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    4 or 6 Core Mini for Graphic Design?

    I am looking to upgrade my 2011 21.5" iMac and have more or less decided on a Mini. The question is, which one? I'm a print designer, running InDesign primarily, with Photoshop and Illustrator as needed. I do little/no video work. Here are the two options I'm looking at: For $1499 3.0GHz...
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    Gaming and Joystick Help - Old iMac

    So I'm looking for Christmas present advice - have very little knowledge and would appreciate all help available. My dad has a very old iMac (09/10 I think), it's update to highest level of iOS it can but I'm not sure what that is. When we used to have a PC he loved to play games like Call of...
    • Vieve
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    • advice call of duty christmas present gaming help imac imac (21.5" mid 2010) imac (27" late 2009) joystick shooter games
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: iMac
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    Buying advice: MacBook Pro and monitor or iMac?

    I’m starting my first year of uni next year and currently have a 2013 MacBook Pro 13” which is slow and has a bad battery but still works. I’m tossing up whether to buy a new iMac to use at home but bring my current laptop to Uni with me OR buy a new laptop and get a monitor to use at home. My...
  4. Del Rei

    iMac 21 (Late2013) slow boot on Mojave

    Hey, guys. I have a Late2013 iMac (2,9Ghz i5 / 8GB / 1GB video) running the SO in a external 1TB SSD and I never had speed problems. I use the internal HDD for storage only, there is no SO installed in... That internal 5400rpm is really a joke. I was at Sierra (not the High) and decided to...
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    Installing MacOS on External SSD

    Hello! I am going to install MacOS on an External SSD and I need some advice. Should I install it normally with APFS? OR Try to install it with HFS? The reason why I am debating over this is because I have heard of APFS having issues like data loss, performance issues, or the fact that it's...
  6. jfalky

    Shader Model 3.0

    When I try and open a game I have just installed, I get the following message and log. I am guessing this means it isn't compatible with my graphics card (AMD Radeon HD 6770M 512 MB)? Is there a work around to try and make it work on this iMac? As much as I would love to upgrade this 2011...
    • jfalky
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    • card game graphics imac shader
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: iMac
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    New iMac would not boot with ups , kindly guide ...

    Hi, I purchased a new iMac 21.5 inch 4k just a week back and today it was not booting up , I have connected it to an ups , its an old one , but worked well with iMac till last 5-6 days .... Today however it did not boot and then I connected the power plug directly , the iMac booted this time...
  8. the8thark

    Will there new a new sub form for iMac Pro?

    Will there new a new sub form for iMac Pro? We have iMac, Mac Pro, Mac Mini now. The iMac Pro does not fit in any of these 3 categories. Or will we just use the Mac Pro area for the iMac Pro.
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    2017 21.5" iMac external ssd

    hi! i bought the 2017 21.5" iMac about a year ago.. it was a bit slow than what i expected but it did what i needed it to do (music producer and an audio engineer ) but as i progressed as an audio engineer i upgraded to a better DAW (Pro Tools) and i have added a lot of 3rd-party plugins along...
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    Will the Mac Mini be fast enough?

    Hi, I managed to convert my Dad from Windows to Mac last year. I purchased him a refurbished 2014 Mac Mini, 1.4GHz, 4GB RAM, 500GB HD which turned out to be horrendously slow. He only used it for Mail, Safari, Word & Excel and even though I consider that to be pretty light, it was so slow it...
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    $900 Mac Pro 2013 or ?

    I have a deal on getting a Mac Pro Late 2013 Quad Core with 16gb ram for $900, is this worth it? I mean I could go hackintosh and all but I would like my Apple Experience to work seemlessly. I do edit 4K and I know lots of computers struggle in that area in general (we use proxies and etc), but...
    • jkma707
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    • 2013 edit hackintosh imac mac mac pro macbook macpro pro thunderbolt
    • Replies: 19
    • Forum: Mac Pro
  12. killsapo

    External hd invisible to my iMac but visible on other macs (visible only in RecoveryMode on my iMac)

    The other day my external usb hd unplugged accidentally and the usual pop up appeared; usually all is fine except the day after the disk was nowhere to be mounted or seen, neither in Disk Utility or /var/volumes for that matter. I then ran disk utility in Recovery Mode and all disks are fine...
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    2012 iMac (upgraded) vs 2018 (entry) iMac Pro?

    I have a late 2012 iMac, (upgraded to 32 GB Memory) and Geforce GTX 680MX I do a fair bit of After Effects and 4K video editing work. If I upgrade to an entry-level iMac Pro (3.2GHz 8-core, 32GB Ram, Pro Vega 56) would I notice a substantial performance increase? Thanks.
    • Jaysinyeah
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    • 2012 imac imac pro
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: iMac
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    iMac Pro iMac for video editing

    Hey, my names Jared. I'm really big into video editing and want to upgrade from my current late 2015 MacBook. I edit using premiere (sometimes FCPX, that's why I wanna stay w/ apple). I want to learn more on AE, but my computer always crashes when I try to do anything w/ it. I've been getting...
    • jaredbs
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    • 2018 2018 imac after effects final cut pro x imac premiere pro specs video editing
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: iMac
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    Will replacing a 5400 RPM hard drive with an SSD help iMac performance substantially?

    My wife has a late 2013 21.5" iMac with 2.7 GHz Core i5, 8GB memory, Intel Iris Pro 1536 MB graphics, and a 1 GB 5400 RPM hard drive (25% used). It's gotten slower and slower over the years, but has always been sluggish. I remember being disappointed when we bought it. I was about to buy a new...
    • slobizman
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    • imac performance ssd
    • Replies: 22
    • Forum: iMac
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    iOS (Mac noob here) will imac 4k be enough for swift ?

    Hello, I have worked on windows platform and now switching over to iOs for development , i will be purchasing a mac and an iphone, i am totally new so kindly forgive if i make some silly comments ... I am looking to buy an iMac 21.5 4k with 8GB RAM and 1 TB fusion drive 3.4GHz quad-core Intel...
  17. sibby

    Refurbed iMac - best year for a good deal?

    Hi folks, I currently own a 20" early 2009 iMac with 2.66 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo and 8 GB RAM and 320 GB SATA, running OS 10.9.5. After heavy use (I work from home) it's been having issues over the past year (occasionally needs fresh power cycle to boot up, grey screen occasionally on start up...
    • sibby
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    • 2009 imac 2011 imac 2012 imac adobe buying advice imac photoshop refurbished secondhand ssd
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: iMac
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    dualhead2go with two projectors help

    We have an Imac connected to a Matrox DualHead2Go module running two 1080p projectors combined for a resolution of 3840x1080. We also use the ProPresenter presentation software. In ProPresenter there is an edge blending module that helps blend the overlap between the two projectors that works...
  19. Ben777

    "Delete" deletes copied files in wrong folder

    I wonder if anyone experienced this... I had external Hard Drive plugged into my iMac. 1. I saved bunch of jpg files from my Desktop to my external Hard drive. 2. I moved those jpg files from Dektop into Trash. 3. I tried to empty Trash. When I was emptying Trash, I suspected something...
    • Ben777
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    • deleting files imac mojave 10.14
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: iMac
  20. Asu

    Printing and AirDrop don't work in 10.14 Mojave

    Hello, I have installed a brand new copy of 10.14 on 2 computers with clean hard drives, a late 2013 iMac and a mid-2012 MB Air. I have a Canon TS6140, an HP 5740 and an Epson ET-3750. Everything works well on the iMac. The Air does not have any capacity to see printers, either via wifi LAN or...
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