Jacinda Zarraga

We’ve been hearing rumors for the past few months that Apple has been working on multiple new Macs. And according to new reports, at least some of these Macs – including new 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pros – may be announced as soon as tomorrow. But there’s one Mac that the rumors are not talking about, and that’s the iMac. Read on as we detail what we know about Apple’s plans for its all-in-one desktop.

iMac is Apple’s all-in-one desktop computer, and certainly one of the most iconic products ever introduced by the company. Following the announcement of the M1 chip in 2020 and the beginning of the transition to Apple Silicon with the MacBook Air, 13-inch MacBook Pro, and Mac mini, Apple announced in 2021 a completely redesigned iMac, also powered by the M1 chip.

The M1 iMac has a 24-inch 4.5K display and a much thinner design, thanks to the efficiency of the M1 chip. The computer is much faster than its Intel-based predecessor and features Wi-Fi 6, Thunderbolt 4 ports, and Dolby Atmos-enabled speakers. It‘s also available in multiple colors that resemble those of the original iMac G3.

However, following the launch of the M1 iMac, Apple has discontinued the 27-inch iMac and also the iMac Pro. To replace the larger version of its desktop, the company introduced the Mac Studio and Studio Display in 2022.

Last year, Apple introduced a new MacBook Air and upgraded the 13-inch MacBook Pro with the M2 chip – the second generation of the Apple Silicon chip made for Macs. Since then, the company has been planning to bring the M2 and its more powerful variants to other machines, including the more expensive MacBook Pro models, Mac mini, Mac Studio, and even the first Apple Silicon Mac Pro.

Earlier today, multiple sources (including 9to5Mac) heard that Apple will announce new Mac products later this week. Moments later, a new unreleased MacBook Pro model identified as A2779 surfaced on the Canada Radio Equipment List database. But what about the iMac?

Unfortunately, those waiting for a new iMac may have to wait a little longer. That’s because it seems that Apple isn’t even working on an M2-equipped iMac. Back in March 2022, 9to5Mac reported that Apple had no plans to release a new, larger-screen iMac. At the same time, we also heard from sources familiar with the matter that the next generation iMac wouldn’t be introduced until 2023.

After that, Bloomberg revealed that Apple may skip the M2 chip for the iMac as the company’s engineers are already developing an updated version of the all-in-one computer with the M3 chip. 9to5Mac was able to corroborate this report with our own sources.

Based on what we know, there won’t be an M2 iMac, which means that the next new iMac will be equipped with the M3 chip. And since M2 was introduced last June, M3 is unlikely to be announced before WWDC 2023 in June. In other words, don’t expect a new iMac to be released in the first half of 2023. It seems more likely that the M3 iMac will arrive sometime between the second half of 2023 and the first half of 2024.

As for other new Macs with the M2 chip, some of them are expected to be introduced later this week, while Apple may hold back some models for the spring or even summer.

VMware vSphere is one of the most popular virtualization solutions. It is also the leading solution because of its powerful performance and convenient management. Whenever you would like to export VM template or move VM between ESXi servers, it will provide convenient tools.

VMware VM exports are often saved as OVA or OVF template. These two kinds templates contain almost the same data, including VM configuration, applications, and other data so they are often used as VM bcakup. The difference between OVA and OVF templates is that OVA is a zipped file while OVF is a folder.

The way to get the template is using vCenter or OVF Tool. vCenter can only export OVF template while deploy both OVA and OVF template. OVF Tool can export and deploy both OVA and OVF templates. Another advantage of using OVF Tool is that there will be less issues when you deploy a large VM.

OVA and OVF templates can help you recover the entire VM. The most important part of data is virtual hard disk. You can find it saved as .vmdk file. If you extract the virtual hard disk from the template, it will still help you recover the applications by creating a new VM. Sometimes virtual hard disk can be converted for another platform like converting vmdk to qcow2 for KVM.

Deploying VM template means creating a new virtual machine on ESXi host, you can complete by logging in to vCenter via vSphere web client but before that, make sure you have copied the OVA or OVF template to datastore so you can select it later.

1. Log into vCenter, choose an ESXi host and then right-click it > select Deploy OVF template. You can also select New Virtual Machine and then select Deploy a virtual machine from OVF or OVA file

2. Click Choose Files to upload the OVA or OVF template > click NEXT

3. Give a name to the new VM and select a location for it > click NEXT

4. Select the computer source > click NEXT

5. Review the details > click NEXT

6. Check I accept all license agreements > click NEXT

7. Select datastore for the new VM > click NEXT

8. Select networks > click NEXT

9. Review the summary > click FINISH

You can find similar options in ESXi and complete the process.

Deploying large-size VMware template in vCenter might be slow and sometimes you might have a timeout problem. If so, you can use another solution to deploy the template. OVF Tool has no GUI like vCenter. You need to use commands to deploy VM template during the whole process.

1. Download OVF Tool from VMware and install it. Remember the directory of it. The default directory is C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware> OVF Tool

2. In CMD, open OVF Tool with the command below:

cd “ OVF Tool”

3. Deploy the template with the command below:

ovftool -ds=DestinationDatastore -n=DestinationVMName OVF.ovf vi://username:password@vCenter2/Datacenter2/host/Cluster2

VMware once provided VMware Data Recovery as the backup software for users but later this software has been abandoned because VMware users need comprehensive backup solution.

Vinchin is the partner of VMware and Vinchin Backup & Recovery is an officially verified VMware backup solution, supporting vSphere 4/5/6/7/8.

It allows you to perform agentless backup which means you just need to add ESXi hosts into backup system and then you can select any VMs on the hosts to make backup.

All the operations will be completed on a user-friendly web console. You can easily use this software with backup and restore wizards.

Before using Vinchin Backup & Recovery, you might find that you can’t move VM from lower-version ESXi host to higher-version host but with Vinchin Backup & Recovery, it won’t the problem because you can easily move VM with it. Vinchin Virtual Machine Convert Engine even lets you easily move VM from ESXi host to another ESXi host or another platform like XenServer, Oracle Linux KVM, Red Hat Virtualization etc.

Vinchin Backup & Recovery has served thousands of companies and gets positive reviews. You can also try it with a 60-day full-featured free trial. Just download the installation package and spend a few minutes deploying it.

VMware vSphere is famous for its powerful performance and convenient management. It is friendly to both new users and senior IT administrators.

When you would like to import VM template, vCenter will help you deploy OVA and OVF step by step with import wizard and OVF Tool will let you easily complete it with commands.

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