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• I have a late 2009 iMac. When I tried to upgrade to El Capitan. He said that the CHIP shows the h/d is a failure and can not be updated. I have install an external withEl of h/d Cap but it is very slow. the h/d is USB 3 but the iMac's USB 2. the h/d is on

  I have a late 2009 iMac. When I tried to upgrade to El Capitan. He said that the CHIP shows the h/d is a failure and can not be updated. I have install an external withEl of h/d Cap but it is very slow. the h/d is USB 3 but the iMac's USB 2. the h/d is only 5400 RPM. a 7200 RPM 7 / would accelerate the iMac?

  No, because the limiting factor is the computer is USB 2.0, which is how it connects any external drive apart the external drive. As USB 2.0 is much slower, there is no real advantage to a 7200 RPM drive. What you need is a Firewire enclosure that supports FW800 which is much faster than USB 2.0.

• Using Late 2009 Imac as external display for PC with display port 1.2

  Hi all

  Thanks for your time.  I searched for a definitive answer to this question before I go ahead and make a purchase.

  I have a Late 2009 Imac 27 ".  I would like to use it as an external monitor for my new PC, which is a graphics card EVGA GTX 970 with a displayport 1.2 output.  I'll be able to use a DisplayPort / mini displayport cable to connect to my Imac to use as an external monitor for my PC.

  The Imac doesn't have the speed I need for photo editing but I like the contrast and the size of the screen offers.

  Any input would be appreciated!

  Discover > use your iMac as a display with the target - Apple Support Display Mode

  

  The way I read the article, target Display Mode only supports the Mac iMac connection.

• late 2009 iMac desktop computer - time to go?

  My desktop iMac computer has six years this month, [late 2009 model] and provided the fault all this free time. I have upgraded the RAM 12 GB of 8 GB a year ago.

  My iMac is linked to a Maxtor external drive old eight year which runs on Firewire 400 [Mac is up to 800]. External drives is full at 85%, while the internal drive of the Mac is only 10% full.

  The IMac is scrambling to run Photoshop elements 13. It's just excruciatingly slow in editing, but OK mode to the Organizer. It is also slow, but less than software image of Macphun so editing running creative Kit 2016.

  This slow performance is noticeable when I went to 13 items in Photoshop. I wonder if it's related to the lack of speed by updating the internal hard drive and make the Time Machine backups running every hour so at the time where he finished one, it's almost time to start over. Recovery from the external drive is OK.

  To get a new 2 TB external hard drive, to say I seem to need firewire 800 and Thunderbolt. LaCie is the brand only I found which is an external hard drive at once [Thunderbolt will be required when I buy a new IMac]. My IMac built in wifi is not compatible with the new Apple Time Capsule.

  The problem has a number of different options available. Who would you?

  I have 2 mid iMacs 2007 that work very well.

  You have been the victim of misinformation.

  There are well 2 t (and more) disks that use USB or FireWire available. No necessary crush.

  WiFi from your iMac is compatible with the new Apple Time Capsule.

• Restore default without disk late 2009 iMac

  Can HI anyone help? I tried to restore an iMac 2009 end to the factory setting but I don't have the original disc, apple support said I could try the disk of snow leopard on their Web site, but this may not work and he didn't now I'm stuck in the boot OSX disc and cannot remove the disc or do hard recovery by pressing the command and r at the beginning.  I managed to erase the drive hard all the time, were not able to reinstall OS x.

  Is it gone forever? Any answer would be great.

  Recovery of the Internet only is not supported on iMacs 2009. Snow Leopard retail disk should work as I believe version 10.6.3 and end of 2009 iMacs come with 10.6.2. What happens when you try to install from the disc of detail? Your last resort may be to call Apple, give them your serial number and order a set of replacement original discs.

• MacBook Pro mid-2009 vs MacBook late 2009 - macOS Sierra

  Hi all

  Can anyone please explain to me, why we can't install macOS Sierra on MacBook Pro mid-2009 models and can install it on the MacBook models end 2009? I checked the specifications of these two laptops and they are quite similar, where MBP is faster/more stronger and it's really not any sense that we cannot move to the Sierra.

  -Processor is the same/more fast (both are 45mm Penryn - http://ark.intel.com/compare/40380, 42014)

  -Same/more fast GPU

  -Memory even more

  What material might be different? A tiny chip (part of) the motherboard?

  Am I missing something or Apple made a mistake?

  Kind regards

  Post edited by: AmonXelNaga

  The previous model lacks some materials needed for execution of Sierra, which was included in the successor model.

• Update late 2009 iMac 21.5 "GPU

  I have a 21.5 "iMac, 3.06 GHz Core 2 duo with a SSD and 8 GB of RAM. The video card is the NVIDIA GeForce 9400 with 256 MB of VRAM. Is it possible with this model, to level or replace the GPU at all? May not deal at all with Final Cut Pro. I use El Capitan.

  Otherwise, I'll continue to use my MacBook Pro with Radeon R9, but I would if it had a better GPU.

  Thank you in advance,

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  It is not possible.

• Replace my hard shore on late 2009 iMac.

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  Read this previous thread of the community...

  new installation

• What is the best method/app to remove the old files on a late 2009 iMac?

  Want to clean and remove some old files, on which some I don't even know.  What is the best method, and or the app? I have airport time capsule as back up.

  Look at and think are the best, there is no app that comes already to know your preferences.

• Late 2009 iMac Memory Card Slot Gone Bad?

  My memory card seems to have stopped working. Is there a way I can tell if it's the memory real slot hardware vs whether software or my SD card.

  I have reset PRAM and SMC. I had to reset the PRAM periodically to retrieve my startup chimes. I was wondering if they can be connected.

  I did first aid utility disk on the map and it seems to be OK, for what is disk utility is.

  It started with my card being ejected unexpectedly. If I reinsert the card, the card is not recognized.  This would solve usually solve the problem until the next time.

  Any help appreciated.

  First thing to do is clean

  a thin long brush, blower, vacuum.

• IMac late 2009 - 5 yellow bars on the screen - sometimes...

  Hi all..

  I recently bought an iMac late 2009 really nice second hand.  It worked wonderfully for a few weeks and I was about to become a mac convert.

  All of a sudden things have changed.  I pulled to the top of the machine first thing the morning only be greeted with lines to the bottom of the screen and a stall on a white screen.  The next day, it worked fine for a while.  Then the problem comes back for an hour or two.  Then back to yellow bars.

  I pulled up to my PC and started researching and found suggestions that this could be a graphics card problem.  After some time of reading and discovery, I pulled the top of AHT, and he advised me that there is actually a problem with the machine, and it's a sensor on the HARD drive.  Then, I would expect an additional error that could somehow link to the screen and absolutely nothing.

  Now, I know that historically the 27-inch late 2009 iMac screen / GPU has been examined by several different sites and forums but it is now an old machine and I don't know what to do.  What is a HARD drive failure?  Seems very unlikely but the only error listed... The flaw is GPU displayed on AHT down?  If this graphics card has received a "reformatting of oven" at a given time in its life and Ive been sold a dunce?

  Any advice would be great.  I don't have an Apple store near me and I don't know if they would even look at a machine this old.

  Help, please... My brief relationship was positive that ended quickly in tears!

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  Take it to an Apple authorized Service provider in your area, click on to start Apple authorized Service Provider Locator to find one near you.

• New RAM cards are in the slot on the iMac 27 "late 2009?

  does anyone have experience that new RAM cards does not match the slot to the iMac 27 "late 2009?

  The computer has been identified as an iMac 27-inch late 2009 model correctly?

  In the affirmative - download of database http://mactracker.ca feature - specs are:

  Introduced October 2009

  Abandoned July 2010

  Model identifier (Core 2 Duo) the iMac10, 1 iMac11, 1 (Core i5, i7)

  Model number A1312

  EMC 2309 (Core 2 Duo) - EMC 2374 (Core i5, i7)

  MB952LL/A order number (3.06 GHz), MB953LL/A (2.66 GHz)

  Memory maximum 32 GB (Core i5) or Core i7 real16 GB (Apple)

  Memory slots 4 - 204-pin PC3-8500 (1066 MHz) DDR3 SO-DIMM

  • Installation of memory in an iMac - Apple Support

  Read carefully this ^ support article since there are several different model iMac features listed.

  Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo (E7600, E8600), Core i5 (750) or Core i7 (860) ('Wolfdale, Lynnfield')

  Processor speed: 3.06 or 3.33 GHz (Core 2 Duo), 2.66 GHz (Core i5), 2.8 GHz (Core i7)

  Architecture: 64 - bit

  Number of cores: 2 or 4

  Cache memory: 3 MB (3.06 GHz) 6 MB (3.33 GHz) L2, 8 MB (2.66, 2.8 GHz) L3

  System bus: (3.06 GHz Core 2 Duo) to 1066 MHz or 1333 MHz (3.33 GHz Core 2 Duo)

  -2.5 GT/s (Core i5 and Core i7) or Intel Direct Media Interface (DMI)

  Graphics Card ATI Radeon HD 4670 or Radeon HD 4850

  Graphics memory 256 MB (Radeon HD 4670) or GDDR3 512 MB (Radeon HD 4850)

  Where did you get the RAM and what are the specifications and the brand name?

  • Memory specifications for 'late 2009 iMac 27-inch model' of OWC, macsales:

  http://eShop.MacSales.com/shop/memory/iMac/DDR3_21.5_27

  Two sellers of quality focused on the Mac are OWC, macsales and Crucial.com. You would still be

  to identify the model of computer generation exactly & get quality RAM for them to work.

  And notice the shape of the keyway of the memory chips that they need to be oriented correctly

  in order to fully and properly inserted into the slots. If they are the correct specification for your iMac.

  Good luck & happy computing!

• What SSD for early 2009 imac?

  Hello

  I have a question to choose the good ssd for my imac 7y/o (9.1) since early 2009.

  I found a few good SSD as the samsung 840 BX100 or critical, but I've also read several times that a ssd sata3 will use sata1 when installed on a sata2.

  And that is why it is better to install a sata2 ssd.

  IS that still the case today? Given that these messages are coming from 2013.

  Or is that I can put in an ssd sata3 and it will run on sata2?

  Kind regards

  Ivo

  SATA III drives that use the Sandforce controller will come back to SATA I speed if installed on a computer that uses the Nvidia MCP79 SATA controller. Samsung does not Sandforce. My Macbook in early 2009 with a Samsung 840 (pre Evo, not Pro) negotiates the SSD SATA II speed, connected to the MCP79.  OWC also still sells SATA II disks, I have one in my late 2009 iMac. I chose this drive, even if it was more expensive because OWC insisted that my model should have the Nvidia controller but in reality it has controller Intel 5 series. I didn't take my iMac except more than once.

  Confused? Yes I know...

• 27 "imac late 2009 gel

  Hello

  I have an imac 27 "late 2009 with 16 GB of RAM which is constantly freezing. Later, I'll try to explain all the things I tried before this announcement:

  • Start the computer, everything goes well and after a few minutes, the imac freezes: I can see the screen and move the mouse but the iMac does not. I stop and restart
  • The two phases of boot, it only works the first: I see the Apple logo and progress bar until it reaches about half, disappears a moment, and instead of progress, it displays white screen.
  • The next day begins, but after a few minutes, it does the same thing.
  1. 1st attempt: reinstall the operating system with recovery
     Choose the drive Macintosh HD and formatting
     Computer is connected to an average installation
     I turn it off, turn on, and complete the installation, but fails again once the operating system is running
  2. 2nd attempt: check the RAM
     Burn a CD memtest, alt to start, choose CD and passes the test properly without crashing
     Reset and the same average progress of white screen fault bar
  3. 3rd attempt: resets
     Reset the SMC, no load
     Reset the NVRAM, no-load
     Boot in safe mode (the carillon and then capitalized) and start correctly
     Reboot in normal mode and will not start

  When I reset the SMC, instead of the white screen after flash in the middle of the progress bar, the apple logo reappears and the progress bar stays frozen

  I read a lot of other posts and it seems that you need the journal of EtreCheck. I ran this tool twice (no problem - simply check and Apps are broken) since none of the profiles corresponding to my problem. Note that I had to run in safe mode because I'm not able to start normally. I don't know if this is a problem.

  - No problem - simply check

  EtreCheck version: 2.9.13 (267)

  Report generated 2016-07-19 23:13:38

  Download EtreCheck from https://etrecheck.com

  Time 03:02

  Performance: good

  Click the [Support] links to help with non-Apple products.

  Click [details] for more information on this line.

  Verify the signatures of Apple: enabled

  Problem: Apps are broken

  Hardware Information: ⓘ

  iMac (27-inch, late 2009)

  [Data sheet] - [User Guide] - [warranty & Service]

  iMac - model: iMac11, 1

  1 2.8 GHz Intel Core i7 CPU: 4 strands

  16 GB expandable RAM - [Instructions]

  BANK 0/DIMM0

  8 GB DDR3 1067 MHz ok

  BANK 1/DIMM0

  8 GB DDR3 1067 MHz ok

  0/DIMM1 BANK

  Vacuum

  BANK 1/DIMM1

  Vacuum

  Bluetooth: Old - transfer/Airdrop2 not supported

  Wireless: en1: 802.11 a/b/g/n

  Video information: ⓘ

  ATI Radeon HD 4850 - VRAM: 512 MB

  iMac 2560 x 1440

  Software: ⓘ

  OS X El Capitan 10.11.5 (15F34) - since startup time: less than an hour

  Disc information: ⓘ

  ST1000DM003-1SB10C disk0: (1 TB) (rotation)

  EFI (disk0s1) < not mounted >: 210 MB

  Macintosh HD (disk0s2) /: 999,35 go-go (949,05 free)

  Recovery HD (disk0s3) < not mounted > [recovery]: 650 MB

  OPTIARC DVD RW AD - 5680H)

  USB information: ⓘ

  PIXART OPTICAL MOUSE USB

  Computer, Inc. Apple IR receiver.

  Built-in ISight from Apple Inc..

  Card reader Apple

  Apple Inc. BRCM2046 hub.

  Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB host controller.

  Guardian: ⓘ

  Mac App Store and identified developers

  Startup items: ⓘ

  TuxeraNTFSUnmountHelper: Path: / Library/StartupItems/TuxeraNTFSUnmountHelper

  Startup items are obsolete in OS X Yosemite

  Launch system officers: ⓘ

  [loaded] 8 tasks Apple

  [loading] 166 tasks Apple

  [operation] 64 tasks Apple

  Launch system demons: ⓘ

  com.Apple.ucupdate.plist [failure]

  com.Apple.watchdogd.plist [failure]

  [loaded] 47 tasks Apple

  [loading] 161 tasks Apple

  [operation] 80 tasks Apple

  Launch officers: ⓘ

  [no charge] com.adobe.AAM.Updater - 1.0.plist (2016-07-13) [Support]

  com.bjango.istatmenusagent.plist [no charge] (2016-07-13) [Support]

  com.bjango.istatmenusnotifications.plist [no charge] (2016-07-13) [Support]

  Launch demons: ⓘ

  com.adobe.SwitchBoard.plist [no charge] (2016-07-13) [Support]

  com.bjango.istatmenusdaemon.plist [no charge] (2016-07-13) [Support]

  com.Microsoft.Office.licensing.helper.plist [no charge] (2012-11-05) [Support]

  User launch officers: ⓘ

  [no charge] com.adobe.AAM.Updater - 1.0.plist (2016-07-13) [Support]

  Items in user login: ⓘ

  Cinch application (/ Applications/Cinch.app)

  CrossOver CD Helper application (/Applications/CrossOver.app/Contents/Resources/CrossOver CD Helper.app)

  Other applications: ⓘ

  [loading] 410 tasks Apple

  [operation] 153 tasks Apple

  Plug-ins Internet: ⓘ

  MeetingJoinPlugin: Unknown - SDK 10.6 (2016-07-12) [Support]

  SharePointBrowserPlugin: 14.6.6 - SDK 10.6 (2016-07-12) [Support]

  QuickTime Plugin: 7.7.3 (2016-07-10)

  Default browser: 601 - SDK 10.11 (2016-07-10)

  3rd party preference panes: ⓘ

  Tuxera NTFS (2016-07-12) [Support]

  Time Machine: ⓘ

  Time Machine not configured!

  Top of page process CPU: ⓘ

  1% WindowServer

  1% fontd

  0% askpermissiond

  Top of page process of memory: ⓘ

  Kernel_task 656 MB

  Iconservicesagent (2) 115 MB

  Safari of 115 MB

  Storeaccountd (2) 98 MB

  UserEventAgent (2) 98 MB

  Virtual memory information: ⓘ

  11.00 GB of free RAM

  4.74 used GB RAM (1.30 GB being cached)

  Used Swap 0 B

  Diagnostic information: ⓘ

  19 July 2016, 23:05:38 self-test - spent

  -Apps are broken

  
  

  Sorry, but it was missing the log from 'no problem '. Here it is:

  EtreCheck version: 2.9.13 (267)

  Report generated 2016-07-19 23:18:16

  Download EtreCheck from https://etrecheck.com

  Time 02:31

  Performance: Excellent

  Click the [Support] links to help with non-Apple products.

  Click [details] for more information on this line.

  Verify the signatures of Apple: enabled

  Problem: No problem - just check

  Hardware Information: ⓘ

  iMac (27-inch, late 2009)

  [Data sheet] - [User Guide] - [warranty & Service]

  iMac - model: iMac11, 1

  1 2.8 GHz Intel Core i7 CPU: 4 strands

  16 GB expandable RAM - [Instructions]

  BANK 0/DIMM0

  8 GB DDR3 1067 MHz ok

  BANK 1/DIMM0

  8 GB DDR3 1067 MHz ok

  0/DIMM1 BANK

  Vacuum

  BANK 1/DIMM1

  Vacuum

  Bluetooth: Old - transfer/Airdrop2 not supported

  Wireless: en1: 802.11 a/b/g/n

  Video information: ⓘ

  ATI Radeon HD 4850 - VRAM: 512 MB

  iMac 2560 x 1440

  Software: ⓘ

  OS X El Capitan 10.11.5 (15F34) - since startup time: less than an hour

  Disc information: ⓘ

  ST1000DM003-1SB10C disk0: (1 TB) (rotation)

  EFI (disk0s1) < not mounted >: 210 MB

  Macintosh HD (disk0s2) /: 999,35 go-go (949,03 free)

  Recovery HD (disk0s3) < not mounted > [recovery]: 650 MB

  OPTIARC DVD RW AD - 5680H)

  USB information: ⓘ

  PIXART OPTICAL MOUSE USB

  Computer, Inc. Apple IR receiver.

  Built-in ISight from Apple Inc..

  Card reader Apple

  Apple Inc. BRCM2046 hub.

  Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB host controller.

  Guardian: ⓘ

  Mac App Store and identified developers

  Startup items: ⓘ

  TuxeraNTFSUnmountHelper: Path: / Library/StartupItems/TuxeraNTFSUnmountHelper

  Startup items are obsolete in OS X Yosemite

  Launch system officers: ⓘ

  [loaded] 8 tasks Apple

  [loading] 167 tasks Apple

  [operation] 63 tasks Apple

  Launch system demons: ⓘ

  com.Apple.ucupdate.plist [failure]

  com.Apple.watchdogd.plist [failure]

  [loaded] 47 tasks Apple

  [loading] 161 tasks Apple

  [operation] 80 tasks Apple

  Launch officers: ⓘ

  [no charge] com.adobe.AAM.Updater - 1.0.plist (2016-07-13) [Support]

  com.bjango.istatmenusagent.plist [no charge] (2016-07-13) [Support]

  com.bjango.istatmenusnotifications.plist [no charge] (2016-07-13) [Support]

  Launch demons: ⓘ

  com.adobe.SwitchBoard.plist [no charge] (2016-07-13) [Support]

  com.bjango.istatmenusdaemon.plist [no charge] (2016-07-13) [Support]

  com.Microsoft.Office.licensing.helper.plist [no charge] (2012-11-05) [Support]

  User launch officers: ⓘ

  [no charge] com.adobe.AAM.Updater - 1.0.plist (2016-07-13) [Support]

  Items in user login: ⓘ

  Cinch application (/ Applications/Cinch.app)

  CrossOver CD Helper application (/Applications/CrossOver.app/Contents/Resources/CrossOver CD Helper.app)

  Other applications: ⓘ

  [ongoing] com.etresoft.EtreCheck.118752

  [loading] 411 tasks Apple

  [operation] 153 tasks Apple

  Plug-ins Internet: ⓘ

  MeetingJoinPlugin: Unknown - SDK 10.6 (2016-07-12) [Support]

  SharePointBrowserPlugin: 14.6.6 - SDK 10.6 (2016-07-12) [Support]

  QuickTime Plugin: 7.7.3 (2016-07-10)

  Default browser: 601 - SDK 10.11 (2016-07-10)

  3rd party preference panes: ⓘ

  Tuxera NTFS (2016-07-12) [Support]

  Time Machine: ⓘ

  Time Machine not configured!

  Top of page process CPU: ⓘ

  1% fontd

  1% WindowServer

  0% com.apple.WebKit.WebContent (2)

  0% kernel_task

  0% askpermissiond

  Top of page process of memory: ⓘ

  Kernel_task 732 MB

  Com.apple.WebKit.WebContent (2) 492 MB

  WindowServer 147 MB

  Safari of 131 MB

  Iconservicesagent (2) 115 MB

  Virtual memory information: ⓘ

  10.00 GB of free RAM

  5.92 GB used RAM (2.13 GB being cached)

  Used Swap 0 B

  Diagnostic information: ⓘ

  19 July 2016, 23:05:38 self-test - spent

• Early 2009 iMac and Sierra

  What will happen if I tried to install Sierra on my iMac in early 2009? He would install at all? Would it brick the computer?

  Frank

  Hello

  Mac hardware requirements

  For more information about your model of Mac, click the Apple in the top left of your screen, choose about this Mac, and then select Details. These Mac models are compatible with Mac OS Sierra:

  • MacBook (late 2009 or newer)
  • MacBook Pro (mid-2010 or more recent)
  • MacBook Air (late 2010 or newer)
  • Mac mini (mid-2010 or more recent)
  • iMac (late 2009 or newer)
  • Mac Pro (mid-2010 or more recent)

  macOS - how updated - Apple

  The most important thing to remember when upgrading one OS X to another is to backup all your important data beforehand.