{"id":1823,"date":"2016-08-05T19:37:37","date_gmt":"2016-08-05T16:37:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/igotoffer.com\/apple\/?p=1823"},"modified":"2023-11-17T03:25:43","modified_gmt":"2023-11-17T03:25:43","slug":"imac-faq","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/igotoffer.com\/apple\/imac-faq","title":{"rendered":"iMac FAQ &#8211; All Information"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The original iMac was the first Macintosh computer to have a USB port. It was also the first legacy-free PC, and the first computer without a floppy disk drive. USB, being cross-platform, has allowed Macintosh users to select from a large selection of devices marketed for the Wintel PC platform, such as hubs, scanners, storage devices, USB flash drives, and mice. After iMac, Apple continued to remove older peripheral interfaces and floppy drives from the rest of its product line. Here come some of the most frequently asked questions about iMac:<!--more--><\/p>\n<div id=\"toc_container\" class=\"no_bullets\"><p class=\"toc_title\">Contents<\/p><ul class=\"toc_list\"><li><a href=\"#iMac_G3_Exploration_Sensation_1st_Generation_Bondi_Blue_Video\"><span class=\"toc_number toc_depth_1\">1<\/span> iMac G3 Exploration Sensation (1st Generation Bondi Blue) [Video]<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#iMac_FAQ\"><span class=\"toc_number toc_depth_1\">2<\/span> iMac FAQ<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#Links\"><span class=\"toc_number toc_depth_1\">3<\/span> Links<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n<h2><span id=\"iMac_G3_Exploration_Sensation_1st_Generation_Bondi_Blue_Video\">iMac G3 Exploration Sensation (1st Generation Bondi Blue) [Video]<\/span><\/h2>\n<div class=\"ytb\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><iframe title=\"iMac G3 Exploration Sensation (1st Generation Bondi Blue) - Krazy Ken&#039;s Tech Misadventures\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6q-SgFPWqvU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align:center\">Video uploaded by <a class=\"yt-simple-endpoint style-scope yt-formatted-string\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@ComputerClan\" target=\"_blank\">Computer Clan<\/a> on <strong class=\"watch-time-text\">February 28, 2019<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h2><span id=\"iMac_FAQ\">iMac FAQ<\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><div class=\"su-spoiler su-spoiler-style-default su-spoiler-icon-plus su-spoiler-closed\" data-anchor=\"test\" data-scroll-offset=\"0\" data-anchor-in-url=\"no\"><div class=\"su-spoiler-title\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\"><span class=\"su-spoiler-icon\"><\/span>I want to sell my old iMac, how should I proceed?<\/div><div class=\"su-spoiler-content su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><em>Answer: <\/em>If you&#8217;re going to be migrating to a new iMac, it&#8217;s a good time to make sure you&#8217;ve got a secure copy of everything you need for the transition, so use Time Machine or clone your iMac&#8217;s hard drive. If you are getting ready to sell your iMac, back up your computer, including your personal data files and any apps you use. The easiest way to back up it is to use <em>Time Machine<\/em>, but you can also clone your iMac&#8217;s hard drive. Remember that the\u00a0apps you&#8217;ve purchased from the Mac App Store, are connected to your your Apple ID and password, which you obviously don&#8217;t want to share with a new owner of your old iMac<em>.<\/em><\/div><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><div class=\"su-spoiler su-spoiler-style-default su-spoiler-icon-plus su-spoiler-closed\" data-anchor=\"test\" data-scroll-offset=\"0\" data-anchor-in-url=\"no\"><div class=\"su-spoiler-title\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\"><span class=\"su-spoiler-icon\"><\/span>Is It Safe to Force Quit and Application?<\/div><div class=\"su-spoiler-content su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><em>Answer: <\/em>When you <em>Force Quit<\/em> an application, you&#8217;ll lose any unsaved work in that application. So if you&#8217;re working on something important on something important and you haven&#8217;t saved for a while, give the machine five minutes or so to find its feet before trying to Force Quit. But if an application doesn&#8217;t respond for a while, select the name of the application and Force Quit.<\/div><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><div class=\"su-spoiler su-spoiler-style-default su-spoiler-icon-plus su-spoiler-closed\" data-anchor=\"test\" data-scroll-offset=\"0\" data-anchor-in-url=\"no\"><div class=\"su-spoiler-title\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\"><span class=\"su-spoiler-icon\"><\/span>What is Activity Monitor?<\/div><div class=\"su-spoiler-content su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><em>Answer: Activity Monitor<\/em>, which you&#8217;ll find in <em>Applications \u2013 Utilities<\/em>, is a useful tool for seeing what your Mac is up to behind the scenes. One thing it lets you do is select a Force Quit individual task \u2013 such as utilities and <em>Finder<\/em> plugging that have frozen. <em>Activity Monitor<\/em> also allows you to keep an eye on your system&#8217;s CPU, RAM and disk activity, which can often be useful when troubleshooting. If a small inactive application is consistently using up about a half of your processing power, say, that&#8217;s a good signal that all is not well with that application. To keep an eye on CPU, RAM or disk activity while you work, click and explore the options in the View menu.. If you like, it will even display a real-time graph of your CPU usage on the utility&#8217;s <em>Dock<\/em> icon.<\/div><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><div class=\"su-spoiler su-spoiler-style-default su-spoiler-icon-plus su-spoiler-closed\" data-anchor=\"test\" data-scroll-offset=\"0\" data-anchor-in-url=\"no\"><div class=\"su-spoiler-title\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\"><span class=\"su-spoiler-icon\"><\/span>How to Repair Permissions<\/div><div class=\"su-spoiler-content su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><em>Answer: <\/em>OS X&#8217;s permissions settings sometimes go pear-shaped,, leading to all manner of problems. To repair permissions, open <em>Disk Utility<\/em> from <em>Applications \u2013 Utilities<\/em>. Select your Mac&#8217;s hard disk in the list and click First Aid then Repair Disk Permissions. If you can&#8217;t access Disk Utility, you can insert the Software install disc that comes with your Mac and reboot while holding down C. You&#8217;ll find Disk Utility in the Installer menu<em>.<\/em><\/div><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><div class=\"su-spoiler su-spoiler-style-default su-spoiler-icon-plus su-spoiler-closed\" data-anchor=\"test\" data-scroll-offset=\"0\" data-anchor-in-url=\"no\"><div class=\"su-spoiler-title\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\"><span class=\"su-spoiler-icon\"><\/span>What is Target Mode (Mac as Hard Drive)<\/div><div class=\"su-spoiler-content su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><em>Answer: <\/em>Target Mode allows you to boot your Mac as an external drive to another Mac. To do so, turn off the Mac you want to use as a hard drive, and connect it to the other Mac, with a FireWire cable. Then hold down the T key on the first Mac and restart. Its hard drive will appear on the desktop of the other Mac. This operation can be a lifesaver, if you can&#8217;t start up your Mac, but you want to access its files,, or if you&#8217;ve forgotten your password and don&#8217;t have your start up disc at hand.<\/div><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><div class=\"su-spoiler su-spoiler-style-default su-spoiler-icon-plus su-spoiler-closed\" data-anchor=\"test\" data-scroll-offset=\"0\" data-anchor-in-url=\"no\"><div class=\"su-spoiler-title\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\"><span class=\"su-spoiler-icon\"><\/span>What to Do is OS X Won't Let Me Access a File or Folder<\/div><div class=\"su-spoiler-content su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><em>Answer:\u00a0<\/em>If you can&#8217;t open, delete or move a file or folder, make sure it isn&#8217;t locked and that you have Read &amp; Write permissions. Still no access? Repair permissions. If you sell your used iMac, no need to worry about your personal information as all data will be 100% wiped from your computer and all systems will be restored to original factory settings. Anyway, we insist that if you are getting ready to sell your iMac, back up your computer, including your personal data files and any apps you use. The easiest way to back up it is to use Time Machine, but you can also clone your iMac&#8217;s hard drive. Remember that the\u00a0apps you&#8217;ve purchased from the Mac App Store, are connected to your your Apple ID and password, which you obviously don&#8217;t want to share with a new owner of your old iMac.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><\/div><\/div>\n<h2><span id=\"Links\">Links<\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\">If you feel, you don\u2019t want this iMac any more you can sell it to us. We\u2019ll give you the best deal on the market. Free instant quote, free shipping, fast and secure payment:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/igotoffer.com\/sell-imac\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sell iMac<\/a>\u00a0online for cash.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The original iMac was the first Macintosh computer to have a USB port. It was also the first legacy-free PC, and the first computer without a floppy disk drive. 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