Short turntime on i7 iMac

Ordered new iMac i7 on Feb 27, and received
it on Mar 1st. Thought that was amazing timing.
Plan to have Apple store transfer data, etc.
I am one of those that has been waiting until some
of the issues have been resolved on this model.
Hoping all will go well. Thought I would share.
Message was edited by: David Glisson

I was pleasantly surprised as well!
I ordered mine in the afternoon on the 26th and it was here on March 1st. Migration assistant worked well with transferring everything from my 24". I'm just wondering if anything has to be tweaked with it. I thought I had read somewhere that there are certain settings to change to make the machine fully optimized as far as speed is concerned. Maybe I was seeing things. Seems fast enough right now!
JS

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hth
R

Well you shouldn't have a disk error
unless you were recording Audio at the same time whilst putting the effects on
because the effects has nothing to do with how fast the disk is,
also unless you were using alot of EXS24 or other plug-ings that loads big samples all from the OSX drive then maybe
even then you need lots of EXS24 and like stylus RMX with like BFD to get disk error
did you try it again to see if you'll get disk error again at the same %% of the CPU as the last time?
and tell us what instruments you used so that other can try as well
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to make it easier lets try and use logic's own plug-in so everyone can test using their system as well
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Hey guys,
I know this was a lot to read, but I sincerely hope someone will take the time to answer my questions:
As the title of my post implies I've never owned a Mac in my life. I've always built my own desktops and usually gone to HP or Dell for my laptops. I'm approaching that time again where my custom-built desktop is looking outdated and I'm getting the upgrade itch. I'm looking at all the parts I need to order to build a computer and I can't help but think I'm older now with a full-time job and a one year old daughter in the house. Do I really want to go through the hassle of building a desktop from scratch again? Not really. So I started evaluating things a bit. As I get older I’m really just getting sick and tired of Microsoft’s antics (Vista was a huge disappointment for me) so I decided this could be the year for me to take the Mac plunge.
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Message was edited by: ZeusABJ

Hi Zeus
I may be able to answer some of your questions. And sorry in advance if this sounds like yet another of those "religious conversion" stories
I'm a software developer/architect, mostly doing Microsoft .NET/C#/Web Services coding. I'd been a loyal Microsoft guy since I started on the original IBM PC back in the 80's. Like a lot of people (or so it seems) I just got fed up with Microsoft's high-handed and self-important ways. More importantly, the company always seemed to be lagging behind technically. Looking at beta versions of Vista did not bode well for the future - it just seemed awful. When Vista came out it it was the last straw - I just could not get enthusiastic about this bloated, slow, mess of an operating system. I really hated it. Still do. Even with a top-spec machine, Vista didn't run in the snappy, responsive way it I thought it should. Nothing seemed well thought out.. yuck!
Then, by chance, I was staying for a few days with somebody who had a Mac. Now, for years and years I not even considered Macs as remotely serious machines. My only experience of them was in the late 80's when somebody at work had one. He took delight in pushing a floppy disc into the machine so that it would respond "Ah, it's so big!". Great, just a toy. Not for serious programming work. So, encountering Mac OS X Tiger on my friend's iMac was something of a shock. It was so responsive, clean and elegant. When you turned it on it only took about 30 seconds or so for the thing to be ready for use, etc, etc.
Long story short, I bought an iMac, then a newer, bigger, faster iMac, then a MacBook Pro and now I have a Mac Pro. I still have to work with Windows to do my .NET-related day job. But 95% of the time I work on the Mac using various VMWare virtual machines. I can switch between Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2003 and Windows XP in a few seconds and still be working in a Mac environment. And the performance of running Windows inside VMWare is even better than on my dedicated top-spec Windows laptop! I have a selection of virtual machines to choose from and, because these virtual machines are just files, I can back them up, revert to saved copies, etc. I've tried Bootcamp but it's much less convenient and performance inside the virtual machines is never an issue (although I don't do any gaming). So, you could keep virtual machines on your NAS box or local Mac hard drive.
With regard to graphics drives, etc. I've never had any problems whatever in this respect. For example, when I installed Windows XP on VMWare it automatically recognised all my hardware (including some obscure audio interfaces, USB-based MIDI interfaces, etc.) and made it available. I must admit that when I was new to the Mac I expected to have driver issues, but never have had... So, my guess is that you'll be able to run all your Windows and Linux distros on the Mac without too many problems.
You mention Apple's hardware as being "locked-in". I don't think that's the case. Certainly the consumer Mac models like the iMac can't be upgraded (by you or me) internally, expect for memory. The Mac Pro though is very easy to upgrade - though there may be some limitations with regard graphics cards.
Re your questions about graphics card drivers. Yes, these come with OS X in just the same as as with Windows. Because I've also used the card that comes "with the box" this has not been an issue for me. However, unless you get a Mac Pro you can't swap-in your existing graphics card. And even then I think you may find restrictions. However, other, more knowledgeable Mac users on this forum may have other thoughts.
Overall though, the experience of using the Mac in terms of software is very much the reverse of Windows - the OS is very open and well documented. It really is an IT person's dream machine - so much to fiddle around with (particularly if you know anything about Unix!). Unlike Microsoft who charge a FORTUNE for their development tools, Apple give them to you for free. And very good they are too!
Finally, one bit of advice. If you are considering buying a new Mac, join the Apple Developer Connection scheme as a Select member. It'll cost you around $400 to join but they give you a hardware discount for Apple-store purchased items that will save you a ton of $$$'s - absolutely definitely worth doing.
Hope this helps (and good luck)!
Russ

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This morning it started again.
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kernel[0] Previous shutdown cause: -128
locationd[55] locationd was started after an unclean shutdown
locationd[54] locationd was started after an unclean shutdown
kernel[0] Previous shutdown cause: 3
Yosemite is installed. But the problem has happened with every operating systems.
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No usb or other devices are connected.
I deleted the file: com.apple.PowerManagement.plist (someone suggested that it may help)
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Thank you, I did ran etrecheck.
Here's the result.
Now my computer did shuts down even in safe mode, sometimes in seconds.
So I have to keep this short.
Hardware Information: ℹ️
    iMac (27-inch, Mid 2011)
    iMac - model: iMac12,2
    1 2.7 GHz Intel Core i5 CPU: 4-core
    4 GB RAM Upgradeable
        BANK 0/DIMM0
            2 GB DDR3 1333 MHz ok
        BANK 1/DIMM0
            2 GB DDR3 1333 MHz ok
        BANK 0/DIMM1
            Empty
        BANK 1/DIMM1
            Empty
    Bluetooth: Old - Handoff/Airdrop2 not supported
    Wireless: en1: 802.11 a/b/g/n
Video Information: ℹ️
    AMD Radeon HD 6770M - VRAM: 512 MB
        iMac 2560 x 1440
System Software: ℹ️
    OS X 10.10.1 (14B25) - Time since boot: 0:2:47
Disk Information: ℹ️
    ST2000DM001-1CH164 disk0 : (2 TB)
        EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB
        Macintosh HD (disk0s2) / : 2.00 TB (1.68 TB free)
        Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted> [Recovery]: 650 MB
    OPTIARC DVD RW AD-5680H
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    Apple Inc. BRCM2046 Hub
        Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
    Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver
    Apple Internal Memory Card Reader
Thunderbolt Information: ℹ️
    Apple Inc. thunderbolt_bus
Gatekeeper: ℹ️
    Mac App Store and identified developers
Kernel Extensions: ℹ️
        /Library/Extensions
    [not loaded]    com.wacom.kext.ftdi (1 - SDK 10.9)
        /System/Library/Extensions
    [not loaded]    com.wacom.kext.wacomtablet (6.3.10 - SDK 10.9)
Problem System Launch Daemons: ℹ️
    [failed]    com.apple.systemstatsd.plist
    [failed]    com.apple.ucupdate.plist
    [failed]    com.apple.watchdogd.plist
Launch Agents: ℹ️
    [not loaded]    com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist
    [not loaded]    com.adobe.AdobeCreativeCloud.plist
    [not loaded]    com.wacom.wacomtablet.plist
Launch Daemons: ℹ️
    [not loaded]    com.adobe.adobeupdatedaemon.plist
    [not loaded]    com.adobe.fpsaud.plist
    [not loaded]    com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper.plist
User Launch Agents: ℹ️
    [not loaded]    com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist
    [not loaded]    com.adobe.ARM.[...].plist
    [not loaded]    com.spotify.webhelper.plist
User Login Items: ℹ️
    iTunesHelper    Ohjelma (/Applications/iTunes.app/Contents/MacOS/iTunesHelper.app)
    Spotify    Ohjelma (/Applications/Spotify.app)
    SpyderUtility    Ohjelma (/Applications/Datacolor/Spyder4Pro/Support/SpyderUtility.app)
Internet Plug-ins: ℹ️
    AdobeAAMDetect: Version: AdobeAAMDetect 2.0.0.0 - SDK 10.7
    FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 16.0.0.305 - SDK 10.6
    QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3
    AdobePDFViewerNPAPI: Version: 11.0.10 - SDK 10.6
    AdobePDFViewer: Version: 11.0.10 - SDK 10.6
    Flash Player: Version: 16.0.0.305 - SDK 10.6
    Default Browser: Version: 600 - SDK 10.10
    SharePointBrowserPlugin: Version: 14.1.0
    Silverlight: Version: 5.1.30514.0 - SDK 10.6
    WacomTabletPlugin: Version: WacomTabletPlugin 2.1.0.6 - SDK 10.9
3rd Party Preference Panes: ℹ️
    Flash Player [Click for support]
    WacomTablet [Click for support]
Time Machine: ℹ️
    Mobile backups: OFF
    Auto backup: NO - Auto backup turned off
    Volumes being backed up:
        Macintosh HD: Disk size: 2.00 TB Disk used: 316.51 GB
    Destinations:
        My Book [Local]
        Total size: 2.00 TB
        Total number of backups: 8
        Oldest backup: 2013-11-03 12:06:31 +0000
        Last backup: 2015-02-17 10:06:36 +0000
        Size of backup disk: Adequate
            Backup size 2.00 TB > (Disk used 316.51 GB X 3)
Top Processes by CPU: ℹ️
         2%    WindowServer
         0%    AppleSpell
         0%    ps
         0%    fontd
         0%    launchd
Top Processes by Memory: ℹ️
    94 MB    Finder
    86 MB    WindowServer
    73 MB    Spotlight
    69 MB    com.apple.internetaccounts
    64 MB    NotificationCenter
Virtual Memory Information: ℹ️
    589 MB    Free RAM
    1.91 GB    Active RAM
    1.34 GB    Inactive RAM
    451 MB    Wired RAM
    1.04 GB    Page-ins
    193 KB    Page-outs
Diagnostics Information: ℹ️
    Feb 27, 2015, 12:16:17 PM    /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/WacomTabletDriver_2015-02-27-121617_[redacted]. crash
    Feb 27, 2015, 12:08:32 PM    /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/fontd_2015-02-27-120832_[redac ted].crash
    Feb 26, 2015, 08:19:12 AM    /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/WacomTabletDriver_2015-02-26-081912_[redacted]. crash
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I'm desperate. I recently purchased a new iMac to store our 50,000 plus photos, many large files from our DSLR camera. I previously stored them on a Maxtor hard drive linked to a very early MacBook Pro, purchased in Jan. 2006. Photo organization and storage was a persistent headache on that machine, so I hoped that housing the photos locally would help. It didn't. I imported the entire external hard drive library after creating a new local library to house them on the iMac and they are completly disorganized. Prior unedited photos have reemerged. Chronology is lost. I basically have 50K photos and no organization at all. Short of returning the iMac is there a way out of this mess?

Hard to say since you really give no details
It sounds like you may have had an iPhoto library on your external drive and imported that into your new iPhoto -- NEVER import an iPhoto library into another iPhoto library - it does not work
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Airport Express/Apple TV Support?

Hey,
Have been searching through the forums but unable to locate any information around support for Apple TV With Aiport Express
In short, I have an iMac, MBPro, iPad, iPhone 4 and Apple TV. Just moved in to a new flat and looking at how to get a multi room audio set up going on.
If I get the airport plugs, I can jack speakers in to these thats clear, but can I stream audio from apple tv or better yet just my tv so I can get a surround sound set up in addition to the wireless music playback?
Thanks

Gwames
Just worked on a similar situation.
Client has iPad 2, Mac Book, Airport Express and Apple TV
You're looking to get Multiroom so you might want to consider this link:
Air play Multi Room Audio Speaker
Here is some other information on Whole Home Audio
And here are some tips and a video on Apple TV
Just to let you know, Apple policy wants to make sure you know by visiting the links we might benefit by your visit such as you might decide to come back or you might tell friends and we could even profit somehow.
Post any other questions you have.....and check out the video at the bottom of the Apple TV link, it has a suer short video

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