Noob here, first mac computer have a question.

I just bought a brand new imac computer, the 21.5 screen base version. I'm not the most tech savy guy in the world. For the sake of being in the right place, is my imac the intel based version, g5, g4 or g3?

Hi cmhaah06
See the iMac time line at Wikipedia > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IMac
and iMac History > http://www.imachistory.com/2002/
The last G5 PPC iMac was built in Late 2005 and everything after that is considered an Intel iMac.
Dennis

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Hey there Mac support users! I'm looking to buy my first Mac computer product, and I am currently caught indecisive between the 13in and the 15 inch Macbook Pro. I have been over the technical specifications of both, and I do not really want to push out the 1700$ it would cost to buy the 15 inch if getting the 13 would be just as effective for my purposes. And of course, here is some background info on me:
I am currently a college student (hooray education pricing), and am also a musician who plays guitar, bass, some keys, and does vocals.
I will be using the Macbook for some light gaming (Diablo III with friends, maybe some other stuff later), but I am specifically wondering about which version to buy as concerns Pro Tools and audio recording -- something I plan on getting into after purchasing the Macbook.
I am aware that the 15 inch has a more powerful processor able to handle more things at once, which may come in handy while utilizing Pro Tools. In addition, I have noticed that the 15 inch Macbook version comes with two built in 3.5mm jacks on the side -- one for audio in, and the other for audio out (as compared to the standard headphone jack of the 13inch model). I am curious to know whether having the two separate jacks would be ultimately beneficial for music recording, or would it simply be better/cheaper to buy the 13 inch and get an adapter for the headphone jack?
I guess, in sum, I am just looking for some pointers in the best direction -- which would be best for a musician using Pro Tools: cheaper normal/super version of the 13 inch? Or the more expensive yet powerful 15inch model?
Any help is greatly appreciated
Thanks!

Hi Ziatheral, and welcome to the forums!
You've asked a lot of really good questions, and I'll do my best to be helpful.
For starters, you'll need to know that Pro Tools requires a 7200 RPM hard drive. Your standard off the shelf Mac ships with a 5200 RPM drive, so you will need to custom order a machine to meet specs.
Pro Tools is not yet officially qualified to run on Mountain Lion, although some users report it runs ok for them. It will take Avid a while to release an up-to-date version of Pro Tools.
You can NEVER have too much screen real estate. I've run Pro Tools on a 27" monitor, and even the 15" screen seems tiny by comparison. You get better graphics on the 15" monitor, too.
When recording, most artists use some kind of breakout box for mic preamping and monitoring. It's cool to think that the built in inputs and outputs will work, and in some cases they will, but that method is far from how pro recording is done. Many people like the Apogee Duet 2 for this:
http://apogeedigital.com/products/duet2.php
Personally, I'm kind of cheap, and if you're not going to be using MIDI, I like the Mackie Blackjack. I can at least afford one of those more easily:
http://www.mackie.com/products/onyxblackjack/
You have some time. It'll probably be a month or two before Pro Tools is ready to run on Mountain Lion. Keep looking. Do your homework. Don't just take somebody's word for it (including mine). And write if you have any more questions. The community is here for you.

I bought my MacBook Pro in 2010. This is the first Mac I have owned and recently it is having some difficulty loading we pages, often timing out. This Mac environment is entirely different for me and I am not sure where to begin troubleshooting/clean-up.

I bought my MacBook Pro in 2010. This is the first Mac I have owned and recently it is having some difficulty loading we pages, often timing out. This Mac environment is entirely different for me and I am not sure where to begin troubleshooting and/ or clean-up. I have moderate computer skills and try not to download or access questionable material, however recently I visited the Ap Store and purchased a couple of different aps to use in record keeping and for making a flyer. I am not even sure how to remove these programs to see if it helps.
Any tips or tricks are appreciated.
Thank you!

Time to see about the PRAM battery.
By the way iOS and OS X are different systems.
iOS is the operating system for iPads, iPhones, and iPod touch.
Mac OS X is the operating system for Mac labelled computers.

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I bought a new Apple I bought a Mac Pro Retina screen, since I got it keeps crashing ALL the time!!! This is my first Mac computer and I am hating it!!! I assume I can take down to the any store and they will replace it??

I have a similar problem, my MBP Retina 15" 6 weeks old crashes and locks-up all the time with just about every application. I now have gone back to using my old MS XP system, it is much more stable than Mountain Lion OS and Apple hardware. I use Window-7 at work for last 6 months, not a single crash and/or lock-up. I'm looking at returning/selling my MBP and getting a Window-8 system, Apple is now building crap hardware and software. I recommend you consider the same solution. Good Luck !

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I just purchased my first Mac computer. Any advice on which workshop I should attend

Apple One to One is the best.
http://store.apple.com/us/product/D4213Z/A/one-to-one-membership-1-year
1-800-692-7753
Best.

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i have just bought my first mac and have been told in pc world that i can get a free upgrade to lion, but it would appear that this is only for those in the u.s. and canada. is this true? also from reading the discussions it seems that lion is not a good thing. i am already regretting my decision to go to a mac.

I have found that both Linux and Mac (unix) are capable of reading "deep" folders while win 32 will have issues, your it people are clearly wrong. I run a network with both win/mac. And as long as the win servers/pc's that have shares are set to allow apple file sharing in their folder properties. And the macs are set to allow smb there should absolutely no trouble with you accessing anything across the platforms, heck, from a Mac to a win pc on some occasions you don't even need to include a "domain" name to log on to, and you can create aliases and make your own shortcuts etc... So you don't have to manually connect each time you boot up etc... But that's all personal preferences I suppose.
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Just purchased a new IPAD 2 Retina, first MAC computer and have an old IPOD Touch. Trying to sync all the accounts (2 different accounts) to one account.

I have 2 accounts in Itunes. My old one and new one. I just purchased my first MAC book pro and my 2nd Ipad (Retina). I have an old IPOD Touch and have different stuff on each device. I am trying to sync without having to ERASE and REPLACE to sync. Any ideas?

jgueller1313 wrote:
I have 2 accounts in Itunes. My old one and new one.
Why?
I am trying to sync without having to ERASE and REPLACE to sync. Any ideas?
If you were syncing your iPod touch to the old computer, use Migration Assistant to get all your user data to the new computer.
Then it will sync fine (since you will be using the same library).

About to purchase my very first MAC computer, got a few quick ?'s...

ok I think I'm about to buy the 24" iMac... Except I have never even seen a MAC computer in my life! I have only experienced windows computers...
Anything important I need to know before my purchase?
Also is there a new designed iMac coming out soon? I saw new laptops and other things released on apple store.com
And finally this may be re dumbest question ever but where is the CD/DVD drive located? Is evrything included into the flat screen? I mean there is no tower or anything....
Please help before I screw up and drop $2000 on something I am clueless about... There is no apple store within hundreds of miles, so you are my only source....
Thanks!

Hello iturn,
I presume you've looked at Apple's website to get the info you have on the 24" iMac, but if not, here it is.
http://store.apple.com/us/browse/home/shop_mac/family/imac?mco=MTE3MDM
Click on the tabs in the included software section to see what comes with it.
All the hardware you should need is included . . . and yes the CD-DVD reader-burner super drive is located on the right side of the screen. There is no tower or anything else other than the keyboard and mouse. In that respect it's a lot like a desktop mounted laptop only much bigger.
You're choice of the 24" model is, IMHO the best choice of the available models. The screen is brilliant and is a beauty. Also, somewhere on that Apple site is a section to help people who are switching from windows, so you should look for it and check it over. And on Amazon you can find a book by David Pogue called Switching: the Missing Manual or something like that.
Yes, before you drop $2000 on a totally new computer system you definitely should research it out to see that it fits your needs. And you really ought to see one of these Macs in person and play around with it a little. It's likely to blow your mind a bit, but that's the way to see if it's the computer for you. Surely there's someone in your area that has one. If not a weekend drive to the nearest Apple store is surely worthwhile for you.
As for a possible new design coming out soon, no one here knows that, nor are we allowed to speculate here about it. Again my best advice is to find a way to get a look at one before you order it.
Hope this helps and I hope you'll join us soon with one of these gorgeous machines.
Rick

I just bought my first mac computer and want to transfer music, photos and movies from my ipad 2. how do i do that?, I just bought my first mac computer and want to transfer music, photos and movies from my ipad 2. how do i do that?

I just bought a mac computer. I have had an ipad 2 and want to transfer the music and photos from the ipad to the mac. Can i just hook up the ipad to the computer or is there something else I need to do or buy? Thanks

>download "minamp"
>google "winamp plug in apple ipod"
>Install both
>plug Ipad into computer and you will be able to transfer files off pad.
Worked with my Ipad version 1 not sure about 2.
Wouldn't be easyier for transfering files from computer to computer?

First Mac Pro & a dumb question. Rear speaker jack won't fit "regular" plug

Ok, so I just got my first Mac Pro and the front headphone jack works with my standard computer speakers, but the rear plug doesn't seem to work with them. Am I doing something wrong? Is there a setting I need to enable? It the jack a different size?
The speakers I am using are a standard powered computer speaker with a standard headphone size plug.
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Jeff

So, by default, the system had that port turned off and I need to turn it on?
It's not that the port is turned off, just that the default is to send sound to the front port (or speaker if nothing is plugged into the front port). It is possible to use both front and rear ports simultaneously, either with the same audio sent to both, or different applications sending different audio to each by using applications such as Audio Hijack Pro.
<http://www.rogueamoeba.com/audiohijackpro/>

This is my first mac i have 2 hard drives installed how do i move photos or documents from one to the other

i just bought my first imac i have 2 seperate drives on it. how do i move photos and documents from one to the other.

This is our resident iPhoto guru, Terence Devlin's, advice:
You can move your iPhoto Library to an external or secondary internal disk:
1. Quit iPhoto
2. Copy the iPhoto Library Folder as an entity from your Pictures Folder to the External Disk.
3. Hold down the option (or alt) key while launching iPhoto. From the resulting menu select 'Choose Library' and navigate to the new location. From that point on this will be the default location of your library.
4. Test the library and when you're sure all is well, trash the one on your internal HD to free up space.

First time computer builder - simple question(I think)

Im putting together my first computer so far without much problem
This is hardware I have
380W Antec Power
865 neo2 board
2.8 p4 processor
2x512 mb corsair memory
lite on cd-rw
plextor dvd-rw
200gb western digital special additon hard drive.
(which came with ata ultra controller card)
My question is this:
How should I set up my two optical drives and the hard drive on my available ide connections. Of course I have the two regular ide ports 1&2 and I have the ide3 next to the serial ata ports. I also have the ata ultra controller card plugged into one of the pci ports which gives me two more ide ports. I ve read through the forum listings and have not came across a simple description of how I should configure my hard drive and optical drives. How should I hook up these drives and what settings should I use (master/slave). Any help would be appreciated If it seems like I'm asking dumb questions it's just because I'm real new at this and want every thing to be perfects. thanks

IMHO
I would take out ata controller card. Your MB has enough....
Primary IDE - master - your WD harddrive
Primary or Secondary IDE - slave - you lite on cd-rw
Secondary IDE - master - plextor dvd-rw
If you will install XP + service pack 1 your harddrive should be OK.
PS - Just finish to build about the same config....
But I made my dvd-rw - external
added later AFAIK Your 3rd IDE will not support optical drives.
It is possible to put bootable harddrive on third IDE, but I it is not very simple
and have no big advantages

My book will not recognize my wireless. How can I get it to hook up to my wireless? It works on wireless evrywhere except my apartment.My room mate has the wieless working on her (non-mac) computer. It will not work opn mine.

We have Comcast internet at my apartment. We have a wireless router. My room mates PC works on the wireless. My Mac book pro does not. However, My Mac book Pro DOES work anywhere else I take it. (Library, coffe house etc.) The tech from Comcast stated I need to have Apple take a look at it as it doesn't recognize the ip address. Thoughts?......

I have went thru the exact same problems trying to upgrade the wireless card in my DV7. It is very frustrating that the wireless card can't be upgrade to one that supports 5Ghz. Here is my post from the network forum. http://h30434.www3.hp.com/t5/Wireless-Internet-Home/Unsupported-Wireless-LAN-6230/td-p/1419595 Doesn't sound like it is possible to upgrade to the Centrino 6230 without it being added the the "white list". Sound like HP doesn't update the list after shipping the notebook. I feel your pain. HP needs to help out the consumer in upgrading the wireless cards. I see we are not the only ones that have had this problem.

About to buy a Mac Pro, have quick question please.

Hi all,
I am going to more than likely buy a Mac Pro 2.66 tonight or tomorrow, but I was wondering something in regards to graphics cars if any one could assist me.
I am planning to go with the ATI card and 2gigs of ram since I do some gaming on the side and plan to use bootcamp for that.
My question is that if I buy the machine in retail store, they do not credit the stock GeForce card and just add the ATI card in, so if I go that rout can both the ATI and Nvidia card both reside in the machine at the same time and be used in SLI mode?
EG: can I get the power of both cards or will I only be able to use the processing power of one card? If only one card then would I be better off configuring the machine online since they credit you the difference of the Nvidia card which saves roughly $150.00 off the order from doing it in a retail store?
Any help would be greatly appreciated. I am not worried about the $150.00, it would almost be worth it to spend the extra since the shipping time on the online configuration may end up costing almost the same unless I want to wait a few weeks for the machine.
Whats your thoughts on this? Is it worth it to buy in the store and use both cards or just buy online from apple and get the credit for the Nvidia card?
Thanks in advance!

can both the ATI and Nvidia card both reside in the machine at the same time and be used in SLI mode
No… SLI requires two Nvidia SLI capable cards. In addition, SLI is not supported under Mac OS X although does work, apparently, under Windows and Boot Camp. ATi's comparable technology is CrossFire.
would I be better off configuring the machine online since they credit you the difference of the Nvidia card which saves roughly $150.00 off the order from doing it in a retail store?
Financially yes as the Nvidia card is ultimately useless to you. One consideration though is the CTO conditions of return, or lack there of, in case you receive a DOA. In the US, amongst other countries, CTo unit are not returnable even if they are DOA so you should check the terms of sale in the country store you would buy from.
Whats your thoughts on this?
I, like many others, bought CTOs from the Apple Store so I don't think it's such a bad way to go. It also means you won't have any pressing need to open your new Mac Pro right away.
One thing you might want to consider though is to downgrade the standard 250GB hard drive to a 160GB drive and use the saving on a drive of your choosing. Apple tends to use OEM desktop drives that have unimpressive performance. The 160GB drive in my Mac Pro didn't even get turned on. It was a Seagate Barracuda 7200.9 if you're interested.

First Time User, have some questions...,

I've recently obtained mainstage and I'm very interested in using it. I have a weaker computer, but I wouldn't be pushing it real hard I don't think...,
My questions are:
-Is there a way I can map drum loops to a keyboard (either my computer keyboard or midi/usb one) so I can change them on the fly?
-Similar to above, could I map voice mods to a button?
-I'm interested in looping, much like Imogen Heap or Zoe Keating. Is there a way in software to do this? I can sing/play something and it will record and play it repeatedly until I stop it with a button push.
Thanks in advance

The program you want is Ableton Live. It is made to do what you are looking for. You might (and I mean "might") be able to achieve something similar with Mainstage but not without compromise. Ableton Live is the standard for live recording and looping.

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