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Three new Macs will be released this year. Apple introduced updated iMac and iMac Pro workstation When the new imac comes out

This fall, Apple will update all of its devices, from the iPhone and Apple Watch to Mac mini and MacBook, iPad Pro and iMac.

Apple will release a new 11-inch iPad Pro and updated AirPods

Apple's WWDC spring show was all about software and . It is likely that at the September event everyone Apple presentations will apply to the company's devices, and not just to the iPhone.

Judging from a new report published by analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, Apple will show many new products. In addition to new iPhones, an update is coming for Mac computers mini, iMac, laptop Macbook Pro, Apple watch Watch and iPad tablet Pro. According to the analyst, the company will show updates this fall.

Apple to release new 11-inch iPad Pro, updated AirPods and new Apple Watch this year

In his new report, Ming-Chi Kuo added a few details about Apple's upcoming device update. Some of his predictions refer to three new iPhone 2018, new Mac Mini and AirPower charger. Here's a breakdown of all the predicted new devices:

Apple Watch

Apple is believed to be working on two versions of the watch right now. fourth generation. Both models of the new Apple Watch 4 will get a large display. One of the displays may get a rounded shape.

Apple Watch 4 will receive two displays of 1.57 inches (39.9 mm) and 1.78 inches (45.2 mm), respectively. This is about 15 percent more than the current Watch 3 models. Also, new versions of Apple Watch will have improved heart rate sensors.

iPhone

Two new iPad Pros are expected this year. The first one will arrive in 11 inch and the second one in 12.9 inch. Probably both iPad model Pro will be made in style iPhone design X, with a larger screen and no home button. It is expected that Apple will install a Face ID sensor on the 2018 iPad Pro, instead of the usual Touch ID.

macbook

The update will also affect Macbooks and MacBook Pros. According to the analyst, the company is developing . It will probably become the successor to the MacBook Air.

Mac and iMac

With a significant boost in display performance, the new iMac will arrive. The long-awaited update will also receive Mac mini. No specific information was provided.

air power

Kuo said with hope and confidence that Apple's long-awaited AirPower wireless charging station will go into mass production in the third quarter of this year. How it will turn out in reality is not yet clear. Although everyone hopes that everything will be launched immediately after the autumn conference.

In addition to all of the above, an update is expected for the second generation of wireless .

I summarize what was voiced by a respected analyst. Ming-Chi Kuo has more than once justified his predictions regarding new products from Apple. But, these are all just assumptions and conjectures, obtained on the basis of rumors and conjectures. Apple has already demonstrated their attitude to this at the spring conference.

We can only say unequivocally that only after the official presentation and when the devices can be held in hands, everything will become clear. Until then, we are waiting for new "true" data about what Apple will show at the fall conference. We can say that new products from Apple in 2018 will be more than expected.

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Testing conducted by Apple in February 2019 using preproduction i Mac Pro 27" with 18-core Intel processor Xeon W clock frequency 2.3GHz, 128GB RAM and GPU Radeon Pro Vega 64X with 16GB HBM2. Compared to commercially available 27-inch quad-core iMacs Intel Core 4.2 GHz i7 with Radeon Pro 580 graphics processor with 8 GB of VRAM, and commercial 12-core Mac Pro models Intel Xeon E5 2.7 GHz dual graphics AMD processors FirePro D700 with 6GB of VRAM each and connected to an external 5K monitor, both used 64GB of RAM. Testing was conducted in Cinema 4D R20; used a scene with a volume of 1.98 GB, the number of polygons - 60 million. Tests were conducted using specific computer systems and reflect the approximate performance of iMac Pro, iMac, and Mac Pro.
Testing conducted by Apple in November 2017 using preproduction 27-inch 18-core Intel Xeon W 2.3GHz iMac Pro units with 128GB RAM and preproduction 27-inch 10-core Intel iMac Pro units Xeon W clocked at 3.0GHz with 64GB of RAM, both used Radeon Pro Vega 64 GPUs with 16GB of HBM2 memory. Compared to commercial 27-inch iMacs with 4.2GHz quad-core Intel Core i7 processor and Radeon Pro 580 graphics processor with 8GB VRAM, and commercially available 12-core Mac Pro models Intel Xeon E5 at 2.7GHz, dual AMD FirePro D700 GPUs with 6GB of VRAM and connected to an external 5K monitor, both used 64GB of RAM. Tested using Autodesk Maya 2018 with a 399.6 MB scene. Tests were conducted using specific computer systems and reflect the approximate performance of iMac Pro, iMac, and Mac Pro.
Testing conducted by Apple in November 2017 using preproduction 2.3GHz 18-core Intel Xeon W 27-inch iMac Pro units with 128GB RAM and Radeon Pro Vega 64 graphics with 16GB HBM2. Compared to commercial 27-inch iMacs with 4.2GHz quad-core Intel Core i7 processor and Radeon Pro 580 graphics processor with 8GB VRAM, and commercially available 12-core Mac Pro models Intel Xeon E5 at 2.7GHz, dual AMD FirePro D700 GPUs with 6GB of VRAM and connected to an external 5K monitor, both used 64GB of RAM. Testing was conducted in Cinema 4D R19.024; used a scene with a volume of 1.98 GB, the number of polygons - 60 million. Tests were conducted using specific computer systems and reflect the approximate performance of iMac Pro, iMac, and Mac Pro.
Testing conducted by Apple in November 2017 using preproduction 27-inch 18-core Intel Xeon W 2.3GHz iMac Pro units with 128GB RAM and preproduction 27-inch 10-core Intel iMac Pro units Xeon W clocked at 3.0GHz with 64GB of RAM, both used Radeon Pro Vega 64 GPUs with 16GB of HBM2 memory. Compared to commercial 27-inch iMacs with 4.2GHz quad-core Intel Core i7 processor and Radeon Pro 580 graphics processor with 8GB VRAM, and commercially available 12-core Mac Pro models Intel Xeon E5 at 2.7GHz, dual AMD FirePro D700 GPUs with 6GB of VRAM and connected to an external 5K monitor, both used 64GB of RAM. Tested using Xcode 9.1 (9B55), ninja (v.1.7.2), swift (swift‑4.0.2-RELEASE), swift‑clang (swift‑4.0.2-RELEASE), swift‑llvm (swift‑4.0 .2-RELEASE), swift-cmark (swift-4.0.2-RELEASE), swift-compiler-rt (swift-4.0.2-RELEASE), and CMake 3.9.4. Tests were conducted using specific computer systems and reflect the approximate performance of iMac Pro, iMac, and Mac Pro.
Testing conducted by Apple in November 2017 using preproduction 3.0GHz 10-core Intel Xeon W 27-inch iMac Pro systems with 64GB RAM and Radeon Pro Vega 64 graphics with 16GB HBM2. Compared to commercial 27-inch iMacs with 4.2GHz quad-core Intel Core i7 processor and Radeon Pro 580 graphics processor with 8GB VRAM, and commercially available 12-core Mac Pro models Intel Xeon E5 at 2.7GHz, dual AMD FirePro D700 GPUs with 6GB of VRAM and connected to an external 5K monitor, both used 64GB of RAM. Operation of the OsiriX MD v.9.0.1 application was tested using CT scan data: 1300 slices of 512×512 voxels. Tests were conducted using specific computer systems and reflect the approximate performance of iMac Pro, iMac, and Mac Pro.
Testing conducted by Apple in November 2017 using preproduction 27-inch 18-core Intel Xeon W 2.3GHz iMac Pro units with 128GB RAM and preproduction 27-inch 10-core Intel iMac Pro units Xeon W clocked at 3.0GHz with 64GB of RAM, both used Radeon Pro Vega 64 GPUs with 16GB of HBM2 memory. Compared to commercial 27-inch iMacs with 4.2GHz quad-core Intel Core i7 processor and Radeon Pro 580 graphics processor with 8GB VRAM, and commercially available 12-core Mac Pro models Intel Xeon E5 at 2.7GHz, dual AMD FirePro D700 GPUs with 6GB of VRAM and connected to an external 5K monitor, both used 64GB of RAM. Testing was conducted using Mathematica v.11.2.0.0 with built-in WolframMark tests. Tests were conducted using specific computer systems and reflect the approximate performance of iMac Pro, iMac, and Mac Pro.
Testing conducted by Apple in November 2017 using preproduction 27-inch 18-core Intel Xeon W 2.3GHz iMac Pro units with 128GB RAM and preproduction 27-inch 10-core Intel iMac Pro units Xeon W clocked at 3.0GHz with 64GB of RAM, both used Radeon Pro Vega 64 GPUs with 16GB of HBM2 memory. Compared to commercial 27-inch iMacs with 4.2GHz quad-core Intel Core i7 processor and Radeon Pro 580 graphics processor with 8GB VRAM, and commercially available 12-core Mac Pro models Intel Xeon E5 at 2.7GHz, dual AMD FirePro D700 GPUs with 6GB of VRAM and connected to an external 5K monitor, both used 64GB of RAM. Application operation Adobe Photoshop 19.0 was tested using the following filters: crystallize, pixelate, circular blur, shape blur, dust and scratches, median. Tests were conducted using specific computer systems and reflect the approximate performance of iMac Pro, iMac, and Mac Pro.
Testing conducted by Apple in November 2017 using preproduction 2.3GHz 18-core Intel Xeon W 27-inch iMac Pro units with 128GB RAM and Radeon Pro Vega 64 graphics with 16GB HBM2. Compared to commercial 27-inch iMacs with 4.2GHz quad-core Intel Core i7 processor and Radeon Pro 580 graphics processor with 8GB VRAM, and commercially available 12-core Mac Pro models Intel Xeon E5 at 2.7GHz, dual AMD FirePro D700 GPUs with 6GB of VRAM and connected to an external 5K monitor, both used 64GB of RAM. Pixelmator Pro 1.0.1 preview was tested using a 3.31 GB image. Tests were conducted using specific computer systems and reflect the approximate performance of iMac Pro, iMac, and Mac Pro.
Testing conducted by Apple in November 2017 using preproduction 27-inch 18-core Intel Xeon W 2.3GHz iMac Pro units with 128GB RAM and preproduction 27-inch 10-core Intel iMac Pro units Xeon W clocked at 3.0GHz with 64GB of RAM, both used Radeon Pro Vega 64 GPUs with 16GB of HBM2 memory. Compared to commercial 27-inch iMacs with 4.2GHz quad-core Intel Core i7 processor and Radeon Pro 580 graphics processor with 8GB VRAM, and commercially available 12-core Mac Pro models Intel Xeon E5 at 2.7GHz, dual AMD FirePro D700 GPUs with 6GB of VRAM and connected to an external 5K monitor, both used 64GB of RAM. Logic Pro X 10.3.3 pre-release was tested by mixing 20 audio tracks from a project (without a network connection) and then burning the result to a PCM disc. Tests were conducted using specific computer systems and reflect the approximate performance of iMac Pro, iMac, and Mac Pro.
Testing conducted by Apple in November 2017 using preproduction 27-inch 18-core Intel Xeon W 2.3GHz iMac Pro units with 128GB RAM and preproduction 27-inch 10-core Intel iMac Pro units Xeon W clocked at 3.0GHz with 64GB of RAM, both used Radeon Pro Vega 64 GPUs with 16GB of HBM2 memory. Compared to commercial 27-inch iMacs with 4.2GHz quad-core Intel Core i7 processor and Radeon Pro 580 graphics processor with 8GB VRAM, and commercially available 12-core Mac Pro models Intel Xeon E5 at 2.7GHz, dual AMD FirePro D700 GPUs with 6GB of VRAM and connected to an external 5K monitor, both used 64GB of RAM. Testing was conducted using a pre-release version of Logic Pro X 10.3.3 and a project that included 200 Sculpture synthesizer tracks. During playback, the playback mode of individual tracks was turned on until an overload occurred CPU. Tests were conducted using specific computer systems and reflect the approximate performance of iMac Pro, iMac, and Mac Pro.
Testing conducted by Apple in November 2017 using preproduction 27-inch 18-core Intel Xeon W 2.3GHz iMac Pro units with 128GB RAM and preproduction 27-inch 10-core Intel iMac Pro units Xeon W clocked at 3.0GHz with 64GB of RAM, both used Radeon Pro Vega 64 GPUs with 16GB of HBM2 memory. Compared to commercial 27-inch iMacs with 4.2GHz quad-core Intel Core i7 processor and Radeon Pro 580 graphics processor with 8GB VRAM, and commercially available 12-core Mac Pro models Intel Xeon E5 at 2.7GHz, dual AMD FirePro D700 GPUs with 6GB of VRAM and connected to an external 5K monitor, both used 64GB of RAM. Testing was conducted using a pre-release version of Final Cut Pro 10.4 and a complex 63-second project that included a variety of multimedia content up to 8K resolution. Tests were conducted using specific computer systems and reflect the approximate performance of iMac Pro, iMac, and Mac Pro.
Testing conducted by Apple in November 2017 using preproduction 3.0GHz 10-core Intel Xeon W 27-inch iMac Pro units with 64GB RAM and Radeon Pro Vega 64 graphics with 16GB HBM2. Comparison includes commercially available 27-inch iMacs with a 4.2GHz quad-core Intel Core i7 processor, Radeon Pro 580 graphics processor with 8GB VRAM, and 64GB RAM. Testing was done using a prerelease version of Compressor 4.4 and a 30-second project that included Apple ProRes 422 video at 4096x2160 pixels at 30 frames per second. Tests were conducted using specific computer systems and reflect the approximate performance of iMac Pro and iMac.

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Question: Q: Have replaced 2009 iMAC with 2018 iMAC, Problems Erasing Old HD

Have a new iMAC and now retiring the old one which is still OK and want to pass it over to a relative. I already have the new iMac setup used a Time Machine Backup which helped to get rid of some older unused SW.

My old IiMAC information

OS X Yosemite Version 10.10.5, IMAC (27”, Late 2009, Processor 2.66 GHz Intel Core i5, Memory 4 GB 1333 MGz DDR3: Capacity 999.21 GB, Used 67.64 GB, Available 931.57 GB

My issue relates to erasing or reformatting the HD on the old iMAC did some reading up from the blog sites and several watched videos on YouTube I am either technically challenged or overlooking the obvious it does not seem to be working!

1) backed up my system and I still have the old Time Machine back ups which I used to update the new Mac as well as earlier backups.

2) I have signed out of everything i.e. de-authorised I-tunes, I-Cloud was not activated nor Bluetooth already for next step

3) Restart followed steps i.e. Hold down Command and R and kept hold down keys but nothing happens Mac finishes loading etc. Tried several variants for this step as examples in several cases were different i.e. release when the Apple Icon appears, release when the wagon wheel stops machine just carries on too boot up completely.

That is where I am stalled

Q When I open the Disk Utility after restart i.e. from the utilities folder or the Taskbar is the appearance any different than it would be going through the Command + R process?

An example of the Disk Utility window: select ERASE, Select Mackintosh HD, format is greyed out and cannot be changed the examples indicate the same format, cannot change the name either. The majority of the examples indicate I should then hit the erase button? Where is it I have already selected on the top line there is an ‘erase Free Space button surely that is not correct? My objective is to start afresh just Erase & Reinstall OS X.

I did have a picture but cannot display it

Mentioned currently OS X Yosemite this is not the original OS, I have upgraded several times I still have original install DVD OS X 10.6.2 Snow Leopard, Lion, Mountain Lion, Mavericks, Yosemite I recall skipping Mountain Lion upgrade.

Hoping for some words of wisdom

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How To Do A Factory Reset

Selection A B

C
Continue Options OK apply button.
Command-Q

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You need to follow this guide:

How To Do A Factory Reset

Selection A should be used on computers that came with Lion or later when factory new. These models had no disks included when new. Selection B is for Macs that came originally with Snow Leopard or earlier. These models shipped with Software Restore disks when new.

B. Factory Reset Your Pre-Lion Mac

Follow these instructions until you get to Step 5: Factory reset your Mac - Apple Support . At Step 5 you will need a Snow Leopard DVD or the installer disc that came with the computer.

Boot the computer using the Snow Leopard Installer Disc or the Disc 1 that came with your computer. Insert the disc into the optical drive and restart the computer. After the chime press and hold down the " C" key. Release the key when you see a small spinning gear appear below the dark gray Apple logo.
After the installer loads select your language and click on the Continue button. When the menu bar appears select Disk Utility from the Utilities" menu. After Disk Utility loads select the hard drive entry from the left side list (out-dented entry - mfgr."s ID and drive size.) Click on the Partition tab in the Disk Utility main window. Set the number of partitions to one (1) from the Partitions drop down menu, click on Options button and select GUID, click on OK, then set the format type to MacOS Extended (Journaled), then click on the apply button.
When the formatting has finished quit Disk Utility. Proceed with the OS X installation and follow the directions included with the installer.
If you are planning to sell or give your computer away, then do the following: After you reformat your hard drive and reinstall OS X, the computer restarts to a Welcome screen and asks you to choose a country or region. If you want to leave the Mac in an out-of-box state, don't continue with the setup of the system. Instead, press Command-Q to shut down the Mac. When the new owner turns on the Mac, the Setup Assistant will guide them through the setup process.

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You cannot give away or sell any software you have purchased or downloaded from the App Store because it is all tied to your Apple ID. You need to pass on a computer in its original factory state so the new owner can configure as their own.

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Thanks Kappy for the add/info re Apple Store purchases makes sense and the same flow MS expect. Also peace of mind

Encountered a few false starts to Erase the HD not sure if it were HW related or not I usually use Logitech KB & M with my iMAC and have a wired Apple full-size KB (numeric pad) which I am using with my new iMAC.

Waiting for the Chime and then pressing / holding "C" did not work all it was doing was loading the Install DVD the wagon wheel was also not visible.

I borrowed the wired Apple Keyboard from the new iMAC and as soon as I selected "Restart" I held down the "C" i.e. before the chime and the process worked the wagon wheel spinning etc so all good from that perspective. Started install of OS X from the DVD and done in 35 min (Coincidence or not)

Apple is quite categorical in the issue of setting dates for the launch of fresh products. That is why new versions of the company's proprietary operating systems and new iPhone models and MacBooks come out around the same time each year. Of course, the days of the week may vary, but usually they stick to the same schedule, setting presentations for June for software updates, for September - for smartphones and for October - for laptops. However, there are Apple products that receive upgrades outside of any schedules and schedules, namely as needed. For example, Mac mini and iMac computers.

Apple is one of the few companies that sets trends in the world of technology. It was thanks to her that the IEEE 1394 standard, better known as FireWire, appeared, and then safely disappeared, and a massive transition from serial and parallel ports to USB began. With the filing of Apple in laptops abandoned DVD drives, and in smartphones from 3.5 mm headphone jack, peripherals and accessories manufacturers switched to USB-C, and Google and Samsung were desperately catching up with their payment services after the appearance. In the desktop world Apple computers also set the standard for all-in-one devices called the iMac.

The Mac has never been a gaming computer, and has been a work device for many years. Either Apple contributed to this, or it all happened on its own, but even the MacBook Pro, which never lacked performance, has always been associated with professional tasks, far from being able to compete with gaming laptops. With the release, the situation did not change much, because most users preferred to play exclusive toys on tablets or smartphones, without trying to run them on a Mac at all. But things could change in the foreseeable future.

At the beginning of 2017, it suddenly turned out that with Macs for professionals, the company was not just bad, but catastrophic. A little more, and the situation would have become irreversible. Passion for gadgets and household appliances to the detriment of everything else, it had gone too far, and something had to be done about it. Seriously, thoroughly and for a long time - but it took years. And they were not. Something needed to be done right now, and done well. The call was answered. Now that Apple has a Mac Pro, its near-namesake is under threat.

From all sides we hear that everything is ours, but it is already necessary to send history to the dustbin and forget about them, just as we forgot about push-button dialers in our time. Indeed, solid state drives have whole line advantages, but they are still more expensive than HDD, and people do not always understand why they are needed. Everything seems to work anyway, and if it is a little faster, but you have to pay 40,000 rubles to the cost of the iMac, which already costs a lot, the value of such a change will become even more insignificant. Today we will tell you how best to proceed, what to choose and how not to overpay so much for.

Perhaps this is the last iMac with a familiar design. Its versions use Intel processors of the 8th and 9th generations, in top configurations it is almost as good as

Apple in 1998 created an excellent analogue of the iMac series for a home computer. For many years, users were content with the advantages of this apple device and today they also use the iMac monoblock electronic computer.

The first models were quite voluminous. Appearance monoblocks, with regards to the thickness of the screen remains unchanged for several years, starting in 2012 - 1.4 mm.

Otherwise, iMac 2017 received enough updates, so this date can be considered a turning point. According to some reports, an improved model will be released in the second half of 2017. Apple has already announced a new product and that work on updating the model is already underway. The updated Touch keyboard is being tested. The start of sales is scheduled for July this year. Most likely, manufacturers intend to launch the implementation of two new apple models of computers by the new year. At this stage, 21.5-inch and 27-inch monoblock models are being successfully implemented.

So, everyone was waiting for the release of a super-powerful model containing all the capabilities of a modern electronic machine. The new iMac was presented at a presentation by Apple with an updated monoblock. User expectations were not fully met. Still, the announcement of new models that Apple was going to present by the end of 2017 was intriguing. The “Miracle Monoblock”, as stated by the manufacturers, will be much more modern, and the updates will be more tangible. Responsible company for the production of iMac-new products, will be the company Quanta Computer.

The screen diagonal of the new iMac 2017 has become 2.5 and 27 inches. The upgraded models include:

Monoblock iMac 2017.
Power cable.
Wireless mouse.
Lightning/USB cable.
Magic Keyboard.

2017 iMac Performance

The autumn presentation of 2016 told the world about the updates that will appear in 2017. Improvements have also been made to retina 4K displays, they are now available on 21.5-inch displays. In addition, they began to display up to 1 billion color palette and the displays became brighter by almost half.

Apple has launched a major update to the iMac on its Apple All-in-One PCs, upgrading the MacBooc and MacBooc Pro configurations. There has been an increase in graphics performance and processor speed. The SSD drive also received improvements related to the increase in speed, graphics on the MacBooc.

Kaby Lake processors are equipped with a frequency of up to 4.2 GHz capable of overclocking up to 4.5 GHz. RAM has doubled. Apple manufacturers install Fusion Drive drives up to 3 TB in updated monoblocks. Graphics cards have grown to 8GB. Due to this, the speed of 21.5-inch displays has increased three times, and 27-inch displays by half.