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HipChick

(25,485 posts) Mon Aug 12, 2013, 06:30 PM Aug 2013

My Mac took a dump...

Hard drives dying on a Mac ain't no fun to repair... I was more upset about my Mac dying, than my ex dumping me...

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My Mac took a dump... (Original Post) HipChick Aug 2013 OP

Oh, I thought this was about trucks. trof Aug 2013 #1

Two things sakabatou Aug 2013 #2

No..no backup...and 400GB of data HipChick Aug 2013 #3

Did a backup through firewire two days ago sakabatou Aug 2013 #5

in England thats a rain coat that pooped . olddots Aug 2013 #4

I don't own poopy raincoats.. HipChick Aug 2013 #6

trof

(54,256 posts)

1. Oh, I thought this was about trucks.

Reply to HipChick (Original post)

Mon Aug 12, 2013, 06:39 PM

Aug 2013

Sorry.

sakabatou

(42,146 posts)

2. Two things

Reply to HipChick (Original post)

Mon Aug 12, 2013, 06:46 PM

Aug 2013

1. Did you back up your Mac?
2. How old is it?

HipChick

(25,485 posts)

3. No..no backup...and 400GB of data

Reply to sakabatou (Reply #2)

Mon Aug 12, 2013, 06:50 PM

Aug 2013

and yes as an IT person I know better...it took just over 48hrs with Diskwarrior to recover 400GB data onto an external USB drive...for some reason it would not use my Firewire port..

It's covered by Applecare...but I still needed my data outta there some how..