Is it just a failing HDD? iMac mid 2010 I have had severe performance problems at times (stuck on beachball, often recovering after several minutes), particularly syncing with itunes, when it goes to screensaver, as well as other times. Running the hardwa...view more record line-in audio on 27-inch iMac with Retina 5K display? How can I record a line-in quality session on my 27-inch iMac with Retina 5K display? Any suggestions? view more online chat support Can anyone tell me where to find online chat support? Can't find it easily on the apple website. Thanks,view more iMac Apple update running slow hot then stopped dead. It won't re-start. iMac 2010 model. Apple update running slow iMac hot then stopped dead. It won't restart. What should I do now?view more Why is my imac shutting down by itself? I have a late 2010 27in iMac and it has shut down randomly by itself 4 times in the last month or so, including twice in the last couple of days. I have 16G of RAM and am only using up to 8G ever. Just to be clear, it...view more Add Contacts From Mac To LG B470 Cellphone I have a new LG B470 cellphone and would like to exchange and save my contacts list to and from my Mac. LG doesnt support Mac and there customer service doesn't know anything about Mac's. What a bunch nothings...view more Mailbox rebuild questions I am looking to fix my IMAIL. it is running extremely slow, hard to even type a sentence without it stalling everyone 10-15 sec. I was told to rebuild each mailbox? do I need to backup the emails in them if they are g...view more Odd thing happened when I tried an El Capitan security update Hello .Basically I got a pop message yesterday telling me ICloud could not connect with my Gmail account and then as I proceeded with the update my iMac logged out but would not log back in as the progress bar w...view more Software conflict Hey fam... I have a serious issue. I believe with the last OS update (10.10) it created a software conflict somewhere. When I sign in it goes into perpetual search mode then my machine just shuts down. If I sign in on...view more Restore names on list in Messages I am using an iMac OSX-ElCapitan Version 10.11.6. With the last update, the look of Messages changed. I no longer have a list of names next to their circle icons on the left side of the scree...view more My gmail sends blank messages to the sender when I receive an email. Since turning by Vacation Responder off, when anyone sends me an email to my gmail account, it then send them a blank email in return, how do I stop this?!view more re format ntfs drive? Hi All, I've found a 320gb NTFS drive usb3 "Bipra' brand on amazon for £24. Sounds great as all the the rest and mac formatted ones are either double that price or usb2 only. They get good reviews as they...view more time machine After Time Machine finishes backing up my iMac, the words "Cleaning Up" are displayed below the scroll bar that depicts how much of the event has finished. Sometimes this "Cleaning Up" takes several minutes (up to 30 ...view more Recently Installed SSD , Left hand (back of screen) HOT So i recently installed a SSD into the iMac.But i didn't get a temperature sensor to install on the SSD. Spec's as follow's Ive been doing some research online and people have said to avoid the fan's...view more Terminal keeps opening randomly So every once in a while.. (like two days) I would wake up my iMac and notice that my terminal is open. Now i rarely if ever open it.. So its not like I opened it and didn't close it. I haven't use it months.. Nothing...view more I want to connect a late 2009 iMac to a 5K iMac using Target disk mode. I have several related questions. The display on my 2009 iMac stopped working two years ago and I replaced the machine with a 5K iMac. At the time I understood that it wasn't possible to connect the two machines in Target disk mode but today I heard a...view more Help getting rid of unwanted software and changes. Recently someone in my house accessed a website called clipconverter.cc and saved some videos to our computer. I logged on today to find an INSANE number of flash files saying "INSTALL ME" all over my desktop, my safa...view more Time machine causing iMac hang Hi Got an odd problem that has occurred the last few days, most times when I log in or wake from sleep, I notice things are a little sluggish. I realise now this is because time machine is stuck in "preparing ...view more Should I install Norton anti-virus on my Mac El Capitan? Hello. My husband's Windows laptop recently got infected with the zepto ransomware. (Nightmare, and we consider ourselves very careful. For goodness sake keep at least 2 hard drive copies of absolutely eve...view more Bluetooth not available - iMac 27 5k 10.11.4 Hi all Took delivery of brand new 27" iMac 5k yesterday, bluetooth worked out of the box with magic mouse and keyboard working fine. Software updated to 10.11.4 as part of initial setup, now I get lightning strike th...view more