Fans of Apple's desktop computers will soon be in the possession of the company's 21.5-inch iMac with 4K display.

According to 9to5Mac, the Cupertino-based tech giant is set to introduce the upgraded 21.5-inch iMac this October together with the OS X 10.11 El Capitan. Shipment of the new iMac will then commence in early November.

Apple has a knack for dedicating the month of September for the latest iPhones while holding a separate press event for the iPads and iMacs a month after. At any rate, the recent report served as a confirmation rather than as a surprise.

What can be expected from the upcoming iMac? It will, of course, be capable of a 4096 x 2304 resolution display while boasting faster chips and better color saturation.

In an earlier Latin Post report, a reference to the 4K 21.5-Inch iMac was discovered on a beta version of the OS X 10.11 El Capitan. The codes, screenshots here and here, were accessed by developers while navigating through the beta software's display panel.

Previous testing also unearthed a possible Intel Iris Pro Graphics 6200 and AMD Radeon M380 to M395X hardware combination for the upcoming iMac. Although, this remains to be confirmed.

"It is not clear if Apple will release multiple 21.5-inch iMac models during the October refresh, or which chips those machines might use. Skylake chips appropriate for the iMac are launching "later this year," but there are a handful of Broadwell chips appropriate for various 21.5-inch iMac models," Mac Rumors speculated.

Meanwhile, Apple recently seeded the eighth beta of OS X 10.11 El Capitan to its registered developers. Public beta testers, on the other hand, can now check out the software's new sixth build. Both builds can be accessed via the "Updates" tab on the Mac App Store. It can also be seeded through the Apple's official developer portal.

"El Capitan will be a free upgrade for Mac users. It is portrayed as largely a polish of last year's OS X 10.10 Yosemite, but will gain a handful of key new features like Split View, an enhanced Mission Control, and performance improvements," Apple Insider reported.

In other Apple news via Latin Post, a security software company recently discovered the "largest known Apple account theft caused by malware."

According to Palo Alto Networks, the "KeyRaider" malware was linked to the theft of over 225,000 Apple IDs.

The malicious app steals account information and GUIDs of jailbroken iPhones. Hackers can then use the stolen data to hoard App Store purchases at the expense of the affected Apple account.

As for Android users planning to securely transfer data to their iOS device manually, click here to know how.

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