Encore USB installer
For the iMac that no longer starts. Make a USB stick, plug it in, hold the Option key, and the old iMac comes back as a screen for your Mac.
Coming soon
How it works
Make the stick
The installer writes Encore to any USB stick of 8 GB or more, from your Mac, in a few minutes.
Put it in the iMac
Plug the stick into the iMac that no longer starts: a dead hard drive, a broken macOS, or a version that is simply too old.
Hold the Option key
Switch the iMac on and hold Option (⌥) at the start-up chime. Pick Encore, and the iMac starts straight from the stick.
Use it again
No macOS needed and nothing to set up. Your Mac finds the iMac, just like with the Encore Receiver app.
What your old iMac becomes
A monitor
A second screen for your Mac, over a cable or Wi-Fi.
A music player
An AirPlay speaker with a Now Playing screen, the cover and the lyrics.
An assistant in StandBy
Clocks, widgets and Hey Mac: ask anything while the iMac rests on your desk.
Coming soon
The USB installer is not available yet. Today, an iMac that still starts can already run Encore with the free Encore Receiver app.