The first thing I am going to suggest is wean your self off that awful aol you do not need it and will feel so free once you unburden your self from it. Especially with a nice new macbook to play with. You have a nice new mac and are loading it with aol which is from the time of dinosaurs in computer time. everything you do using aol you can do usually easier with out aol. are you certain you downloaded the appropriate version of aol for use with your mac? there are different versions. AOL Desktop this is a really old article I found but it shows a lot of the hookup info some may still apply, I don't know I would not put aol on anything I own. AOL in Mac you may want to try some of the dedicated mac forums online you can find some doing a google search.

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iMac has no separate processor - just display/keyboard/mouse. A pull-out tray inside a cabinet might serve - something like the ones made for kitchen cabinets. I have an iMac @ home & @ work & both stay out in sight always, however, my home mac is in a spare bedroom/workroom. I cover my work mac on weekends w/ a plastic protector. Alternately, maybe a compact wheeled cart could be used & simply rolled away to another room when necessary?

The first part is because you likely have iTunes installed on your computer which installs support for connected devices (iPhones, iPads, iPods, etc). Can't speak to the other part, can you provide a screenshot?