I agree. A friend of mine who is an Apple tech told me that if I want to make my iMacs last they should be cleaned out at least once a year and thermal paste replaced every few years. My office has several iMacs and this advice kept them problem free. Before our iMacs would develop mysterious defects in just a few years
Great video. You're absolutely right. Apple sells technology as 'appliances.' All polish and show, and you, and the environment that this garbage heap it eventually ends up in, pay a huge premium for it. I have a 27 inch iMac with a 5k display slowly turning into shit because of ... dust. Who could have forseen that there is dust? The imac is designed to recycle heat within a perfect loop under a consumer unopenable case, and the fan blows at full blast of around 3200 rpm doing the slightest work (like writing this reply). On Zoom calls it sounds like I'm dialed in from a wind tunnel. When the hard drive inside fails, practically speaking it's curtains for this piece of over-designed pile of aluminium and glass with garbage engineering inside. I'm not exactly a dumb consumer (except when I bought this crap for my wife). I've worked in tech consulting and still maintain a SOHO setup with multiple machines running Windows and Linux. But I'm also not going to go through the hilariously overwrought process of tearing out the screen (you can check it out for yourself on iFixit) and putting it back together and it it won't be worth shipping it to one of the independent mac repair shops that Apple Inc is trying so hard to kill off (see Louis Rossman). That working 5k screen will before long be junked along with the rest of this unmaintainable garbage because... dust. In comparison it takes me under one minute to replace one of the internal drives in my PC or my NAS. Apple disempowers and dumbs the user down into a perfectly passive consumer too stupidly dumbstruck with the '80s evangelical hype to wonder what happens when...dust. The waste their business model generates on a global scale is mind-boggling.
I currently haave had this issues for many years, I took it to a certefied apple tech and they act like they didn't know what the problem was, thanks for the clarity after 7 years LOL
By design, Apple wanted people to buy new iMacs every few years. They knew that the average user wouldn't be able to / want to open up the iMac to clean it.
So basicly, remove glass, with a vacum tool, and loosing lcd screen srews, take it gently of in top.. removet wires that attaches to it, and the. The fan is ready to be blown with a compression air blowimg rool, and a vacum cleaner in the other hans to catch all the dust, and some cooling paste, and thats it?? Thanks✌️
did you say horrible cooling ?no deff not! the cooler works great 1st 2ed depending how much you use your Mac take the screen off and clean it out your self watcha UA-cam video it very easy and buy the kit for 28 dollars comes with the glue strips to put the screen back on. the hardest part I had was removing the old glue I used a 90 percent alcohol mix and some Qtips and worked great. i have a 2020 27 inch I Mac runs beautifully. I play all kinds of games never over heats! never has any issue! I love my Mac. would not trade it for a 10000 dollar pc! software is amazing and if you know how to take care of your apple you will have it for decades !
I had also been suffering from a fan that was making a lot of noise for some time. Finally opened up the 2019 iMac 27", carefully blew all the dust (and it was a lot) out with a compressor, disassembled the fan, took it apart and cleaned it nicely. I did not hear the iMac anymore and the fan runs quietly in the background. I taped the monitor at 6 points with strong black tape because then I can clean it regularly. Not pretty but effective.
@@waynelynch3862 You have to use the right filter material. I use the material organza bags are made of. It filters much of the large stuff that clogs the fan. I usually cut a strip of organza material 1" wide by 23 1/2" long [for the big macs] and two strips of 1/2" electrical tape 23 1/2" long. Fold the organza material over the intake under the screen, secure it with the two strips of electrical tape, one on front and one on back. I used the blue tape so it doesn't look so tacky. The organza material is durable enough where you can brush it off with a toothbrush once a month or whenever you see all the shit building up on it. Not ideal but, when you have to do apples thinking for them...
@@zer0L0 I wouldn’t use mask material. It would restrict air flow too much as well as clog with dust quicker. I have experimented with many different materials, and the organza stuff is the best option.
is it possible to add a primary filter at the entrance vents so the majority of crap gets blocked ? this could also be accessible without a major strip down.. too easy ?
Bang on! Nice to know it! The problem it is the Sam on iMac 21.5 as the 27.5 inches? Can we add a thin filter (½ a Kleenex thick ) after repaired and where?
I just called the apple store with the same question and was told that they normally don't open iMacs up unless there's a specific problem because the risk of something else going wrong is too high.
Weldone boss, my zinox laptop comes on with all the light but the screen remains black. And when the screen comes on it goes off in next 5mins or the screen scrambles and hangs. Pls what should I do?
Apple products are way over-priced and made in sketchy china, often now going faulty just after warranty expires and apple support is hopeless now too, apple needs to move back to California and make decent machines again and look after their brand name and not to take customers for granted.
@@RectanerTreadway No, I use the build-in gpu. I make no graphics intesive task on it. Btw, I will replace my MacMini with an ARM powered one next year, because my MacMini will fall out of support within 1-2 years.
I agree. A friend of mine who is an Apple tech told me that if I want to make my iMacs last they should be cleaned out at least once a year and thermal paste replaced every few years. My office has several iMacs and this advice kept them problem free. Before our iMacs would develop mysterious defects in just a few years
How do you clean them out? It's not exactly easy to do.
@@TheMitchingHour maybe you can hire someone to do it?
I need help applying the thermal paste
Great video. You're absolutely right. Apple sells technology as 'appliances.' All polish and show, and you, and the environment that this garbage heap it eventually ends up in, pay a huge premium for it. I have a 27 inch iMac with a 5k display slowly turning into shit because of ... dust. Who could have forseen that there is dust? The imac is designed to recycle heat within a perfect loop under a consumer unopenable case, and the fan blows at full blast of around 3200 rpm doing the slightest work (like writing this reply). On Zoom calls it sounds like I'm dialed in from a wind tunnel. When the hard drive inside fails, practically speaking it's curtains for this piece of over-designed pile of aluminium and glass with garbage engineering inside. I'm not exactly a dumb consumer (except when I bought this crap for my wife). I've worked in tech consulting and still maintain a SOHO setup with multiple machines running Windows and Linux. But I'm also not going to go through the hilariously overwrought process of tearing out the screen (you can check it out for yourself on iFixit) and putting it back together and it it won't be worth shipping it to one of the independent mac repair shops that Apple Inc is trying so hard to kill off (see Louis Rossman). That working 5k screen will before long be junked along with the rest of this unmaintainable garbage because... dust. In comparison it takes me under one minute to replace one of the internal drives in my PC or my NAS. Apple disempowers and dumbs the user down into a perfectly passive consumer too stupidly dumbstruck with the '80s evangelical hype to wonder what happens when...dust. The waste their business model generates on a global scale is mind-boggling.
I currently haave had this issues for many years, I took it to a certefied apple tech and they act like they didn't know what the problem was, thanks for the clarity after 7 years LOL
By design, Apple wanted people to buy new iMacs every few years. They knew that the average user wouldn't be able to / want to open up the iMac to clean it.
I just disassembled mine and I fixed it, thanks.
Was your mac over heating and shutting down?
So basicly, remove glass, with a vacum tool, and loosing lcd screen srews, take it gently of in top.. removet wires that attaches to it, and the. The fan is ready to be blown with a compression air blowimg rool, and a vacum cleaner in the other hans to catch all the dust, and some cooling paste, and thats it?? Thanks✌️
This sucks!!! Once a year! I’m here because the fan is running more than usual… 👀
did you say horrible cooling ?no deff not! the cooler works great 1st 2ed depending how much you use your Mac take the screen off and clean it out your self watcha UA-cam video it very easy and buy the kit for 28 dollars comes with the glue strips to put the screen back on. the hardest part I had was removing the old glue I used a 90 percent alcohol mix and some Qtips and worked great. i have a 2020 27 inch I Mac runs beautifully. I play all kinds of games never over heats! never has any issue! I love my Mac. would not trade it for a 10000 dollar pc! software is amazing and if you know how to take care of your apple you will have it for decades !
I had also been suffering from a fan that was making a lot of noise for some time. Finally opened up the 2019 iMac 27", carefully blew all the dust (and it was a lot) out with a compressor, disassembled the fan, took it apart and cleaned it nicely. I did not hear the iMac anymore and the fan runs quietly in the background. I taped the monitor at 6 points with strong black tape because then I can clean it regularly. Not pretty but effective.
I realized this idiotic design when I got mine. I put my own filter on the bottom which I clean regularly.
Please give details. I have though about a filter myself but was warned against it.
@@waynelynch3862 You have to use the right filter material. I use the material organza bags are made of. It filters much of the large stuff that clogs the fan. I usually cut a strip of organza material 1" wide by 23 1/2" long [for the big macs] and two strips of 1/2" electrical tape 23 1/2" long. Fold the organza material over the intake under the screen, secure it with the two strips of electrical tape, one on front and one on back. I used the blue tape so it doesn't look so tacky. The organza material is durable enough where you can brush it off with a toothbrush once a month or whenever you see all the shit building up on it. Not ideal but, when you have to do apples thinking for them...
@@TestTubeBabySpy good idea. I had to look up ogranza but I guess we could also also use material from face-masks now :-)
@@zer0L0 I wouldn’t use mask material. It would restrict air flow too much as well as clog with dust quicker. I have experimented with many different materials, and the organza stuff is the best option.
is it possible to add a primary filter at the entrance vents so the majority of crap gets blocked ? this could also be accessible without a major strip down.. too easy ?
Great idea. But ah it might mar the perfect sweeping line of glass and aluminium. Heaven forbid the consumer think of dust at the point of purchase.
Bang on! Nice to know it! The problem it is the Sam on iMac 21.5 as the 27.5 inches? Can we add a thin filter (½ a Kleenex thick ) after repaired and where?
Thank you so much
can it be cleaned out with gentle blasts of air?
does apple clean them or do I have to look somewhere else? Not feeling confident enough to do it myself
I just called the apple store with the same question and was told that they normally don't open iMacs up unless there's a specific problem because the risk of something else going wrong is too high.
24inch relatively new? I thought 24inch has been sold at least 5years ago or more?
hmm wonder if drilling some vent hole in top would help
I was thinking the same thing or go one step further and cut cleaning panel in and install a "cleaning door" on a hinge
Weldone boss, my zinox laptop comes on with all the light but the screen remains black. And when the screen comes on it goes off in next 5mins or the screen scrambles and hangs. Pls what should I do?
Apple products are way over-priced and made in sketchy china, often now going faulty just after warranty expires and apple support is hopeless now too, apple needs to move back to California and make decent machines again and look after their brand name and not to take customers for granted.
I am glad I will not use a Mac but I try to assist my wife in keeping hers running. Thes all in one computers are a bad idea.
Your house is too much dust.🤣🤣🙏
I feel like you're mad at me. I'm sorry for not cleaning my computer. :(
That's why I bought the mac mini. It is easy for me to do the maintenance/clean the fan on this little computer at home.
Thats what I want to do- but did you set it up with an eGPU too?
@@RectanerTreadway No, I use the build-in gpu. I make no graphics intesive task on it. Btw, I will replace my MacMini with an ARM powered one next year, because my MacMini will fall out of support within 1-2 years.
I've been studying speeding up Macs and found a great resource at Mels Speed Method (check it out on google)