Dear Aunt TUAW: There's a spider in my iMac
Dear Aunt TUAW,
There's a tiny spider running around just behind the glass of my iMac. Hopefully it won't be cause for a service call!
[The photo is attached at the end of this post.]
Your loving nephew,
David R.
Dear David,
Obviously your Mac isn't running the Robot Exclusion Standard that keeps spiders off of it.
That's a little Auntie geek humor.
All in all, it's probably harmless if a little unsightly. It probably got in through one of the ports or the speaker grill. Give it a few days and it will either find its way out or fall to the bottom, where it will go peacefully to eternal sleep and decompose to dust.
Auntie consulted with Josh Carr of Denver-based MacWorks, who demurred. "If someone brought this in to me, first thing I'd do is disassemble the iMac to take a look around to see if the spider had made itself at home and laid eggs. If the nest is on the board, it could potentially short out."
He mentions that the iMac glass can be removed with a couple of suction cups, but that's something that freaks out Auntie's sensibilities. She'd more likely than not break the glass while trying to lay it down on the ground. Your mileage will vary.
In any case, you may want to get it looked at by an Apple Authorized Service Provider but things are probably going to be just fine without.
Hugs and kissies,
Auntie T.
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I lived in Cambodia for a few years and once had a whole colony of fire ants invade my powerbook. Two of them made it into my screen. I assumed they'd make their way out, but they died there, right in middle of the screen. As I type this, more than two years later, they are still perfectly preserved. I showed it to an authorized Apple repair shop shortly after it happened and asked if there was anything they could do. They laughed! Otherwise the computer escaped the ant colony unharmed.
August 18 2011 at 10:39 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Replywhy the f*ck does this stupid story keep showing up in my feeds? i don't give a damn about the f*cking spider. it's the most retarded story i've ever read.
August 17 2011 at 9:49 PM Report abuse Permalink -3 rate up rate down ReplyWoah man, calm down. Just ignore the post. It's gonna go away soon.
August 18 2011 at 12:51 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyiTunes, some heavy metal and play at full volume -- might leave a splatter when it explodes.
August 17 2011 at 7:05 PM Report abuse Permalink +1 rate up rate down ReplyDear Aunt:
How can I make the display in my iMac sleep when I am streaming to the Apple TV? I tried hot corners, reducing the time it takes to go to sleep but the screen does not turn off. Thank you.
Video, audio or both? Which version of the OS are you running?
August 17 2011 at 7:51 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplySo much for Macs being "bug" free :-)
August 17 2011 at 5:32 PM Report abuse Permalink +3 rate up rate down ReplyIts not that hard to remove the front glass of an imac with suction cup. Its fairly resistant and flexible for a piece of glass.
The hard thing would be to close it back without leaving any dust or print smudges.
You need something like this : http://tinyurl.com/428dp8y
And even then you won't get it the first try.
How do I get rid of the shadowy smudges that are not on the front glass, but are on the screen... giving very annoying dark sports when using anything with white space??? :-(
August 17 2011 at 4:47 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyI think I've seen that previously. Does it look like it's be blown in? Almost like dust... but it won't clean off?
I've not had any luck getting rid it previously and ended up replacing several LCDs as if it were a "defect."
Haven't kept track since I used it a couple years back - but there is/are software LCD scrubbers that remove the smudge. It's a latency question when it happens - but, I haven't seen it happen in quite a while.
In fact, come back and look at the same spots on the screen a few hours later and they may be gone.
Reminds me of TRON.
August 17 2011 at 4:11 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyNo worries, the new Lion 10.7.1 is gonna eat that bug alive :)
August 17 2011 at 4:11 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyLMAO, a spider once got into the bottom speakers of my iMac. but it came out, I got it on a pice of paper, and smashed it >:-) NO ONE MESSES WITH ANDYS iMAC! :)
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