Making the Mid 2009 iMac A Beast For 2021
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I got my hands on an "Education Only" 2009 iMac. Let's take this beast apart and get it ready for 2021!
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I've been searching for a tutorial to upgrade this model. This gives me a better understanding of the unit itself. Visual learner here. Maybe add better lighting i.e. clip on shop lights with daylight bulbs and zoom in to show exactly what you're working on. TYFS!
I just bought one of these for $40. 8Gigs of ram from amazon was $30, old 1TB Samsung SATA SSD from old laptop, and a USB Bluetooth 4 dongle allows for an old battery powered magic keyboard and magic mouse 2. I'm waiting on a 2.66ghz C2D proc to replace the the 2.26GHZ C2D. Pretty happy with how much faster it is now after the upgrades.
I got one for 75 and the original owner upgraded it to 350gb hhd and 6 gigs of ram do you think I should upgrade it more or leave it alone
Are these still worth it today?
Yes it is,
go grow up the stomac of the Kraken, dollars business customer like they want you to be as always, don't you want to change this crappy world ?
@@ryanpollard8920 for browsing the web and basic office work they are reasonably useful.
Well done!
Oh my gosh... I picked up one of these in 2019 for about £100- I had no idea it was some sort of special/educational model! I've only got round to setting up now and am trying to find ways to make it faster as it's incredibly slow- do you have any links to where I can buy some of the items listed in your video? I'm worried I'll buy something wrong by accident >.
Man you got ripped off jesus
I paid 200 for a 2009, overpaid I guess. Im all thumbs so wont be upgrading it.
And it runs Windows 10 beautifully.🙂Even in 2023!
Got one of those (early 09) after my school gave it away back in August...after a ram upgrade, it is shining like new
Can you list what ram you used? Also, can you list a 500gb ssd that is compatible? And did you transfer your data and OS from the old hard drive to the new ssd before you opened it up?
The exciting education-only spec of yours means having a 2.26 Ghz processor instead of the 2.66 or faster one in the standard, non-educational early 2009 one. They also made the education-only with 2Ghz processors, and fitted them with much less memory and smaller hard drives than the standard ones.
Interesting vid, but whats the dos dude method?
I have one of those I Mac 🖥 I can already hear the hard drive going out on me it sucks I have to remove the screen to replace the hard drive wish it was as easy as replacing those memory cards btw great Job!
"It's pretty late... the hardware store's closed..." - aaaaand sub'd
I followed step by step and I did it completely fine! Thanks a lot!
What ram did you use? I can only find 4 gig sticks for $70 each from owc and I read it will only take 6gigs max so a 2 and a 4, and i want to max it out so ill buy 2 of them if that’s the only way. For some reason i read 4 gig sticks are very rare, which i dont understand. Thanks! Great video!
Installing macOS Monterey on it with OpenCore Legacy Patcher would make it even more useful.
Just found you!! All I want is to have this old iMac Logic Pro x ready in 2021, if I can get it work faster it ll be great!! Can you please suggest what processor and how much gb ram, I need to install!!! Thanks
Do you have a video showing how you actually did put on high Sierra? I’m new with Apple products
Very cool video! And in RUclips, i think you can run 1080p but not 60fps or you can run 1080p60 in full screen mode.
I got one power doesn't come on every time put it off but i know it wirks browser out dated
mine will not access the app store nor upgrade to any operating system, any suggestions
what about the cpu? no upgrades there? What is the best cpu for it?
What version of Logic pro x u can use with this Mac Setup u done?
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Should I get a 27 inch 09 now?
I just one recently for £85.
Do you know of any way to use this mid-2009 iMac as an external monitor?
Unless you want to take out the screen, you’ll need the late 2009-early 2014
Hey, A few days back I bought early 2009 iMac “24. It had already 4gb, is the 30-40 bucks worth it to upgrade to 8gb Ram? Nice video
It's 100 percent worth it. That, and an SSD will make a notable difference in performance. :)
@@RetroTechToys thank you for the quick response
I bought a 2009 imac for 50 € (8 GB Ram, 1 TB SSD). Everything works fine, the only downside is that some annoying coil whine (?) appears when i turn down the brightness of the screen. Is there any method to fix this problem. And one last thing: the fans seem to be a little bit too loud, is there a way to make them more unnoticeable?
You - IMHO - fucked-up the opportunity. MAX-Out the RAM / Newtech Adaptadrive SSD caddy (install something Iike Samsung's EVO) - and - Linux Mint . long live longevity & hello freedom.
Great video man, I donated my old 2009 27” iMac to my parents and they got the black screen of death a few months ago so now I’m going to troubleshoot that and update this thing for them…this video definitely helps. Cheers mate.
Just scored me a late 2009 iMac 24inc 9,1 for $98 bucks, $38 shipping on eBay. I couldn't believe my eyes. See, its good to be shopping at 2am sometimes. LOL. Im just gonna upgrade to 8GB and add Microsoft programs to it. It came with NVIDIA GeForce 9400 256 MB and 640GB SATA. My PC guy told me to not bring that into him for memory. He trusts that I am capable of adding the new GB. LOL Thanks for this video. I have more confidence
@retrotechtoys hi i have done the upgrades on my late 2009 27" imac. 1to SSD to replace the hhd, 16g of ram, 2ghz radeon 6950. it's pretty ok now! but after a few years i had issues with the wifi always disconnecting all my devices everytime i was streaming a movie .. i was wondering if you would have an idea what it could be. my main router goes down everytime now. can't even acces the internet before it jumps my modem and all my devices disconnected. i also did the open core legacy update to 13.5 Ventura as of last week
Thanks for the vid @Retro Tech Toys 😊👍
Can i buy the 1600Mhz modules: "Timetec Hynix IC compatible with Apple 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 1600MHz PC3-12800 SODIMM Memory Upgrade For selected MacBook Pro/iMac/Mac mini/ Server" or must i get the 1066Mhz modules from amazon: "Timetec Hynix IC compatible with Apple 8GB Kit (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-8500 1066MHz Memory Upgrade for iMac 20-inch /21.5 inch/24 inch /27 inch, MacBook Pro 13-inch/ 15-inch/ 17-inch, Mac Mini 2009/2010"?
Great to see this "old" iMac revitalised again by replacing the hard disk for a SSD. I have 4 of these beautiful machines (not the school version though) upgraded with max. RAM, SSDs and running OSX High Sierra, thanks to DosDude! Got all of them really cheap (one is a 24" model) even on eBay and they are all running fine for everyday use. I also have a Mac mini M1 for more "heavy work" but I prefer the form factor of the iMac. Not getting an M1 iMac though since they are so much overpriced.
Just got an iMac 21.5" from 2011 (Intel Core i5 Quad core cpu, 12 GB RAM) on eBay instead in also mint condition complete, with Apple keyboard and Apple Mouse for about $120. It was advertised coming with a 500 GB hard disk installed so I wanted to upgrade to a 500 GB SSD. Big surprise when I checked the machine upon arrival here and found out it has a Samsung 850 series SSD already installed! So just the upgrade the RAM to max (apparently it can handle 32 GB RAM as well unofficially) and upgraded it to macOS 12.6.2 with the DosDude tool.
Will update the machine to macOS 13 Ventura once the DosDude tool for that is out of beta and use the all new Apple Freeform app on it in combination with my Apple iPad Pro 12.9 and 9.7. And the same with my Apple MacBook Air 13" from 2013 and a 2013 MacBook Air 11" all upgraded to macOS Ventura ... 😎I might get an Apple MacBook Air or Pro M2 with16 GB RAM refurbished later this year but there is no necessity.
Awesome video bro, thanks. I just bought an early 2009 imac for £15 from ebay, it currently runs catalina but only has 2gb ram (I'm installing 8gb v soon) and am running the os from an external samsung t7 ssd. The original idea was to use it as a second monitor for my studio setup but I kinda fell for the little imac so will be using it for general tasks. Oh, guitar rig is good but thu over loud is worth a look too 👍
This is amazing! I appreciate you sharing information about this device. May i ask the details about the RAM and the Hard drive you installed? I want to upgrade mine same as you did but I want to do it right the way you showed it on your channel. Just to make sure before I get the correct devices, it would be great if I have the complete details of such same as the one you use, I would be glad! Thank you
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Hi, I have imac24 from 2009. I installed ssd now I get a folder with a question mark and it doesn't get me into recovery. What happened?
I need a computer for fl studio 20 my macbook pro 2013 acting up but if is too expensive to fix at apple tomorrow i rather buy another one
I’ll be giving this a shot. Got a 2009 iMac for free! 8gb Ram
I just bought an early 2009 iMac, it has Mojave on it. It runs really slow. I don't know where to take it to update it, clean it and make it run faster. Do you have any advice?
If anybody can help.. i have early 2009 imac and i decide to keep it running again after a long time.
Am trying to install any OS and in the end at the setup It’s shutting down. I tried every possible OS is compatible and i face the same problem.
( i changed the disk, i clean it, i install new thermal paste) any suggestions? Thanks.
The new computers r not cheap. I wish there was a way of updating the older macs. I have a 2008 I mac. Unable to upload current software
I actually just purchased one of these a couple months ago and it's been sitting because I didn't know what I could do with it because I originally purchased it for music production. I don't think I'll be doing much on it since I heard that you can only upgrade it to a certain IOS
Hi, thanks for the video.
Is the gpu upgradable?
There are some variants of these that have an upgradeable GPU but there aren't many options out there and it's not easy. I believe the models with a GeForce 9400 (like this one) have an integrated GPU that can't be changed out.
@@RetroTechToys thanks for your answer!
If I do this upgrade do you think I can play sims 4 on it ? Or would I be better off buying a new computer?
hi good day , does the logic board invertor cables have to go back in the same way they came out if so , can you advise how to tell the order they go back in when reassembling it would help alot
What ram is this please 👍🏽 thank you buddy great vid
Mine is running Catalina with 8 gb ram on a 1Tb ssd and it is running very well thank you.
How did u install the Sierra after? Mine has a flashing file question mark.
I don't understand, how I put the sensor in the end? Just preach with the tape on ssd?
I thought you have to use 8500s memory???
These are so cheap used seems like a decent upgrade
how many gigbytes can you put in
why don't u like catalina?
Would you recommend high Sierra over Mojave or Catalina patcher?
I use High Sierra. It runs reasonably fast. But that is on an iMac 2010 with i7 and 32 GB of RAM. Until I upgraded from 16 GB it was pretty sluggish. Now think about how it would run on that older iMac.
I have also a 2007 iMac, that one runs Snow Leopard and it is also reasonable fast. I had El Capitan on it, it was sluggish.
I have one, nice video thank you
Did you get that m1 you mentioned at the start?
I picked up the M1 Macbook Pro and I'm liking it a lot!
I did it with Catalina
I'm trying to install catalina on a late 2009 imac, is it stable?
@@EmiliOhVlogs It is, just the boot sequence is a bit long
bro!! your dope af
thank you so much
This model officially supports 8Gb via two 4Gb modules.
Unofficially. It works but it's not supported.
@@Supercar_Street_Racing That was true of 2008 and possibly 2007 iMacs. 2009 was the year they started supporting 8Gb.
$50 !!!?
I have an early 2008 one running catalina on a ssd. The 2x4 Gb upgrade would cost more than the machine itself. At least in europe
All in all a nice machine to play around with.
Buy the RAM secondhand!
So I have a 10.12.6 high sierra and I wanna upgrade my i Mac to run Logic Pro as well . How can I get this done ?
So how did you get Logic Pro to run it seems you just installed an ssd but doesn’t say how you installed the Logic Pro 😭 please hlep