Either way take it to an Apple store. In almost every instance that I've had to deal with something like this they've given me a new battery or new power cord gratis. This is even on machines that are long out of Apple Care coverage.
It's called a blaster, Will, a word that tends to discourage experimentation. Now, if it were called the Orgasmater, I'd be the first to try your basic button press approach.
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NoiseDesign - Jan 16, 2010 1:11:53 pm PST #12348 of 25501
Our wings are not tired
Jessica - Jan 16, 2010 1:16:51 pm PST #12349 of 25501
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Seconding ND - the Genius Bar employees are empowered to give you free shit if they're in a good mood, and they almost always are.
DCJensen - Jan 16, 2010 3:43:14 pm PST #12350 of 25501
All is well that ends in pizza.
I would be always in a good mood if I worked at a Genius Bar, too...
DCJensen - Jan 16, 2010 3:46:22 pm PST #12351 of 25501
All is well that ends in pizza.
Quester, the charger is actually inside the base of the MacBook, generally it is a built-in AC adapter, and shunts power to both charging and powering the laptop.
tommyrot - Jan 16, 2010 4:20:22 pm PST #12352 of 25501
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Bah. The sound stopped working on my MacBook Pro. When I press the various volume and mute buttons, there is a small circle with a line through it below the volume bar graph.
Rebooting didn't help. When I plug headphones into it, they work, and when I use the volume controls the little circle with a line through it goes away. But when I unplug the headphones, sound no longer works and that circle with a line through it comes back.
eta: When I go to System Preferences, Digital Out is the only option that shows up under Sound / Output.
Stephanie - Jan 16, 2010 5:45:32 pm PST #12353 of 25501
Trust my rage
Tommy, I have no suggestions but that has happened with my MacBook a few times after I've been listening with headphones. It has always fixed itself but I don't know how/why.
Rob - Jan 16, 2010 6:44:15 pm PST #12354 of 25501
Your sounds issue looks like this one.
DCJensen - Jan 16, 2010 11:20:35 pm PST #12355 of 25501
All is well that ends in pizza.
After reading that link from Rob, I am reminded that many plastic ball point pen refills are about the right diameter to stick in a headphone jack to reset it.
The things one has stuffed in one's head...
Jessica - Jan 17, 2010 3:54:24 am PST #12356 of 25501
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
What's the best way to merge 2 iTunes and iPhoto libraries?
I'm in nesting mode and want to turn my old G5 into a media server so DH and I can stop holding onto duplicate copies of every song and photo we own.
Tom Scola - Jan 17, 2010 4:07:36 am PST #12357 of 25501
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
If both systems are running iTunes 9, if you map one compter's library onto the other, you can merge them.