 Power-Mac several years ago and if I'm honest, never really understood them that well anyways...
What I'm wondering is how the new iMac would compare to my old Power-Mac and would it be able to do what I need it to do. Here's what I have now (from my system profiler). A PowerMac PPC G5 (1.1) 2.3ghz Dual CPU. Bus speed 1.15ghz. It also has 4.5GB of Ram... I also have a dual monitor set-up but would obviously get rid of one if I bought the new iMac. The display I would be keeping would be my 30" cinema display. Would I be able to continue to use that monitor without too much hassle in a set-up with the iMac?
Any help, opinions or insights appreciated!

I have a 2.0 GHz dual core (PCIe slots) Power Mac G5 (the +late 2005+ model). It has 4GB RAM and the low-end 128mb NVIDIA GeForce 6600 LE. The max is 16GB.
I also have a 2.0 GHz Core 2 Duo 17-inch white iMac. It has 2GB RAM and ATI Radeon X1600 (128mb) for the built-in graphics. The max RAM is 3+ GB.
Both run Leopard. Both have two displays. I mostly use the iMac currently and another family member uses the Power Mac G5. These two configs feel about equal. Some apps seem to be better optimized for Intel these days. Other older apps are PowerPC-based apps, so the G5 runs those better without the need for Rosetta on Intel. In day-to-day use, I can't say that one is better than the other.
But that's with an older Intel iMac (the low end model even when it was new). For your comparison, the current high-end iMac will undoubtedly be faster. However, with both running Leopard, I don't think the new iMac will be a +quantum leap+ in better performance. Whether the actual difference is worthwhile to you will depend more on how you use your Mac. Once Snow Leopard comes out, with it's better optimization for Intel and more efficient use of multiple processors (and other technical improvements), the story may be different.
With the new iMac lineup, you can use a 30" Cinema display (as an extended desktop) with an adapter off the Mini DisplayPort. It says so on the specs page
http://www.apple.com/imac/specs.html
"Mini DisplayPort output port with support for DVI, VGA, and dual-link DVI via adapter."
"Simultaneously supports full native resolution on the built-in display and up to a 30-inch display (2560 by 1600 pixels) on an external display."

IMovie 6.0.3 does not recognize built in iSight Camera on new iMac

New iMac, Intel, OS 10.5.4, QT 7.5.
Built in Camera works with Photo Booth, the new iMovie 7.1.3 and iChat.
iMovie HD 6.0.3 or 6.0.4 does not recognize the camera. Opening a new project results in a No Camera Connected error. I have tried selecting various options in the video format drop down when creating a new project. I have repaired permissions, tried it under various users, removed the imovie plist, reinstalled imovie (both 6.0.3 and 6.0.4) without success. All 10 of the new computers are exhibiting this problem.
Any help would be appreciated.

That is not an option that I can select on the imac's. On my iBook under 10.5.4 with iMovie HD 6.0.3 or 6.0.4 I can click on the triangle next to the camera icon and select the built in iSight camera. On the new iMacs that does not work. The built in iSight is not listed as an option.

Problems with new Mac Book Pro 13'' +power adaptor

Hi there,
I'm new here and first of all I'd like to appologize from my lack of technical language, since my only interesst in computers is that they don't give me problems so I can keep not knowing too much about them.
Ok, so I bought the new Mac Book Pro 13'' exactly 2 months ago cause my old and long travelled Power Book G4 died. I didn't hesitate to spend the money to buy the new one, cause I was so happy with my experience with the old one and in my mind returning to PCs was not even considered.
BUT...I'm not totally happy about my new laptop...from day 1 Safari would just close itself but I didn't give too much thought about it. After this, not only Safari can close up to several times a day, but also iphoto or any other program that I use for work. But that's not all..One day it would take minutes to start running and it would go extremely slow...another day it would start also very slow but also it wouldn't show the tools bar on top or my folders. Another time it would show me, instead of the normal starting page, a page where it would ask me to accept or not a kind of revision for hardware. After so many problems of course I pressed yes...everything seemed normal, then computer started and seemed to be running normal again (aside from this safari and other programs that shut down). Today my computer, when moved, just went totally blank but fortunately I could start it with nor problems after it.
So...anyone knows what the problem must be?? Should I take it to a Technical service ??? and there's another issue...i'm handing in m phD in a week so I can't just be without computer now, and in a week I'm flying to Canada where I also will need my computer for work...what can I do???
And the second problem...the power adaptor from the beginning seemed to act funny sometimes...sometimes charching, sometimes not, I would follow the instructions in the support part and after being several minutes changing one cord for the other, to keep it 1 minute disconnected and so at some point it would start functioning again. But this happened seldom so also I would think it was a protectiion mechanism of the adapter. But, when this is happening more often than not, then it gets annoying. Also I've been transporting it in a careful way since I bought it to find that after only 2 months in the cord (from the computer to adaptor) you can see the internal cable as if there was some cut...a third one seems to be appearing too. I've taken it to the technical support and the guy who was helfpul but also honest said he couldn't do anything for me cause since there were those cuts, he could always be said that it was a misuse of it-an accident and then he would have to pay the replace himself. Well, it's not!!! My old adaptor has been transported in a way less careful way and it's survived with NO problems for 5 years. The material is clearly different from the old cord. This one because it's new, I only need to put it in a special bag air protected. Honestly I don't feel happy to pay 80 € for an adaptor that I don't know if it's gonna last me only 2 months or that I know I can't transport normally. The guy suggested me to ask in forums and to call directly to the apple technical service.
Again, has anyone had any similar problems with the adaptor???
Rosanna

Take it to an Apple retailer and have the computer repaired. It is still in warranty.

How can I use microsoft word, power point and those apps in my new iMac ? i bought this iMac yesterday so am new on tho and i would like to know

how can I use microsoft word, power point and those apps in my new iMac ? i bought this iMac yesterday so am new on tho and i would like to know

If you absolutely must have the Microsoft applications, you can purchase and download them from http://microsoft.com/mac.
Free software suites LibreOffice and OpenOffice offer similar functionality (word processing and spreadsheets).
Or you could do worse than look at Apple's Pages, Numbers and Keynote, which should already be installed in your Mac and can export to Microsoft formats if need be.
Matt

New iMac 27" and just plugged in a Apple USB superdrive and get message, "Because a USB device was drawing too much power from your computer, one or more of your USB devices have been disabled." I am trying to load Office mac2011 what to do?

I have a new iMac 27" and just plugged in a Apple USB superdrive and get message, "Because a USB device was drawing too much power from your computer, one or more of your USB devices have been disabled." I am trying to load Office mac2011 what to do?

If you just bought the iMac and the Sjuperdrive take the superdrive back and get a refund. The by any other brand external DVD drive that connects by USB and try that. Most come with a Y USB cable to allow you to connect to 2 USB ports to supply enogh power to the drive IF Needed.
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