New iMac occasionally loses external input ?

Hi folks. I have had my new iMac for about a month. iMac 21.5 inch i7 with 16GB RAM 500GB SSD Three times since setting up it has lost Keyboard and Time Machine input. Each time I have returned after leaving it unattended for a while. When I try to log back in using my password there is no

Re: Firewire 800 port not working

Hi Matt, I would suggest you have a dead Firewire 800 Port unfortunately. As a last resort you could try - unplug the iMac for 15 seconds, then on Startup zap the PRAM (Command-Option-P-R) for three boots. Then test the Firewire 800 Port. Otherwise it’s a new logic board replacement which

Firewire 800 port not working

Hi Ronni, The external HD began to stop working about 12 to 14 months or so ago. It would be intermittent at first, sometimes it would not connect and other times it would, As I was generally using the monthly back up it was not big deal. More recently I had to use the SMC reset to get it to

Presentation of emails with pictures

I frequently receive emails from contacts (probably from a Windows PC using Outlook though not verified) and these emails are the ones you all probably get with a “best of” assembly of photos down the page each with a caption. In Mail (on iOS and OSX devices), these are presented in a way such