- #How to restart a mac from a blinking folder for free#
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They called me a few hours later and said it was the keyboard and my computer is now fixed.
#How to restart a mac from a blinking folder for free#
Since the plastic on the computer was cracked, he said they would replace that for free and at the same time replace the keyboard for free. So I took it to another apple store the next day and was told it was either the harddrive or the keyboard, but definitely not the logic board. Needless to say I was not happy that my 3.5 year old computer was completely dead. Took it in to an apple store and the guy told me it was the logic board and it wasn’t worth fixing. I recently had an issue with my mac where the folder with the question mark popped up and I couldn’t do anything. OS X is 10.4.10, and Software Update picked up one iPhoto update. I hope the flickering screen problem is gone now as they replaced a “board, inverter” and “cable, inverter” too. All data is gone but I won’t put anything on there I can’t afford to lose. Update on Aug 24! The service center rang yesterday evening to say the machine is fixed so I picked it up this morning. That’s apparently caused by a missing piece of rubber on the mother board. They’ll try to fix the flickering screen too. Hopefully I’ll hear back from them before the end of the week. Update! I rang Apple, who put me on to their local reseller/fixer-upper, and they have the laptop.
What with the flickering screen too, I think I might be better off spending the extra pennies on better hardware from a PC manufacturer. If for some reason the machine can’t be resurrected, it’s definitely the last Mac I’ll buy. I think I’ll allow Gmail to store my mail in future. I’ll find an older Thunderbird directory on my Linux box and fire that up, but if you’ve sent me email over the last few weeks that needs a reply, send it again. I’m paranoid about backups, and what has been bugging me over the last few weeks is that all my email was on the Macbook, and I hadn’t got around to backing it up because the wireless connection was too slow.
#How to restart a mac from a blinking folder how to#
Does anyone know how to eject a DVD without the OS running? The Bourne Supremacy is in the drive and I haven’t even watched it yet! I get the feeling I’ll be finding out how good Apple Support are. A reinstall of Mac OS X is required, but those clicks I heard disturb me. It has happened to others and the prognosis isn’t good. When I started it up again I heard 3 distinct clicks which is never a good thing, and after a few minutes of staring at a grey screen a flashing folder appeared with a question mark in the middle.
While using it, it stalled, keyboard wouldn’t respond, and I had to shut it down. Just over a year after buying my Macbook and it has quite possibly died.
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