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Apple releases iMac Graphic Firmware Update 3.0 to address hanging graphics

by Chris Rawson (Aug 24th, 2011)

Apple has released iMac Graphic FW Update 3.0 to address graphical hanging issues that some people were reporting on iMacs. After upgrading to Lion, many users had reported their iMacs were locking up entirely after playing certain kinds of videos, requiring them to reboot in order to regain ...

Dear Aunt TUAW: There's a spider in my iMac

by Erica Sadun (Aug 17th, 2011)

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 ...

Apple quietly launches new $999 educational iMac

by Kelly Hodgkins (Aug 8th, 2011)

Apple quietly launched a new sub-US$1000 iMac model for the educational market. The new iMac is similar to current models, but has a set of slightly toned specs that make it less expensive than current retail versions. The educational only model will include a 3.1GHz Intel Core i3 dual-core ...

Lion bug: Some iMacs locking up after playing video

by Chris Rawson (Jul 24th, 2011)

Over the past few days, quite a few iMac owners have told us they're experiencing systemwide freezes after watching videos. Likewise, Apple's support forums are full of iMac owners experiencing the same issue. Although the bug is difficult to reproduce reliably, it's not confined to any one ...

Apple issues recall for some iMac hard drives

by Chris Rawson (Jul 22nd, 2011)

Apple has issued notice of a recall of potentially defective 1 TB Seagate hard drives installed in iMacs sold between May and July of 2011. Apple has offered to replace the possibly defective drives free of charge until July 23, 2012. The drives, installed in 2011-model iMacs in both 21.5 and ...

Patent suggest link between Apple's wireless charging and WiTricity

by Steven Sande (Jul 11th, 2011)

Along with several rumors that seemed far-fetched, the Wall Street Journal reported last week that Apple is looking at a new charging capability for the 2012 iPhone -- most likely wireless. Now an international patent filing by Apple seems to be linking the company to 2007 startup WiTricity, a ...

Bare Feats finds iMacs compare to Mac Pros running Final Cut Pro X

by Steven Sande (Jul 11th, 2011)

Final Cut Pro X users might want consider an iMac instead of a Mac Pro, according to some recent benchmarks run by Bare Feats. The graphics and speed testing site recently tested FCP X on three different Macs to see which current model was able to tame the power-hungry app the best. The ...

Apple's latest iMac receives glowing review from Computerworld

by Steven Sande (Jul 3rd, 2011)

Apple's iMac is a popular and speedy desktop all-in-one computer, and Mac aficionados have been in love with them since 1998. The latest edition was introduced on May 3, 2011, with Intel's Sandy Bridge processor and lightning-fast Thunderbolt I/O. Now Computerworld has weighed in with a review ...

Apple releases Thunderbolt Firmware Update

by Chris Rawson (Jun 27th, 2011)

Apple has released a firmware update for Macs equipped with the new Thunderbolt I/O port. The update provides the usual "performance and stability fixes" that Apple's firmware updates are famous for. As with all firmware updates, Apple stipulates that the power on your Mac must not be ...

Mid-2011 iMac graphic firmware update 2.0 fixes startup issue

by Victor Agreda, Jr. (Jun 8th, 2011)

Apple just posted a firmware update for mid-2011 iMacs, which you can find in Software Update or here. There's a knowledgebase article about the issue here, but basically, if you've had symptoms of your mid-2011 iMac showing a white or gray screen and being unresponsive on startup, this update is ...

Ask TUAW: Durable iPad Cases, iPhone Mail Signatures and the 'Insert' Key

by Ask TUAW (May 19th, 2011)

Welcome to Ask TUAW, your favorite weekly question-and-answer column. We can never have too many questions, so please go to the comments of this post and ask away. To get fabulous answers, we need your fabulous questions. You can also email your questions directly to ask [at] tuaw.com, or ping us ...

HDD Fan Control software addresses iMac hard drive replacement issue

by Kelly Hodgkins (May 13th, 2011)

Yesterday, Other World Computing wrote a post suggesting you could not install third-party hard drives in the new Sandy Bridge iMacs. According to OWC, any change in the hard drive or switching to a hard drive bay would cause the drive fan to spin at maximum speed. Though this problem does ...

OWC: Replacing main hard drive with third-party is not an option in new iMacs

by Megan Lavey-Heaton (May 12th, 2011)

The folks over at Other World Computing, best known for providing affordable upgrades for your Mac, delivered some bad news regarding installing a third-party hard drive in the new Sandy Bridge iMacs. Apparently, Apple altered the SATA power connector in such a way that removing the hard drive ...

Talkcast tonight, 4 PM HI/7 PM PT/10 PM ET: Mother's Day Edition

by Kelly Guimont (May 8th, 2011)

Here we go again, kids! Not only do we have Mother's Day to talk about, but we also have the shiny new iMacs and a shiny new piece of malware to discuss as well. As always when I'm hosting, if there's show, there's an aftershow. Join us for TUAW and stay for TUAWTF. It's like two shows in ...

New iMacs 25 percent faster than previous generation

by Michael Grothaus (May 7th, 2011)

A few days ago, we reported on Macworld's benchmark results for the new Sandy Bridge-equipped iMacs. Macworld found them to be, on average, about 16 percent faster in the Speedmark 6.5 test than the previous generation. Now Primate Labs has put together a report detailing the iMac's speed ...