Questions about iMac

Hello! I have alway been using PC's but this time I'm thinking of buying an iMac.
The one I've been looking at is iMac 27" 2.8GHz Intel Quad-Core i5/4GB/1TB/Radeon HD 5750 (1GB)/SD. I love the easy and simple look of the iMac but my quest is will I be able to run the latest games on this iMac? How about the temperature etc?

Buy an iMac 27" - good luck! I bought one 2 weeks ago - bought a new base station - bought indigestion tablets to try and ease the chest pains!! I have had NOTHING but HUGE problems trying to get onto the Net - get mail - and continual hassles with the **** thing asking for a password every time I want to do the simplest of tasks such as install an application like say Photoshop!!! I have had a 2 hour discussion with a very charming and extremely helpful young lady at Apple support in Singapore who guided me through the set up for Internet access etc and the FINAL solution was - guess what? - erase the hard drive 'cause there was something evil on the hard drive that was stopping the access!! Erase the hard drive? This is a brand new iMac straight from Apple and the hard drive is ******?!!!!! I did so and guess what number 2 - it didn't work either!! It is now 18 days of this rubbish and if I don't get an answer from apple support when I ring tomorrow the iMac is on its way back to Apple for a replacement/refund/repair - take your pick!!

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Hello Everyone,
I am in the market for a new Mac and was thinking about the iMac Core i7.
Now my question is, how the performance of Photoshop is on that machine ?
I work on 24 Mpix raws and occasionaly on 30-40+ Mpix raws from Medium Format cameras.
My files quickly get up to 100 layers and I only work in 16 bit, so I am a little bit concerned if such an iMac would meet my expectations and the files get 1 or 2 GB big. I would definately pump as much RAM inside as possible to get more speed.
What are your experiences ?
Your help is greatly appreciated.
Thank you very much in advance.
Cheers,
Martin.

Thank you guys for your answers.
If I am going to buy that iMac i definately would buy some Kingston Ram, not the apple one way too overpriced.
I am also concerned about the R/W speed of the iMac. What are you experiences with FW drives as Raid-sets ?
I also can't wait for CS 5. The 64 Bit version would definately speed up things and photoshop could finally access more than 3 GB of RAM and hope this will end my concernes about scratch disks.
@Wade: Partitioning the internal hard drive and using the second partition as scratch disk is not good. The needle of the drive would go crazy skipping between partitions.Never have the scratch disk on the same disk as photoshop. Also it would decrease your hard drives lifetime.
Cheers,
Martin.

Questions about iMac Core i7 Photoshop and Capture One performance.

Hello Everyone,
I am in the market for a new Mac and was thinking about the iMac Core i7.
Now my question is, how the performance in Photoshop is for that machine ?
I work on 24 Mpix raws and occasionaly on 30-40+ Mpix raws from Medium Format cameras.
My files quickly get up to 100 layers and I only work in 16 bit, so I am a little bit concerned if such an iMac would meet my expectations and the files get 1, 2 or 3 GB big. I would definately pump as much RAM inside as possible to get more speed.
What are your experiences ?
And the other thing I would like to know is how Capture One performs on that machine regarding tethered shooting and Batch Processing files into Jpegs ?
Thank you in advance !
Cheers,
Martin

Thank you guys for your answers.
If I am going to buy that iMac i definately would buy some Kingston Ram, not the apple one way too overpriced.
I am also concerned about the R/W speed of the iMac. What are you experiences with FW drives as Raid-sets ?
I also can't wait for CS 5. The 64 Bit version would definately speed up things and photoshop could finally access more than 3 GB of RAM and hope this will end my concernes about scratch disks.
@Wade: Partitioning the internal hard drive and using the second partition as scratch disk is not good. The needle of the drive would go crazy skipping between partitions.Never have the scratch disk on the same disk as photoshop. Also it would decrease your hard drives lifetime.
Cheers,
Martin.

Lotsa questions about imac

I am new to Apple; the book which came with it was ****-poor. So these will be easy questions:
1) PG 11 says my imac comes with "Airport Extreme technology." But as I look at a tutorial, it appears I have to buy something else. Do I? I have an Airport Express which I used with my 2003 Compaq Presario. If so, Apple has been very misleading, implying there is technology that is new.
2) There is no documentation other than stating this is an Imac. I have no idea if this is OSX leopard, snow leopard, or any other animal. How do I find this out?
Now that it's my third day with this computer, a welcome email has been sent and includes a mini tutorial for former PC users which is pretty good, wish I'd seen it sooner.

1) PG 11 says my imac comes with "Airport Extreme technology." But as I look at a tutorial, it appears I have to buy something else. Do I? I have an Airport Express which I used with my 2003 Compaq Presario. If so, Apple has been very misleading, implying there is technology that is new.
Your iMac comes with Airport which is wireless networking. You can connect to your Airport Express by starting Airport Utility. You can access Airport Utility by holding down Command Key-Spacebar and then typing Airport Utility, AU will automatically locate your Airport Express.
2) There is no documentation other than stating this is an Imac. I have no idea if this is OSX leopard, snow leopard, or any other animal. How do I find this out?
The easiest way to find out is to click the  in the upper left of your screen and then click About this Mac. It will tell you what version of OS X you have. 10.6.x is Snow Leopard, 10.5.x is Leopard, 10.4.x is Tiger. Assuming you bought the machine new or refurbished from Apple it came with Snow Leopard, that has been shipping for over a year.
Now that it's my third day with this computer, a welcome email has been sent and includes a mini tutorial for former PC users which is pretty good, wish I'd seen it sooner.
There is a huge amount of information available on Apple's web site. Good places to start are:
http://www.apple.com/support/switch101/
http://www.apple.com/support/mac101/
Roger

Question about imac graphics firmware updates

My Imac model identifier is imac8,1; the machine is a 2.66 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, with 2 GB 800 MHz DDR2 SDRAM. I am running OS 10.6.7. I have an ATI Radeon HD 2600 Pro graphics card.
Firmware Update 1.0.1 is apparently installed, since my graphics ROM version is 113-82250L-259.
Symptoms occurring within last 6 months or so: Without notice, the screen goes black, though I can detect light “behind” (i.e., it doesn’t look powered off). The only remedy I’ve been able to get to work is to use the power button (or unplug) to turn the machine off. I don’t know whether the system has frozen or not. I’ve looked at the console and system log, but I can’t tell from them what’s happening.
I have reset the SMC and PRAM. The computer passes the extended Apple Hardware Test.
My question: is one or both of the imac graphics firmware updates 1.0.2 (September 10, 2009) or 2.0 (June8, 2011) appropriate for my machine?

If there is an update to your particular graphics firmware, Software Update will let you know; if there is nothing showing there, it means there is no update available for your configuration. Do not simply download from the Apple website and install something that could cause havoc on your machine.
I'm not sure what the problem might be, but it could be graphics card and/or logic board related. Since you've already done the SMC and PRAM resets, unless someone else has another idea, I'd suggest booking an appointment at your nearest Genius Bar for a free evaluation and diagnosis. If the problem is intermittent, take screen shots or video of it so you can show it to them.

Question about iMac MD095RU/A

Which country was this model of iMac (MD095RU/S) made for?

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Question about iMac

I have a 1 year old iMac that was working fine yesterday. This morning I turned it on, the Apple icon came up, the cursor twirled for about 15 seconds then screen went black. Tried several times with same result. Anyone have a suggestion on problem?

When posting in Apple Communties/Forums/Message Boards.......It would help us to know which iMac model you have, which OS & version you're using, how much RAM, etc. You can have this info displayed on the bottom of every post by completing your system profile and filling in the information asked for.
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Question About iMac and iMIC

Our kids have an older iMac Intel Core Duo from 2006 that has a headphone out, and an audio in. My song got some Koss gamer headphones that have a mic attached. Am I right in thinking that I could get the iMic and plug his mic into this so that he could hear audio AND speak with his gamer friends, by going into the iMIC and from that into the audio in?
Thanks
T

An iMic is a USB device. The mic would be connected to the iMic and enter the iMac through USB audio.
Dah•veed

Questions about iMac and Adobe software

I have an iMac with the identifier 11,2 4 GB RAM and an Intel Core i3 processor. On most of the products I use from Adobe will not work on Maverick. The newer products are needing a 64-bit multi core processor. Do I have this?
Thanks,
jodmcc1

jodmcc1 wrote:
I have an iMac with the identifier 11,2 4 GB RAM and an Intel Core i3 processor. On most of the products I use from Adobe will not work on Maverick. The newer products are needing a 64-bit multi core processor. Do I have this?
Thanks,
jodmcc1
Your machine has a 64bit multi-core processor.

Question about iMac Video Cards and Video Ram

I'm trying to decide between two 2012 iMacs. I'm buying it to run Adobe Premiere Pro, and After Effects, to edit and render 1080-720p video footage. The cheaper Mac has NVIDIA GeForce GTX 675MX graphics processor with 1GB of GDDR5 memory. The higher end one has, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680MX graphics processor with 2GB of GDDR5 memory. Most importantly, is the extra GB of Vram worth it? Secondarily, is the GTX 680MX(vs. 675MX) worth it? I'm trying to keep it cheap, so unless there's a notable difference, I need to go with the first one. Thanks for the help!

mostly video memory is used to hold textures for fast blittering when one run fullscreen 3d games 2d image program and video edit programs does not really take advantage of more video memory then they need to hold the back buffer of the screen which is pretty much just horizontal amount of columns multiplied by vertical lines multiplied by 4 as in the 4 bytes used by the colours

Question: about to purchase ipad air - how do I migrate contacts,bookmarks,and address books from either an iMac or old macbook?

Question: about to purchase ipad air - how do I migrate contacts,bookmarks,and address books from either an iMac or old macbook?

Set up iCloud on both devices
How to set up iCloud on all your devices
http://www.apple.com/icloud/setup/

Question about using iMac 2011 as a monitor

hi ,, i have imac 2011 21'5
can i use as a monitor to play xbox 360 on it using mini displayport to hdmi cable ??
if no then is there way else i can play xbox on my imac screen

Frank:
Thanks so much for responding! One question about your post. When you say that the Mac Mini cannot boot in OS 9, does that mean that if I wanted it to hold Filemaker Pro 4 files (which runs on OS 9), that it cannot do this? We would not be running Filemaker on the Mini, just storing the files. We would run Filemaker off of our desktop computers. Sorry, I don't know a ton about computers, so sometimes I need clarification about the terms that people use.-Rob

Questions about TDM mode on an iMac

Hi!
I'm thinking about buying 2009-2010 27" iMac, it should replace my home server, display and audio system.
Primarily, I will use it in TDM mode, and have some questions about it.
Firstly, what about sound? iMac receives it over Mini DP, right? And if I'll connect HDMI device to iMac (PS3, looking forward to Xbox One, and MacBook Air over hdmi adapter), sound will be played over desktop's speakers, as it should?
Second, and most interesting part: if connection scheme is MacBook Air->Mini DP to HDMI adapter->HDMI cable->HDMI splitter->HDMI to Mini DP cable->iMac in TDM, everything will work fine?
Also interested about cables. For example, this cable http://dx.com/p/cy-dp-021-mini-displayport-to-hdmi-audio-extender-cable-white-1- 8m-177527 supports up to 1920x1200, but basically, both DP 1.2 and HDMI 1.3b supports 2560x1600. Should I look for another cable or this one will support 2560x1440 resolution?)

Beta software is always a risk. Some beta releases are close to finished status and quite polished and bug-free, while others have significant and often crippling bugs. Not that software in official release may not also have problems, but the entire point of beta releases is to identify bugs prior to an official release, so bugs are much more likely. Sometimes you won't encounter any problems, but other beta software may take your machine down completely; it all depends on what the software is intended to do, how skilled the programmers are, and where in the beta cycle the software may be. A "public preview" release from a major developer such as Microsoft, Apple, or Mozilla is less likely to have major problems, but it's no guarantee.
It's always wise to be very cautious about using any beta software, and to take extra precautions, particularly making backups much more often and preferably not using your main computer, when running any beta software. I would recommend never, repeat never, running beta software on any computer on which you depend on a daily basis for work or critical schoolwork. If you must, make a clone of your entire hard drive to another volume before installing any beta, so you can recover your system in case of major problems.
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A few questions about using PS3 with 27" iMac display...

Hey people, I had a few questions about how I could possibly get my ps3 connected to the iMac's 27" screen. First of all, could you guys list some adapters that would be able to convert the HDMI to Mini displayport? That would be great. The only one I know of is that Dr. Bott Digital Video link.
Okay secondly, I was wondering if I do get the the ps3 connected with the iMac's display with an adapter to convert HDMI to mini DisplayPort, would it be in HD? Would I be able to play ps3 games or watch blu-ray movies in 1080p HD format?
Thanks!

Welcome to the Apple Discussions!
This has been asked a number of times here since the intro of the 27" iMac. The answer is very expensive US$149 or more converters and sometimes even more expensive to maintain the resolutions that you seek.
http://lowendmac.com/ed/bashur/09db/dvi-to-mini-displayport.html
Dah•veed

Hi All, I have question about the iMac operating system. I have the last updated. The problem when I manage the place of the folder windows they are all mixing up. I mean they not on the place where I left them. how to set they stay on the same place. Tks

Hi All, I have question about the iMac operating system. I have the last updated. The problem when I manage the place of the folder windows they are all mixing up. I mean they not on the place where I left them. how to set they stay on the same place? I know there are different possibilities to set.
I tried but it not helped for me. What I can do? How and where can set this they stay on their place?
Thanks.
laci

Option 1
Back Up and try rebuild the library: hold down the command and option (or alt) keys while launching iPhoto. Use the resulting dialogue to rebuild. Choose to Repair Database. If that doesn't help, then try again, this time using Rebuild Database.
If that fails:
Option 2
Download iPhoto Library Manager and use its rebuild function. (In Library Manager it's the FIle -> Rebuild command)
This will create an entirely new library. It will then copy (or try to) your photos and all the associated metadata and versions to this new Library, and arrange it as close as it can to what you had in the damaged Library. It does this based on information it finds in the iPhoto sharing mechanism - but that means that things not shared won't be there, so no slideshows, books or calendars, for instance - but it should get all your events, albums and keywords, faces and places back.
Because this process creates an entirely new library and leaves your old one untouched, it is non-destructive, and if you're not happy with the results you can simply return to your old one.
Regards
TD

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