Turning off the imac

every time I use my iMac and I want to turn off my computer later, it doesn`t work and I have to put out the electric cabel to turn off my computer. This is not good for the hard drive. But what can I do instead? How to get out of iMac?

Suggest that you cross post over in the iDisk Forums where the iDisk users hang out.

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When I restarted the imac everythign I'd previously done was gome and the migrated macbook desktop had taken over.
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Thanks

You can't. When you migrate user accounts, those settings will be used. That's the point of migrating, not to have to reset things Peruse Pondini's Setup New Mac guide for details.
If you want to revert to the original user settings, create an new admin user account. That'll use the default user setup.

Turn off the iMac display

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I am getting a message in the middle of my imac screen instructing me to hold down the on-off button and turn off the computer. The message is in several languages and completely takes over the computer disabling the mouse and all other functions. The only option is to unplug the computer or turn it off. I'm concerned that this is a virus. It does not look like it's related to Apple or the imac OS.

That sounds like a kernel panic. These are generally hardware related, often caused by poorly seated or fauly RAM.
What is a Kernel Panic?
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS3742
and http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1892?viewlocale=en_US
http://developer.apple.com/mac/library/technotes/tn2002/tn2063.html
More details here:
http://www.thexlab.com/faqs/kernelpanics.html
Useful articles on how to avoid and eliminate kernel panics here:
http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-13727_7-10344626-263.html?tag=mfiredir
http://www.macworld.com/article/2027201/how-to-troubleshoot-a-kernel-panic.html# tk.nl_mwhelp

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http://support.apple.com/kb/TS2570

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P

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My external hard drive stays on even after I turn off my iMac. Why?

New 24” iMac (see below)
I have connected my 800 Firewire LaCie 500 Gigabyte external hard drive and it works fine. However, it doesn't turn off after I have turned off my iMac! I used Tiger before this and the very same LaCie external drive always turned off (its blue light would go off).
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~ Lorna in Southern California

Dear Dennis at LaCie support: Thank you so much for your reply. I did what you said and did indeed discover that when I unplug the LaCie 500 gig hard drive from my iMac, the hard drive turns off, which proves that there is powering still sent through the FireWire bus. It did not turn off with Tiger on my older iMac (the round white semi-circular base iMac).
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I do see that on the new 24“ Intel iMac, the 800 port is the one farthest to the right in the back of the iMac, and the 400 port is to the left of it.
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It is not connected to anything but the icon is still blue and it says it is connected to my ATV.
I know its not connected as I am looking at the ATV now and can see and interact with the GUI.
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It worked but needed some further finessing to perfect.
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Hi,
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adaltam

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In preferences, I assigned screen off to one of the screen corners on my iMac. when I move teh mouse pointer to fully bottom right, the screen goes black.
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