How to disassemble 27" Apple iMac for repair or upgrade. 

Clear, to the point and free from irritating attention grabbers or music. This is technical advice, not entertainment.

still relevant today. Had one come in and was terrified to open it. Perfect video.

Thanks. Out of the several videos on disassembling an iMac I’ve seen so far, this was by far the most clear and straightforward. I appreciate it.

Thanks Abraham. I'm replacing a dead HD on a friend's iMac. I would have started by attacking the screws at the bottom. Your video saved me many hours of pain

Used to work on iMacs a lot when I was working in a college IT department! Nice to have a refresh! Thanks for the upload

Thanks for the clear and explanatory video. It's gives me a lot of confidence having built PCs and Hackingtosh machines before since the days of dual Athlon rigs. This seems doable. Time to get a not so new iMac with a busted glass for repair and upgrade.

Thanks for this video. It was extremely helpful. I need to disassemble this particular model, and you’ve made it very simple for me!

This was very helpful. I used a plunger as a suction cup to remove the front glass.

Thank you! I imagine the procedure once inside will differ slightly with my 2010 27-inch, but I can't imagine it would be too much different.

I find it amazing that they went from having so many fans in these iMacs to just one in the newest style.

Thanks for that video. My daughter had this Mac and it had not worked for years. She wanted me to take the hard drive out and throw the computer away. There is no obvious way I was able to do it thanks to this video, I was able to do it. I have another suggestion for taking the magnetic couple frot screen off because I do not have a suction cup. I used a box cutter knife and easily wedged it in the top right-hand corner. This did not damage any of the computer. I then used a screwdriver and pushed behind the wedged blade and was it was easy to release the strong magnet couple.

Thank you. This helped me a lot as I needed to get to the graphics card

This is a great video, very helpful. Thanks for making it!

great video. wish i'd seen it before my last install. very helpful.

Thank you. We just bout this imac. Your video was excellent.

Calm and peaceful technician

Thanks bro, I have done a few of these now but your advice about un-plugging it is crucial, I blew my house circuit breaker (thank God!) when I pulled the wrong power supply in error.

Thank you so much, man!!! You‘ve really helped me A LOT!!! My iMac is running again. Can‘t thank you enough!!! 😃👌

Thank you Abraham, I was looking around for this Mac model and finally found the perfect video.

Great video! Thanks very much for making this!

Big help, especially for people like me who need things slow.

awesome and very helpful video. just what i needed

Thank you so much I needed this. Hope you are well!

Great video. Helped me out a lot. Thanks.

Nice video. My early 2008 is disassembled in much the same way.

thank you. it helped. lets see if you have diagnostic videos. my imac 27 inch mid 2012 just stopped working and now i need to understand if it is power supply or hard drive that broke

Thank you Abraham for sharing this information. Job well done sir.

Thanks for the helpful video do you have one on how to go further to replace the power supply?

Great video! I am in the process of removing my gpu and this was a huge help. Thank you!

Thanks, just what I needed.

Thank you very much. This was very helpful.

Thanks for this - very helpful.

Thank you very much for your informative and helpful video!

what a beautiful machine! somewhere in another life Steve is having fits

Thanks for the video - very helpful.

a really good job. now it´s my turn to clean my iMac

I really needed to know the torx size, thanks! =)

Was thinking about putting mine in a diy pc case and plugging it into a monitor

Oh! That's where they keep the sugar.. Nice and instructional, I almost threw away my 27-inch mini-Mac monitor because it was overheating..Keep up making these videos..

Really helpful thanks, I need magnetic tools!

Thank u so much I found one yesterday I was wondering how to connect the screen

Thank you helped me a lot

Great vid. Thanks for your help

Thanks. Great video. I wish you would have shown where the ram is located.

Thanks, very informative.

Thank you kind Sir for posting this video

thx Dude....that was extremely helpful ....after all these years ;-) .....

Thank You Very Much it Helps me so Much

Very useful, thanks!

I appreciate this video. I have an SSD replacement to do, and this helps build confidence. Cheers!

Thanks! Very useful 👌

The first cable upper left that you disconnected is the wifi antenna

Thanks. Very helpful.

I an working on an iMac to take out the hard drive. Did not have the model number or serial number. Did a quick search and came across your video here with the exact model. Thanks for posting it helped a lot!! Do you have a video concerning a video card replacement?

I had the 21" version of this and I could tale the glass off with my fingernails it was so easy to take off since I got my nails and put them between the frame and the glass and it came off

hi. Thanks for this; it helped me quite a lot. My mid 2010 27" Imac is a bit noisy and I thought of dismantling the front screen, to clean up the fan. Maybe it has some dust in it. Could you put the ebay reference for the magnetic thing you used to pull up the screen? thanks!

is there any possibly way to replace the graphic card even if you got a whole circuit board for a tear down mac ..Mine is 2012 version Iv had for last few years and sadly everything is coming over is over 1 gb and it's pretty outdated now

Could you please make a pictures of the screws needed to unscrew? When taking the screen off

I have the same exact model. Could You please help me on identifying and replacing the graphic board?

What an interesting video! I had no idea how to take apart my iMac w/o cracking something! You did a great job of explaining and demonstrating everything. You mentioned cleaning out dust. Do you have a video demonstrating how to do that? I have recently started having problems with my screen suddenly going black. The computer is still running. If a video is playing, I can even still hear it. But I can't see the screen again w/o doing a hard power off and starting up again. I came to YT to see if other people are having that problem and many people are, esp. on the 27" late 2009 iMacs, which is what I have. Do you happen to have a video that addresses this issue?? Thank you so much for your informative video!!

Thanks to you my MAC is now a boat anchor...all kidding aside with your help I was able to disassemble, clean, reassemble and get rid of a condition where it was over heating and shutting off the monitor. Total success saving me hundreds of $$$$. Thx

Nice! My iMac 27 late 2015 has power to the fan, but nothing else. Not sure what is the issue?

I wished the newer 27"s were having the same magnet screen cover... Have multiple cracks on and no way to take it out for an easy exchange.

The delicate connector. Can that be replaced if you break it? If so, where do I buy it?

Obrigado pelo vídeo, ajudou muito.

Magnetize the screwdriver by passing across a magnet. The first connector is the backlight DC power ,it could be 100-140 DC.

Im am following allong to replace my hdd with an sdd. I dont have enough money to buy a new imac so i heard doing this will increase the speed

thansk for the video is there a video that locates the graphic card?

How would you reccomend cleaning the fan's and vents? Do I have to take out more than the LCD to get to it properly?

I've got an old iMac with some water damage and was struck by lighting through its ethernet port. Is it worth saving as a secondary screen? It still turns on but I had to take out the drive to get all my projects off.

I was given one of these however it was plugged in and I heard some clicking and popping sound I wasn’t sure it was the wall socket what was the actual computer so I unplugged it however it doesn’t turn on it seems like the on and off switch is faulty or something because doesn’t seem like it moves at all when you press it what are your thoughts

Awesome!! Thank you

I need to remove hard drive and download contents to a flash drive. Is there and adapter I can purchase to connect to my laptop and extract pics from the drive? Thanks

Does the same disassemble steps apply to a late 2009 27" iMac or are there difference sets of cable wires for that model? And do you happen to know if a Mid 2010 27" LCD display panel is compatible with a late 2009 A1312 model? I have to replace my display panel as it frequently goes Black even thought the computer is running in the background.

Great Job brilliant

very nice

Thank you very much sir

thank you sir!

Much thanks!

Hi! I got a 27” Apple Display Monitor (approx 2011) as a hand-me-down. (It’s not an iMac) It’s working great except for black spots and a yellowish tint in the display. Is there anyway to restore this? It’s possible this is a part of a “factory defect,” ..came across this in my research so far. Apparently it’s not able to be fixed, but if some ppl were able to get their monitor replaced at a Genius Bar 10 years ago, does that mean it’s possible to replace? It’s over 10 years old, so I doubt Genius Bar will work on this now hahah! It’s so pretty, hope I can restore it.

fuck yes. youre the best, brotha. thanks for the excellent tutorial. subscribed!

thankks bro!

Hi, I have a question for you. I have iMac 2011 computer, when i touch a keyboard or iMac metal body i feel high electric shock. Please help me and tell me what i have to do????

thank you for this - however could I make some comments - PLEASE make sure you know which part is which - dont say "i think this is the power supply or maybe this!!" also if you are going to make a tear down video - please show all steps (your camera missed one of the connectors being removed) Just think about how you are going to film it before you start - maybe Fix Two cameras in position first - (or film it twice and edit it together) Hope you dont mind these comments but people often rely on vides like these and if steps are missed (not shown on screen) then its pointless

Thanks a lot !

Do you can help me, I have a 27 "imac buying in February 2013, it no longer works, do you know how I can use the screen as an external monitor on my PC? Do you have any idea what parts should I buy exactly?

Does anyone know if it is possible to buy a new glass screen somewhere or can you only get them from an apple repair shop?

Please, one question? After disassemble my IMAC for cleaning cooling system then restored all part and cable.. found that audio not working . I can hear any sound . W I can do? Thank you

How about fans spinning for no reason all sensors seem to read right and all this after taking out the logic board once strangely enough did the same on like 5 computer so far and one acts wierd everything works fine but fans are spinning like crazy cpu and GPU fan temps seem fine give me ideas where to look one think I noticed os that controller hub die sometimes show and with temp 43 degree c. And sometimes dosent thanks in advance .

Great video. There is a bit of information I am looking for, but have not found it. It's about two small pieces of EMI tape on top. Can these be reattached when putting Mac back together? In UK ,apparently, these 2 small replacement pieces cost about £80 plus Vat. Can I use sticky aluminium tape instead? Thanks

Well thanks for the video but I was expect u to show how to take out the hard drive

Does anybody know where I can find a hard drive bracket for this model of Imac

Hi, can u suggest me, where can I buy lcd iMac 27” 2011..

Thanks so much. I'm about to change my video card.. My late 2009 has been kaput (graphics artifacts) for almost 2 years...

I thought it was a #10 Torx! Why he says it's a T9 has me stumped. The T10 even felt a little loose for my liking but it was the only one that fit. No mention that you need an extra slim torx bit and extension to get down through the narrow gap, just that the first one doesn't "fit" but not why, because it's the regular size hex bit and a slim one is needed to get in there.

Where can I get the front glass panel, mine is broken

VERY GOOD

While removing glass has cracked can you tell me where can I get it

what is that in the top left side inside the mac

Thank you :)