JPAlbert

My guess is that "the next" iMacs won't be out until the second quarter of 2019. I could be wrong. But that's how I'm callin' it!

OP -- Could you tell us WHAT "died"? What happens when you press the power-on button? If the hard drive has failed, it can be booted and run from an EXTERNAL hard drive. If it's something else, ...

OP wrote: "I’d rather replace just the desktop component and not the whole system or startup drive contents." 1. Connect the CCC cloned backup and let the drive icon mount on the desktop. 2. On the ...

I'm not expecting to see new iMacs until 2nd quarter 2019 at the earliest. I could be wrong. Having said that, the current models are very nice. Be sure to pay the slight premium for an internal SSD. ...

I've got a 77d and a few EF-s lenses. I'll wait until the reviews are out on the EOS R, and then wait until copies start to show up in the Canon factory-refurbished online store. If the price looks ...

You didn't tell us your budget, and others may laugh at my suggestion, but I think you'd do better with a Canon-refurbished SL2 from their online store...

IF the 80d seems like "too much", you might take a look at the 77d. Has more focus points than the SL2, and a 2nd "control wheel" on the back (rather than "4 buttons" like the SL2). Having said ...

After 8 years, it's time for a replacement. I don't think we're going to see new iMacs until 2019. I would be happy to be proven wrong. The 2017-design iMac remains a very strong Mac. A friend just ...

I'm wondering if "the ring" function can be assinged to exposure compensation? With an electronic viewfinder, the results of exposure adjustment will be seen before the pic is taken. Just a "touch ...

OP asked: "BTW, who really needs 5000 focusing points?" I have no inside information, and not a whole lot of knowledge to begin with. But... could the 5,000 "focus points" be intended to do more things

My advice (different from others): When the new one comes, set it up next to the old one but don't turn it on yet. Take an external drive and CarbonCopyCloner (or SuperDuper) and do a full clone of ...

How far back can one go with Minolta lenses, before an adapter is required (or they just won't work at all) ? I still have a Minolta XD-11 with a few prime lenses I bought when it was new (back in ...

lightand wrote above: "My 2012 i7 Mac Mini is my fave Mac since I got my first one in '95. It's small, quiet, doesn't heat up my office like a space heater and it's powerful enough to meet my needs." ...

I have a Viewsonic 27" display (not the one you mentioned, it's only 1080p). It's nearing 5 years old now, still doing fine with moderately heavy usage. Viewsonic offers a 3-year warranty, if that ...

Never, never NEVER download Flash from anywhere except this source: https://fpdownload.macromedia.com/pub/flashplayer/latest/help/install_flash_player_osx.dmg Warning before you click: Clicking the ...

Let's see here... Bad keyboards, speakers malfunctioning, CPUs overheating and throttling, t2 chips messing things up, ports that need dongles for just about everything... I'd just keep that 2015 ...

Mike Boreham wrote: "I think JPAlbert meant use the cloned back up as the source for migration after running the installer on the erased internal....not cloning direct from the backup." Yes. Of course.

Your 3tb drive is a platter-based hard drive, is this correct? If that's the case, that's what's slowing you down -- not the other specs of the iMac. The solution is easy: Plug in a USB3 SSD, set ...

The ef-s 10-18 can be found at very good pricing in the Canon online refurbished store. I paid $189 and my copy looks and works as if new, no problems. Hard to beat what you get for that price.

You don't need "dongles". I would just buy some USB-a to USB-c cables, and be done with it. The drives should continue to run fine.