Upgrade my iMac 10.1 (late 2009 model)

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• The superdrive in my iMac (21.5, late 2009) refuses to mount new audio CD. It is very good with cds that have already been imported into iTunes and Ditto DVD. But the new CD is ejected, which means that I can't add anything to my music library on a cd.

  The superdrive in my iMac (21.5, late 2009, running OSX 10.10.3) refuses to mount new audio CD. He sees the cds, which have already been imported into iTunes (12.3.2.35) and same DVD. But new (IE back to the computer) cds are ejected, which means that I can't add anything to my music library on a cd. Any help would be appreciated!

  First try to reset the SMC & LANDAU 2 - 3 times back to back by LANDAU and Intel iMac SMC resets with all devices disconnected.

  If that does not resolve the problem, go to your local office supply store and get a CD/DVD cleaning kit and use it. If this does not work, then the SuperDrive is end of life and should be replaced. Many users with iMacs older everything just get external DVD readers, if you need to do this, I recommend you contact OWC (www.macsales.com) and they can direct you to one that fits your needs.

• (Redirected) Activation of hardware assisted virtualization in the bios of alienware aurora (late 2009 model)

  Hi all, I wonder if someone can help me to activate it in bios? I ran ms HAV detection tool and my processor is capable, however, there is no option to enable it in the bios. After looking at the manual of the pc option isn't there either. I'm about to watch updated the bios, but I thought I'd throw the question out there as I watch.

  Thank you

  Better in this position in the Alienware owners Club Forum, here:

  http://en.community.Dell.com/Owners-Club/Alienware/default.aspx

  Bev.

• 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!

• iMac 27 "Late 2009 EtreCheck poster"Drive Failure!"

  Hello

  My iMac has been terribly slow recently. 27 "late 2009. Intel i7 8GM RAM 1 TB drive. I was doing the seemings beach ball every few minutes.  I ran an EtreCheck and that's what it produces:

  For me, obviously the entrance of the inability to drive.  At this point, I have to replace the hard drive?

  Thank you in advance.

  EtreCheck version: 2.7.6 (236)

  Report generated 2016-01-20 23:31:45

  Download EtreCheck from http://etrecheck.com

  Time 02:00

  Performance: Excellent

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

  Click [details] for more information on this line.

  Click on the link [check files] help with unknown files.

  Problem: Beachballing

  Description:

  Beachball appears every few minutes. Usually, for 30 seconds or more at the time.

  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

  8 GB of RAM expandable - [Instructions]

  BANK 0/DIMM0

  OK 2 GB DDR3 1067 MHz

  BANK 1/DIMM0

  OK 2 GB DDR3 1067 MHz

  0/DIMM1 BANK

  OK 2 GB DDR3 1067 MHz

  BANK 1/DIMM1

  OK 2 GB DDR3 1067 MHz

  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 10.11.3 (15 d 21) - since startup time: less than an hour

  Disc information: ⓘ

  ST31000528ASQ disk0: (1 TB) (rotation)

  EFI (disk0s1) : 210 MB

  Macintosh HD (disk0s2) /: 965,72 go-go (761,95 free) - 15 errors

  Drive failure!

  HD (disk0s3) [recovery] recovery: 650 MB

  BOOTCAMP (disk0s4) / Volumes/BOOTCAMP: 33,63 (GB 33,61 free)

  OPTIARC DVD RW AD - 5680H)

  USB information: ⓘ

  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

  Unknown files: ⓘ

  / Library/LaunchAgents/com. Flipvideo.FlipShare.Autorun.plist

  A unknown file found. [Check files]

  Kernel extensions: ⓘ

  / System/Library/Extensions

  [no charge] com.flipvideo.IOUSBCameraMassStorage (1.0.0) [Support]

  Launch officers: ⓘ

  [loading] com.citrix.AuthManager_Mac.plist [Support]

  [operation] com.citrix.ReceiverHelper.plist [Support]

  [operation] com.citrix.ServiceRecords.plist [Support]

  [operation] com.flipvideo.FlipShare.AutoRun.plist [Support]

  [loading] com.google.keystone.agent.plist [Support]

  [loading] com.oracle.java.Java - Updater.plist [Support]

  Launch demons: ⓘ

  [loading] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist [Support]

  [loading] com.google.keystone.daemon.plist [Support]

  [loading] com.malwarebytes.MBAMHelperTool.plist [Support]

  [loading] com.oracle.java.Helper - Tool.plist [Support]

  User launch officers: ⓘ

  [failure] com.adobe.ARM. [...]. plist [Support] [details]

  [loading] com.facebook.videochat. [entrenched passage] .plist [Support]

  [loading] com.spotify.webhelper.plist [Support]

  Items in user login: ⓘ

  CleanMyMac 3 Menu UNKNOWN (missing value)

  Other applications: ⓘ

  [ongoing] com.etresoft.EtreCheck.80352

  [ongoing] com.google.Chrome.2912

  com.macpaw.CleanMyMac3.Agent [loading]

  Plug-ins Internet: ⓘ

  o1dbrowserplugin: Version: 5.41.3.0 - SDK 10.8 [Support]

  GameFacePlugin: Version: GameFacePlugin 1.5.3.0 - SDK 10.5 [Support]

  Web of Google Earth plugin: Version: 6.0 [Support]

  Default browser: Version: 601 - SDK 10.11

  CouponPrinter-FireFox: Version: Version 1.1.5

  OfficeLiveBrowserPlugin: Version: 12.3.6 [Support]

  Unity Web Player: Version: UnityPlayer version 3.5.6f4 - 10.6 SDK [Support]

  AdobePDFViewerNPAPI: Version: 10.1.15 [Support]

  FlashPlayer - 10.6: Version: 20.0.0.286 - SDK 10.6 [Support]

  Silverlight: Version: 5.1.20513.0 - SDK 10.6 [Support]

  QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3

  Flash Player: Version: 20.0.0.286 - SDK 10.6 [Support]

  CitrixICAClientPlugIn: Version: 11.7.0 - SDK 10.7 [Support]

  googletalkbrowserplugin: Version: 5.41.3.0 - SDK 10.8 [Support]

  AdobePDFViewer: Version: 10.1.15 [Support]

  iPhotoPhotocast: Version: 7.0

  JavaAppletPlugin: Version: Java 8 update 65 build 17 check version

  User Plug-ins internet: ⓘ

  fbplugin_1_0_1: Version: Unknown [Support]

  Picasa: Version: 1.0 - SDK 10.4 [Support]

  3rd party preference panes: ⓘ

  Citrix ShareFile Sync [Support]

  Flash Player [Support]

  Java [Support]

  Time Machine: ⓘ

  Time Machine not configured!

  Top of page process CPU: ⓘ

  2% fontd

  2% WindowServer

  0% dock

  0% kernel_task

  0% askpermissiond

  Top of page process of memory: ⓘ

  677 MB kernel_task

  426 MB Google Chrome Helper (4)

  262 MB mds_stores

  Systemstatsd 188 MB

  180 MB Google Chrome

  Virtual memory information: ⓘ

  3.28 GB of free RAM

  used 4.71 GB RAM (3.17 GB being cached)

  Used Swap 0 B

  Diagnostic information: ⓘ

  January 20, 2016, 23:23:23 ~/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/com.apple.prefs.backup.remoteservice_2016-01-2 0-232323_ [redacted] .crash

  /System/library/PreferencePanes/TimeMachine.prefPane/contents/XPCServices/com.a people.prefs.backup.remoteservice.xpc/Contents/MacOS/com.apple.prefs.backup.remote service

  20 January 2016, 22:40:40 self-test - spent

  January 20, 2016, 10:38:05 PM/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/CleanMyMac 3_2016-01-20-223805_ .hang [deleted]

  / Applications/CleanMyMac 3.app/Contents/MacOS/CleanMyMac 3

  I only noticed this problem after I upgraded to El Capitan, this is why I placed it in this area. I apologize if this is in the wrong place.

• 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.

• 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

• 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.

• Can my iMac 21.5-inch, late 2009 with Core 2 Duo deal with 16 GB of RAM?

  I think to upgrade the RAM on my Mac to 16 GB or more. My Mac will handle it well?

  

  In accordance with article Apple here: install memory in an iMac - Apple's Support,

  For models of iMac (late 2009), you can use 2 GB or 4 GB RAM SO-DIMM memory DDR3 SDRAM 1066 MHz in each slot.

  The statement gives the impression that my iMac can not handle more than 8 GB of RAM. (2x4gb). is this correct?

  Your iMac can handle a maximum of 16 GB of ram (4 x 4). A single note use quality a supplier like OWC or Crucial ram and avoid the bargain brands.

  http://www.EveryMac.com/systems/Apple/iMac/specs/iMac-Core-2-Duo-3.06-21-inch-Al uminum-end-2009 - specs.html

• Can I put a Seagate FireCuda drive in my iMac late 2009?

  Apple Hardware Test (AHT) says that my SATA drive, 1 TB in size, has a problem.  Nothing specific indicated. The code given is: 4HDD/11 / 40000000:SATA (0,0)

  I was testing because of the prob trying to get a good download of macOS Sierra.  Looks like I need to replace a hard drive first.  I have an iMac late 2009 with a Core i7 quad core, 16 GB DDR3 1067 Mhz ram and ATI Radeon HD 4850 graphics card.  I can put a SSD in this unit or am I stuck with the Barracuda drives.  I'm looking for FireCuda readers and like what I see and read about them.

  If you want an SSD, then I highly recommend:

  • Samsung 840.
  • OCZ ARC100 and other models.
  • OWC 3 G SSD.

  The foregoing is all compatible and should work well. Your model only supports SATA 3 Gb/s speeds due to the controller, so don't waste your money on more expensive discs of 6 G or 6 Gbps because they work faster than a car of 3 G. If you decide on a 6 GB drive, however, they must be compatible as they work on the slower bus of 3G.

• my 27 Imac late 2009 became very slow

  My 27 Imac late 2009 became very slow - I think especially after I've upgraded to El Capitan. Otherwise, everything in the computer works perfectly and I m using only 200 I have the 1 TB. Onyx and other tests can't find anything wrong. I mainly use my computer for word documents and to manage his photos about 30 000. The internal memory is 2 x 2 GB. Does anyone have any suggestions of what I could do to speed it up? Thank you.

  I wish I had an answer, but all I can do is rather echo to your problem. I have a 19 mid-2007 "iMac, contributed to the maximum with the RAM, 1 t disc hard less that half full, who did the same thing - he has worked with El Capitan until I updated to the latest version. Once that has happened the machine became so slow as to be unusable. It would take ten or twelve minutes to record a mouse click. When I restarted the machine, it took 32 HOURS to start (Fortunately it isn't my main Mac production).

  Last week, I tried all the remedies of common sense - by removing unused software, keeping an eye on the activity monitor (there is nothing fancy here), etc. Finally, I did all the stuff start, PRAM, run utilities disk (no noted problem) and even tried to reinstall El Capitan to a bootable USB I did with my first Mac, the reinstall, but seemed not 'take' somehow - he wanted to repeat the installation procedure again and again.

  I use the little Mac for Internet, e-mail and (as Karlis2) deal with some of the oldest pictures in my files - I'm sure that I have pictures on Time Machine, so I'm not too worried about it, but this was the first Mac way back in the day, I bought with my money and I'm a little sentimental on and would like to resurrect if possible... I wonder if there is a way to restore the operating system to an earlier version and it would make a difference?

• Mid-2009 MBP memory is compatible with the iMac late 2009?

  Hello

  I just upgraded the memory for my MacBook Pro (from 2 X 2 GB 2 X 4 GB)... I was going to sell the used memory space but realized that I might be able to add to my iMac late 2009.  How will I know if it's compatible?  Currently the iMac only has 4 GB as 2 units but is expandable to 16 GB and has 4 slots available.

  Forward a response and thanks in advance.

  J

  Hi OhThatGirl, you can use theCrucial memory Advisor for this.

• My Apple Macbook late 2009 has been upgraded to 4 GB and Mountain Lion but runs very slowly. When I check the memory system activity monitor, I see that there are 1.6 GB inactive. Is this the cause of the slowness and what I can do?

  My Apple Macbook late 2009 has been upgraded to 4 GB and Mountain Lion but runs very slowly. When I check the memory system activity monitor, I see that there are 1.6 GB inactive. Is this the cause of the slowness and what I can do?

  Reinstall OS X from scratch and add more RAM.

  Ways to help make a slow Mac faster

  17 reasons why your Mac runs slower than expected

  Slow performance of Mac? This Article addresses!

  Difficulty of slow start in OS X | MacFixIt - CNET Reviews

  6 easy tips to speed up OS X Yosemite on your Mac.

  Avoid using third-party software that claims to clean your computer. This software does more harm than good. In addition, you don't need it. Note that all computers become slower over time even in the normal conditions of use. Generally, the experienced users erasing the hard drive and do a clean install from scratch at least once a year or every time that the installation of a major upgrade of the OS. Well sure doing so also means that you need to maintain regular and several backups.

  Add more RAM or reduce the number of simultaneously executed from applications and utilities. Remove unnecessary software such as anti-malware and that promises to clean your Mac. Look for the runaway process: Runaway applications can shorten the battery life, affect performance and increase the heat and fan acti... See also:

  Before Mavericks

  Open the activity monitor in the Utilities folder.  Select all processes in the drop process .  Click the % CPU column heading twice to display in descending order.  If find you a process that uses a large amount of time processor (> = 70,) then select the process, and then click the quit icon in the toolbar.  Click the force quit button to kill the process.  See if that helps.  Don't forget to mention the name of the runaway process, so you can find the cause of the problem.

  Mavericks and later versions

  Open the activity monitor in the Utilities folder.  Select all processes in the menu display .  Click the CPU tab in the toolbar. Click the % CPU column heading twice to display in descending order.  If you find a process that uses a large amount of CPU %, then select the process, then click on the quit icon in the toolbar.  Click the force quit button to kill the process.  See if that helps.  Don't forget to mention the name of the runaway process, so you can find the cause of the problem.

  Things you can do to solve the slow Downs

  If your computer seems to run slower, here are some things you can do:

  Start with tours: OS X maintenance - MacAttorney;

  The X Lab: the X-frequently asked questions.

  " Safe mac" Mac Performance Guide;

  " Safe mac" the myth of the dirty Mac;

  Maintenance fast Mac Help.

  Start in Safe Mode , and then repair your hard disk and permissions:

  Fix the hard disk and permissions before Lion

  Boot from your OS X install disk. After the installer loads, choose your language and click on the button continue. When the menu bar appears select utility drive in the Utilities menu. After that the charges of THE select your entry from hard drive (mfgr. ID and car size) in the list on the left.  In the status area, you will see an entry for the S.M.A.R.T. status of the hard drive.  If it does not say "Verified" then the hard drive is faulty or has failed. (State SMART is not reported on external drives Firewire or USB). If the drive is "verified", then select your OS X volume in the list on the left (subentries under the entry for the road), click the first aid tab, then click the repair disk button. If THE reports any errors that have been corrected, and then run repair disk again until no errors are reported. If no errors are reported, click repair permissions. Wait until the operation is complete, then exit FROM and return to the installer.

  Repair the hard drive - Lion-Lion/mountain/Mavericks

  HD recovery start:

  Restart the computer and after the buzzer, press on and hold down the COMMAND and R until it appears the screen of Menu utilities. Otherwise, restart the computer and after the buzzer, press on and hold down the OPTION key until the Boot Manager screen. Select recovery HD disk icon and click on the button below.

  When the recovery menu appears, select disk utility. After that the charges of THE select your entry from hard drive (mfgr. ID and car size) in the list on the left.  In the status area, you will see an entry for the S.M.A.R.T. status of the hard drive.  If it does not say "Verified" then the hard drive is faulty or has failed. (State SMART is not reported on external drives Firewire or USB). If the drive is "verified", then select your OS X volume in the list on the left (subentries under the entry for the road), click the first aid tab, then click the repair disk button. If THE reports any errors that have been corrected, and then run repair disk again until no errors are reported. If no error is not reported, then click repair permissions. Wait until the operation is complete, then exit FROM and return to the main menu. Select restart from the Apple menu.

  Restart your computer normally and see if it helped at all. Then do little maintenance:

  For disk utility can't handle situations, the best third party is Disk Warriorutility;  Fixed DW only for problems with the disk directory, but most disk problems are caused by the corruption of directory; Warrior drive 4.x is now compatible with Intel Mac.

  Note: Alsoft ships DW on a bootable DVD that will boot Mac running Snow Leopard or earlier. He cannot start Mac that came with Lion or later preinstalled, however, DW will work on these models.

  Suggestions for OS X maintenance

  OS X performs certain maintenance functions that are supposed to take place on a daily, weekly, or monthly period. Maintenance scripts that are run at the beginning AM only if the computer is turned on 24/7 (no sleep). If this isn't the case, then a great solution is to download and install a shareware like Macaroni, JAW PseudoAnacronor Anacron utility that will automate the maintenance regardless of whether activity if the computer is off or asleep.  Dependence on third-party utilities to run periodic maintenance scripts has been significantly reduced since Tiger.  These utilities have little or no functionality with Snow Leopard or later version, and must not be installed.

  OS X automatically defrags files smaller than 20 MB in size, so unless you have a disk full of very large files it little need to defragment the hard drive.

  Under no circumstances should you install operating MacPaw or ZeoBit software (CleanMyMac/CleanMyDrive or Mac Keeper, respectively.) You don't need special software to keep your computer.

  Useful links about malware Protection

  "If you have an immediate problem with ads popping up see the Mac without danger" Adware removal Guide and AdwareMedic.

  Open Safari, select Preferences from the Safari menu. Click the Extensions icon in the toolbar. Disable all Extensions. If it stops your problem, then re-enable one by one until the problem returns. Now remove this extension as it is the origin of the problem.

  The following comes from user stevejobsfan0123. I made minor changes to adapt to this presentation.

  Difficulty a few pop ups browser that supported Safari

  Common pop - ups include a message saying that the Government has taken over your computer and you pay release (often called "Moneypak"), or a false message saying that your computer has been infected and you need to call a number of tech support (sometimes claiming to be Apple) to get it to be resolved. First of all, understand that these pop-ups are not caused by a virus and that your computer has not been assigned. This "hack" is limited to your web browser. Also understand that these messages are scams, so don't pay not money, call number, or provide personal information. This article will give an overview of the solution to remove the pop-up window.

  Quit Safari

  Usually, these pop-ups will not go by clicking 'OK' or 'Cancel '. In addition, several menus in the menu bar may become disabled and show in grey, including the option to leave Safari. You'll probably force quit Safari. To do this, press command + option + ESC, select Safari, press on force quit.

  Relaunch Safari

  If you restart Safari, the page will reopen. To avoid this, hold the "Shift" key when opening Safari. This will prevent windows since the last time that Safari was running since the reopening.

  It will not work in all cases. The SHIFT key must be maintained at the right time, and in some cases, even if done correctly, the window is displayed again. In these circumstances, after force quit Safari, turn off Wi - Fi or disconnect Ethernet, depending on how you connect to the Internet. Then restart Safari normally. He'll try to reload the malicious Web page, but without a connection, it will not be able to. Leave this page by entering a different URL, i.e. www.apple.com and try to load it. Now you can reconnect to the Internet and the page that you entered is displayed rather than the malicious.

  An excellent link to read is Tom Reed Mac Guide of malicious programs.

  Also, visit the FAQ XLab and read of detection and avoid malicious software and spyware.

  Check out these articles from Apple:

  Mac OS X Snow Leopard and malware detection

  OS X Lion-Protect your Mac against malicious software

  OS X Lion mountain - protect your Mac against malicious software

  OS X Mavericks-Protect your Mac against malicious software

  On the quarantine of file under OS X

  If you need antivirus protection Thomas Reed recommends to use ClamXAV. (Thanks to Thomas Reed to this recommendation.)

  The user Joe Bailey comes this equally useful advice:

  The facts are:

  1. There is no anti-malware software can detect 100% of malware out there.

  2. There is no anti-malware that can detect all targeting the Mac.

  3. the best way to prevent breaches the most is for you as the user is aware that

  the most successful malware attacks rely on sophisticated social engineering

  techniques preying on human greed, * and fear.

  4 Internet pop-up windows telling the FBI, NSA, Microsoft, your ISP has detected malware on

  your computer is designed to trick you into installing their malware thinking it's a

  protection against malware.

  5. some of the anti-malware market products are worse than malware

  go where they are supposed to protect you.

  6. be careful where you go on the internet.

  7. don't download anything from sites, you know are safe.

  8 avoid links that you receive in email, always be wary, even if you get something

  you think a friend is, but that you did not expect.

  9. If there is any question in your mind, then assume that it is malware.

  Troubleshooting Applications

  I recommend that you download a utility such as TinkerTool System, OnyX, Mavericks Cache Cleaneror hiding a Cocktail that you can use to delete the former newspapers and archives, cleaning, etc. Corrupted cache, logs or temporary files can slow down the application or OS X crashes and panics of the kernel.

  If you have leopard snow or leopard, then for similar repairs install Applejackfreeware utility.  If you do not start in OS X, you can boot into single-user mode , where you can run Applejack to make a set of routines for repair and maintenance of the command line.  Note that it takes 1.5 AppleJack for Leopard. AppleJack 1.6 is compatible with Snow Leopard. Applejack does not work with Lion and later versions.

  Basic backup

  For some people, Time Machine will be more than enough. Time Machine is part of Mac OS X. There are two components:

  1. a panel of Time Machine preferences as part of the system of preferences;

  2. a request for Time Machine, located in the Applications folder. It's

  used to manage backups and restore backups. Time Machine

  requires a backup drive that is at least twice the capacity of the

  drive being backed up.

  You can also get an external drive at least equal to the size hard disk internal and make (and maintain) a bootable clone/backup. You can make a bootable clone using the disk utility's restore option. You can also create and maintain clones with good backup software. My personal recommendations are (the order is not significant):

  1 Carbon Copy clone

  2. get backup

  3 already seen

  4 superDuper!

  5. Synk Pro

  6. Tri-Backup

  Visit The FAQ XLab and read the FAQ on the backup and restore.  Also read How to back up and restore your files. For using Time Machine, visit FAQ Time Machine of Pondini for help with all this time Machine.

  Referenced software can be found at MacUpdate .

  Additional tips

  Make sure you have a sufficient amount of RAM installed for the number of applications you run simultaneously. Make sure to leave a minimum of 10% of the capacity of the hard disk as free space.

  Add more RAM. If your computer less than 2 GB of RAM and you use OS X Leopard or later, then you can do it with more RAM. Snow Leopard and Lion works much better with 4 GB of RAM that is their system. Most concurrent applications, that you tend to use the more RAM you should have.

  Always have at least 15 GB, or 10% of the capacity of your hard disk as free space, the largest. OS X frequently accesses your hard disk, so offering enough free space will keep things slow down.

  Check for applications that may be hogging the CPU:

  Before Mavericks

  Open the activity monitor in the Utilities folder.  Select all processes in the drop process .  Click the % CPU column heading twice to display in descending order.  If find you a process that uses a large amount of time processor (> = 70,) then select the process, and then click the quit icon in the toolbar.  Click the force quit button to kill the process.  See if that helps.  Don't forget to mention the name of the runaway process, so you can find the cause of the problem.

  Mavericks and later versions

  Open the activity monitor in the Utilities folder.  Select all processes in the menu display .  Click the CPU tab in the toolbar. Click the % CPU column heading twice to display in descending order.  If find you a process that uses a large amount of time processor (> = 70,) then select the process, and then click the quit icon in the toolbar.  Click the force quit button to kill the process.  See if that helps.  Don't forget to mention the name of the runaway process, so you can find the cause of the problem.

  This problem occurs often because of a corrupted cache or the preferences file or an attempt to write in a corrupted log file.

• iMac (late 2009) as screen for Mac Mini

  Hi, I want to buy a new Mac Mini, and I want to use my iMac (late 2009) as screen. I want to know if it is posible, and, if so, what cable do I need to buy

  Only if it's the 27-inch model. See the following for use of the cable. It is a cable mini displayport to mini displayport.

  Use your iMac as a display with the target - Apple Support Display Mode

• Display problem iMac late 2009

  

  Anyone know what happened to my screen? Its a model of iMac 27 "late 2009 running 10.11.1

  It happened all of a sudden while I was surfing on the internet - sometimes it goes back to normal, but most of the time she stays like that...

  2.66 GHz IntelCore

  12 GB OF DDR3 MEMORY

  ATI Radeon HD 4850 512 MB

  Thank you for your kind support.

  The GPU is a failure, you can have the machine repaired or you can replace the computer.