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Dodgy connections in ibook?
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<blockquote data-quote="blanquita" data-source="post: 24315"><p>After being an the phone for an hour, they accepted that it should be taken in to be looked at. I had to go through the everything else first. e.g. reseting the PRAM, FSCK check in single user mode, removing battery and disk/permissions repairs by booting up from the install disk. But I had to do all that before they accepted that there was a problem with some models. Since then, they have posted this webpage: <a href="http://www.apple.com/support/ibook/faq/" target="_blank">http://www.apple.com/support/ibook/faq/</a></p><p></p><p>It is quite thorough and even tells you the series of models that have been known to be affected. With any luck, there will be less running around for you on the support line. </p><p></p><p>In the mean time, i would back up all your important data and home library. If you can hold of another firewire mac, attach a firewire cable between them. Presumably, you can't see anything on the ibook, but when you reboot both computers (holding down the 'T' key) the ibook will become what's called a 'Target Disk' and the other mac will see the ibook as an external hard drive. Then it's just a matter of going through the ibook folders and dragging and dropping on to a folder the other mac. Note that the other mac will have full access permissions to your ibook. This won't be a problem (in terns of persona dat protection) if you are the only person doing it.</p><p></p><p>Having done that, Apple should arrange a day for a courrier to come and pick up your ibook.</p><p></p><p>I hope this helps.</p><p></p><p>Dom.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="blanquita, post: 24315"] After being an the phone for an hour, they accepted that it should be taken in to be looked at. I had to go through the everything else first. e.g. reseting the PRAM, FSCK check in single user mode, removing battery and disk/permissions repairs by booting up from the install disk. But I had to do all that before they accepted that there was a problem with some models. Since then, they have posted this webpage: [url]http://www.apple.com/support/ibook/faq/[/url] It is quite thorough and even tells you the series of models that have been known to be affected. With any luck, there will be less running around for you on the support line. In the mean time, i would back up all your important data and home library. If you can hold of another firewire mac, attach a firewire cable between them. Presumably, you can't see anything on the ibook, but when you reboot both computers (holding down the 'T' key) the ibook will become what's called a 'Target Disk' and the other mac will see the ibook as an external hard drive. Then it's just a matter of going through the ibook folders and dragging and dropping on to a folder the other mac. Note that the other mac will have full access permissions to your ibook. This won't be a problem (in terns of persona dat protection) if you are the only person doing it. Having done that, Apple should arrange a day for a courrier to come and pick up your ibook. I hope this helps. Dom. [/QUOTE]
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