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You need a cable with a 6,3 mm plug on the amp side and a 3,5 mm plug on the IMac side.

My recommendation would be to get a simple audio interface which gives you more control and I would expect better sound quality than the IMac. In this case you would need a 6.3/6.3 cable

Wich operating system do you use? Are you sure, that in system settings your audio output is set to your ID Core?

Sometimes this is not done by default.

I believe firmware is 1.3. It was installed when I first started the software. I found out, it is an on/off thing. It did not work for days. Now it is sometimes working. Sometimes it starts to read patches from the amp and is stuck in this for ever. Sometimes I have to switch the amp off and on agai...

I am using - Blackstar ID Core 100 purchased 10 days ago - Blackstar Insider latest version from the Blackstar website - iMac 2011 and Macbook Pro 2015 - MacOS Sierra 10.12.3 The problem is, that the Blackstar Insider software does not recognise that the amp is connected. Everything works fine on a ...

Ich had Thema Osstatus erforderlich. Applied the fix as suggested and now software works great. Running Sierra 10.12.3

I do not know anything about the footswitches. But if you press the "manual" button for 3 seconds the tuner will be activated. The thre led next to the effect know work as indicator for the tuner.

No need to use Blackstar software.