24" M1 Regular iMac to VESA conversion

[unssw]

I've been using my M1 iMac more than 2 years, and now I need VESA adapter desperately.
I do not want to buy £15-20 third party adapter kits from amazon or eBay. Do you know Apple stores have a service for VESA installation?
I mean the original one that you can order at the beginning:

 

[rm5]

Unfortunately, I don't think you can go back and forth between the VESA mount and the non-VESA mount (stand). It's not like the iMac Pro where they sold those sketchy "Apple-branded" VESA kits.

 

[Starfia]

I remember reading that Apple will convert customers' Studio Displays at authorized locations post-purchase (though I'm not sure whether they're so unmodifiable that they're literally exchanging the products). But I haven't heard a thing about M1 iMacs. They're at least unmodifiable enough that there's a market for VESA mounts that simply augment the built-in stand.

 

[unssw]

I checked "Self Service Repair" section and found the VESA mount part. It's £60 but the question is, how much should I pay for Apple store installation?

 

[theMarble]

I checked "Self Service Repair" section and found the VESA mount part. It's £60 but the question is, how much should I pay for Apple store installation?

Correct me if I'm wrong here, but the VESA mount part on the Self-Service store is for replacing the mount on iMac's ordered with the VESA mount from Apple. There is no service to replace the normal stand with the VESA mount.

 

[unssw]

Correct me if I'm wrong here, but the VESA mount part on the Self-Service store is for replacing the mount on iMac's ordered with the VESA mount from Apple. There is no service to replace the normal stand with the VESA mount.

The service that I'm looking for is the removal of stand and installation of the VESA mount.
So, don't you think there is a service like that?

 

[theMarble]

So, don't you think there is a service like that?

I don't think there is. I know there is a service for the Studio Display, and obviously the stand is removable on the XDR, but I've never heard anyone say that Apple offers it for the iMac.

During the entire lifespan of the thin Intel iMac's (2014-2020, excluding the iMac Pro), you had to choose between stand or VESA mount when you purchased it as the VESA mount was a custom build-to-order. Apple never offered a service to swap them out. I wouldn't be surprised if that continued to the M1 iMac.

 

[unssw]

I don't think there is. I know there is a service for the Studio Display, and obviously the stand is removable on the XDR, but I've never heard anyone say that Apple offers it for the iMac.

During the entire lifespan of the thin Intel iMac's (2014-2020, excluding the iMac Pro), you had to choose between stand or VESA mount when you purchased it as the VESA mount was a custom build-to-order. Apple never offered a service to swap them out. I wouldn't be suprised if that continued to the M1 iMac.

Wow, that really makes sense. Appreciate that!
Thanks.

 

[raventalon]

Hi - have you checked this? https://support.apple.com/en-hk/100692 and https://support.apple.com/en-hk/100694 ?
These two pages document how to replace VESA with the default stand and vice versa.

 

[3Rock]

Hi - have you checked this? https://support.apple.com/en-hk/100692 and https://support.apple.com/en-hk/100694 ?
These two pages document how to replace VESA with the default stand and vice versa.

OP was last heard from over a year ago, if you haven’t noticed.

 

[raventalon]

OP was last heard from over a year ago, if you haven’t noticed.

Op deserves the help regardless.

 

[nyanhelsing]

OP was last heard from over a year ago, if you haven’t noticed.

This thread has been helpful to me as it is one of the highest ranked search results that actually has information regarding this topic.

In the future, please do not engage in an active effort to make the internet worse, by fragmenting information and making it difficult to find, promoting the creation of informational dead-ends, or by creating situations where people need to re-answer the same information over and over again with no significant added value.

 

[TwoH]

The Apple support page on the conversion is nice to have - and some new intel for myself.

It's also funny to see that my idea to align the chassis and the stand for reassembly are effectively the same - I just snapped a cotton bud into two and chopped off the end bits to be thin enough to use.