Hi Daniel, Have had the HD replaced by the A/store Garden City (5days). They re-installed my basic OS 10.6.8, the rest I had to do. As a result I now have a bootable clone drive, which is good.
Thanks for your help Walter On 26.10.2012, at 22:02, Daniel Kerr wrote: > Yeh Apple "direct" may be a bit different. > They have rules for themselves and rules for their resellers. Pretty unfair, > and I won't get into that,.that's a whole other thread I've gone into > before…….. > But yes, I'll be interested to hear what the AppleStore direct response is. > :o) > > Best of luck with it. > > Kind regards > Daniel > --- > Daniel Kerr > MacWizardry > > Phone: 0414 795 960 > Email: <daniel AT macwizardry.com.au> > Web: <http://www.macwizardry.com.au> > > > **For everything Apple** > > On 26/10/2012, at 9:58 PM, F.W. Hänel <whae...@iinet.net.au> wrote: > >> Hi Daniel, >> >> Have just entered the serial #. >> The response was it is eligible for the program. >> In the email and anouncement on the Apple site they also suggest to make an >> appointment with the genius person at >> the Apple shop where it can be changed. If that's the case it would be quite >> easy for me as I live very close >> to Garden City. I'll call in at the shop tomorrow and ask for advice. >> >> Will advise you what they say. >> >> Thanks for your help Daniel, >> >> Best regards, >> >> Walter >> >> On 26.10.2012, at 21:31, Daniel Kerr wrote: >> >>> Hi Walter >>> >>> First thing, is to double check that your iMac falls into the replacement >>> program. If you check on that site, some may not actually need it. >>> >>> Second thing, is yes, ensure you have a good backup. I would recommend a >>> Time Machine backup of some sort, and a second back up as well. SuperDuper >>> or CarbonCopyCloner are both great for this. >>> SuperDuper - <http://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/13803/superduper!> >>> Carbon Copy Cloner - >>> <http://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/7032/carbon-copy-cloner> >>> Once you have good backups of everything, then you're ready for it to go. >>> >>> Thirdly - I would check with the people you are getting the work done. Some >>> places will have a wait time from when you drop the computer off to when it >>> is ready. Most places (or all) aren't doing it on the spot, as they have a >>> procedure they have to follow from Apple from when the machine is booked >>> in, a special test run over it, the Drive ordered from Apple, then shipped, >>> then fitted. Then ready to go. And if lots of people are all dropping them >>> in, then there's going to be a lot of them booked in. ( I know one store >>> had over 45 calls and emails the first few hours that email went out! And I >>> got about 15 emails/calls myself within the first few hours also.). >>> >>> Fourthly, I would check what the place you are dropping it to do. Some >>> places will just swap out the drive, give you a clean OS Install, so it's >>> ready to Time Machine back in when you get it home. Some may just give you >>> a blank clean drive for you to do all the work. Some may do a full clone >>> and get everything back for you as you dropped it off. Again, it may vary >>> depending on the place you take it to and their workload. (I'm guessing on >>> the full clone, so I may be way off there, as I don't work for at a >>> service/repair centre). >>> >>> It's going to be a fairly big undertaking for a lot of places I would >>> think, so hopefully it will go nicely for everyone. :o) >>> >>> Hope that helps. >>> >>> Kind regards >>> Daniel >>> --- >>> Daniel Kerr >>> MacWizardry >>> >>> Phone: 0414 795 960 >>> Email: <daniel AT macwizardry.com.au> >>> Web: <http://www.macwizardry.com.au> >>> >>> >>> **For everything Apple** >>> >>> On 26/10/2012, at 7:29 PM, F.W. Hänel <whae...@iinet.net.au> wrote: >>> >>>> Hi All, >>>> >>>> I received an email from Apple about my HD possibly failing and a FOC >>>> replacement offer. >>>> >>>> >>>> http://www.apple.com/support/imac-harddrive/?cid=CDM-US-DM-P0013590-192397&cp=em-P0013590-192431&sr=em >>>> >>>> >>>> The iMac was supplied with OS 10.6.2 and is currently running 10.6.8. Do I >>>> have to install the 10.6.2 DVD on the new HD and then >>>> update to 10.6.8 ? >>>> Time machine is regularly backing up to an external HD. >>>> But what about the applications ? Is it possible to copy the applications >>>> folder to an external HD and after the HD >>>> replacement copy the applications onto the new HD ? Would it be better to >>>> make a clone of the complete HD and then copy it >>>> to the new HD ? Which is the best cloning program ? SupaDupa ? >>>> >>>> Looking for some good suggestions. >>>> >>>> Thanks, >>>> >>>> Walter >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- >>>> Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> >>>> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> >>>> Settings & Unsubscribe - >>>> <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug> >>> >>> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- >>> Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> >>> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> >>> Settings & Unsubscribe - >>> <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug> >> >> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- >> Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> >> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> >> Settings & Unsubscribe - >> <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug> > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Settings & Unsubscribe - > <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Settings & Unsubscribe - <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug>
