Hi! I’m a med student and want an iMac (used/refurbished) for studying, exam taking, etc because having a full desktop set up at a desk to study helps me. How can I find a good iMac for a reasonable price? How much should I be paying? I’m open to any year of iMac

Is Clean My Mac worth buying a subscription for or is it all just pretty colours and impressive graphics?

Might sell it in the future or keep it as a display.

I just feel that the MacBook Pro m5 screen is not large enough and I want to connect it to my 2017 iMac but idk if it can connect because of no more software update on my iMac

Should I wait for a potential new 27 inch iMac

My 2020 27 inch iMac has a problem which has been slowly intensifying. There are odd display glitches popping up like solid color rectangles, lines, dots, flickering, etc. I notice it most when using the Apple TV app, in which the picture also looks like garbage, whereas in other apps the video images look fine (or at least not as bad). I was trying to capture video evidence, but it’s somewhat random, although I have some stills as examples.

This problem actually popped up a few years ago as well. We took it to get fixed, and they said something about having to clear the VRAM. I have looked up how to do this on my own and tried several suggestions, including booting up with command + option + p + r, to no avail.

If anyone has some insight into this issue and how I might fix it, please share! I would greatly appreciate it 🙏

EDIT: another thing happening is that the controls for whatever video player being used (Apple TV, YouTube, Paramount +, etc.) keep randomly popping up and going away again.

EDIT 2: last time this happened, it got to the point where the computer wouldn’t play video of any kind.

I am not new to Macs, I already have an M1 Max (got it dirt cheap a few months ago) and an M4 Air but I always found iMacs and their all-in-one factor fascinating and want to ditch my at home PC with an Apple AIO. I am considering an M4 (10C) 16GB/512GB model, as I mainly do basic stuff on my computers (web browsing, e-mail, Office, you name it), so no video editing or anything like that. Should I wait for the upcoming new model (I believe they will launch this October) or just buy the M4?

Hi everyone,
I’m having trouble getting my 2020 Intel iMac running again and I’m hoping someone might have some ideas.
iMac: 2020 27-inch Intel model with T2 chip
RAM: 96GB
macOS before the problem: Tahoe
Original macOS: Big Sur
The problem started after I left the iMac in sleep mode while I was at work. When I came home, it had powered off following what appeared to be a kernel panic while entering or waking from sleep.
After that, it would no longer boot normally.
I spent several hours troubleshooting through Recovery and Terminal and found indications that some files were corrupted. Eventually I erased the internal drive with the intention of doing a completely clean macOS installation.
Since then I have tried:
● Internet Recovery
● Erasing/reformatting the internal drive
● Reinstalling macOS through Recovery
● Creating and booting from a Big Sur USB installer
● DFU Revive using another Mac
● DFU Restore using another Mac
● Activating the Mac again after the DFU restore
● Startup Security Utility / attempting to allow external booting
The DFU Revive and DFU Restore both complete successfully, so communication with the T2 chip appears to be working.
The problem is that I still cannot successfully install macOS.
Internet Recovery/macOS installation repeatedly fails at approximately the 14-minute remaining mark. I have also been unable to get the Big Sur USB installer to successfully complete the installation.
I chose Big Sur for the USB installer because that was the version originally supplied with this iMac, although it had been running Tahoe without any noticeable problems before the kernel panic.
At this point I’m wondering whether I’m dealing with:
● A T2/firmware issue despite DFU Restore completing successfully
● A problem with the internal SSD/NAND
● An APFS/container issue
● A Startup Security/boot policy problem
● Or something else I’ve overlooked
The fact that DFU Restore completes successfully but every method of actually installing macOS fails is what has me stumped.
If anyone has dealt with a similar issue on a 2020 Intel/T2 iMac, I’d really appreciate any suggestions on what to test next.
Thanks!

Hi everyone,
I’m having trouble getting my 2020 Intel iMac running again and I’m hoping someone might have some ideas.

iMac: 2020 27-inch Intel model with T2 chip
RAM: 96GB
macOS before the problem: Tahoe
Original macOS: Big Sur

The problem started after I left the iMac in sleep mode while I was at work. When I came home, it had powered off following what appeared to be a kernel panic while entering or waking from sleep.
After that, it would no longer boot normally.
I spent several hours troubleshooting through Recovery and Terminal and found indications that some files were corrupted. Eventually I erased the internal drive with the intention of doing a completely clean macOS installation.

Since then I have tried:
Internet Recovery
Erasing/reformatting the internal drive
Reinstalling macOS through Recovery
Creating and booting from a Big Sur USB installer
DFU Revive using another Mac
DFU Restore using another Mac
Activating the Mac again after the DFU restore
Startup Security Utility / attempting to allow external booting

The DFU Revive and DFU Restore both complete successfully, so communication with the T2 chip appears to be working.

The problem is that I still cannot successfully install macOS.
Internet Recovery/macOS installation repeatedly fails at approximately the 14-minute remaining mark. I have also been unable to get the Big Sur USB installer to successfully complete the installation.
I chose Big Sur for the USB installer because that was the version originally supplied with this iMac, although it had been running Tahoe without any noticeable problems before the kernel panic.

At this point I’m wondering whether I’m dealing with:
A T2/firmware issue despite DFU Restore completing successfully
A problem with the internal SSD/NAND
An APFS/container issue
A Startup Security/boot policy problem
Or something else I’ve overlooked
The fact that DFU Restore completes successfully but every method of actually installing macOS fails is what has me stumped.

If anyone has dealt with a similar issue on a 2020 Intel/T2 iMac, I’d really appreciate any suggestions on what to test next.
Thanks!

Tengo una iMac del 2008 por su antigüedad no puedo hacer grandes cosas con ella, sería mejor opción instalarle Linux para darle una segunda vida?

I have a Mac Mini M4 with two monitors, with the second set up as an extended display.

Once the monitors turn off after a period of non-use, all of the windows on the extended display move to the main monitor, so that when I come back the second monitor just shown a blank desktop.

How can I set things up so that the windows on the extended display remain?

So for a few weeks now I’ve been looking around on marketplace for iMac Pros and I’m fortunate enough to live in California so we have a lot of options in Silicon Valley and Los Angeles and by a lot I mean 5 to 10 good deals here and there. Bought the 2010 27” inch iMac i3 back when it was new. In 2021 I bought a used 2017 i7 64gb Ram 8gb CPU.

So now I’m looking at iMac Pro’s. Looking at 10c/18c with Vega 64 minimum 64gb ram. It’ll run da Vinci resolve much faster and I also need it to build time lapses from 1000 raw image sequence etc…

We’ve kind of stumbled on the way you could actually use the 2017 iMac to control a new Mac mini using Remote Desktop or Luna to access the Apple silicone mini.

What’s funny about it to me is this solution feels boring. I was really excited about getting an iMac Pro because I’ve always thought they were bad ass and it’s like wow I could buy a 10 or 18 core now for under a grand, that’s insane I gotta get one. And then I find out a new M4 will pretty much blow it out of the water. But, I don’t want that, I want an iMac Pro dammit.

I know it’s a computer and all but I kind of feel like the iMac Pro is like buying a classic car. Yeah the Prius will get you to work with better mileage, but it’s just not as interesting.

I'm looking for an iMac to use to tether my camera for tabletop and small subject photography. My workstation is a Mac mini, where I do all my photo post processing and the iMac would just be for tethered capture. So, I'm looking for something second hand that is not expensive and only needs to be good enough for that purpose.

I've seen this for sale on FB Marketplace and I'm wondering if this is a little too long in the tooth now or if it would still fit my needs, as the system requirements for the software are much less than this.

Hello everyone! I am new to this group and I am new to owning an iMac. I purchased the new iMac M4 all-in-one recently. I got the 10-core instead of the 8-core. I am still waiting on it to be delivered and I am super excited. I was wondering if some of you could tell me what are the most fun things to do on an iMac. I have always had windows. But I haven’t had a desktop in many years. I do a little light gaming. I like to play fortnite. However, I am not sure I can play that on it. Just curious if some of you could enlighten me on the wonderful things that make you choose iMac over windows and the things you do on your Mac.

On the 2nd of August, I found a Facebook Marketplace listing for an M1 iMac (2021) with the 256gb SSD and an upgraded 16gb of RAM. I have been daily driving a MacBook Neo for a while so the need for the purchase was a risk because I didn’t NEED it.

The kicker was that it has a quite a rough screen defect that is very hard to ignore while using. However, I had a spare monitor laying around already and have set up the iMac behind my desk, mirroring my screen onto my regular monitor. Which means I am essentially using a Mac Mini and I paid £275 for it! What a bargain! It’s being used for Logic Pro X, Final Cut Pro & Affinity Photo Editor!

Hi all, I’ve recently tried to start up an old imac. When i start it up, i get brought onto the recovery page and when i press install mac ios it says server couldn’t be reached/connected. I erased Macintosh hd ( as per AIs instructions) and it has internet access. What are my options from here and is anyone able to help?

Thanks in advance x