I just bought an IMac today and found on "about this IMac" that it is of late 2013, does anyone knows if 2013 refers to the release or production year, Thanks

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I just bought an IMac today and found on "about this IMac" that it is of late 2013, does anyone knows if 2013 refers to the release or production year, Thanks

I just bought an IMac today and found on "about this IMac" that it is of late 2013.

1. Does anyone knows if 2013 refers to the release or production year?

2. I use an enclosed HD from my old IMac for the set up, upon completion, only my documents and calendar are transferred, emails, Imessages, stickies, notes, music and photos are not. From what I understand EVERYTHING can be transferred, am I right? If I am right, can I re do the set up process again ? And how?

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iMac, OS X Yosemite (10.10.1)

Posted on Apr 19, 2015 9:20 AM

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rkaufmann87

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Apr 19, 2015 9:57 AM in response to harry tan

That is the model year, unless it is a Retina iMac or the entry level 21.5" model then it's a current model. Relax!

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Apr 19, 2015 9:58 AM in response to harry tan

If you copy the serial number from the About this Mac > More Info into the entry field of this website, it will provide the year and week it was built.

Apple Serial Number info

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Apr 19, 2015 10:00 AM in response to Gary Scotland

Thanks. Guys, any advise on my second question?

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Apr 19, 2015 10:05 AM in response to harry tan

i have 10.10.1 on the new Mac and 10.10.3 on the enclosed HD when I set it up, is that what cause the problem?

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rkaufmann87

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Apr 19, 2015 10:18 AM in response to harry tan

On Q2, simply connect the EHD to the new machine and you can drag and drop. If the EHD is a backup HD (Time Machine or a Clone) then you can use Migration Assistant to migrate the data over. Also open the Mac App Store and update the new iMac, 10.1.1 is out of date now. Update it to 10.10.3 and install any other recommended updates. You should check for updates at least once a month and install all recommended updates.

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Apr 20, 2015 7:46 AM in response to rkaufmann87

Its actually 10.10.1. rest and reinstall, got everything on my new Imac now Thanks

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rkaufmann87

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Apr 20, 2015 7:51 AM in response to harry tan

harry tan wrote:

Its actually 10.10.1. rest and reinstall, got everything on my new Imac now Thanks

Run the Mac App Store - Update - install all the most up-to-date updates. The current release of Yosemite 10.10 is 10.10.3.

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