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tommyrot - Apr 03, 2010 12:52:21 pm PDT #13446 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.

I'm trying to help a friend - her MacBook got frelled during a software update. We ran Disk Utility and it says:

Disk Utility can't repair this disk. Back up as many of your files as possible, reformat the disk, and restore your backed-up files.

But it can only be booted from an installatin DVD, and she wants to get her files off if possible. Could it be booted in disk target mode? Does that only work if you have a Firewire cable?

eta: Yeah, we need firewire. And her old iBook appears to be dead, so I'd need to grab my MacBook....

So, what are the odds it'd still work in Target Mode?

le nubian - Apr 03, 2010 1:51:36 pm PDT #13447 of 25501

"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

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try disk warrior to pull files off...

DCJensen - Apr 03, 2010 3:12:55 pm PDT #13448 of 25501

All is well that ends in pizza.

You can do a reinstall "Archive and install" on the thing. Takes about an hour, and you can get files off then.

§ ita § - Apr 03, 2010 5:00:11 pm PDT #13449 of 25501

Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Does anyone have a recommendation for a good font manager for Windows?

omnis_audis - Apr 03, 2010 7:07:37 pm PDT #13450 of 25501

omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir

Pix, how is it?

Jessica - Apr 04, 2010 5:18:00 am PDT #13451 of 25501

And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

I have no real desire to read ebooks on my iPhone, but I'm still kind of pissed that iBooks is iPad-only.

DCJensen - Apr 04, 2010 6:22:15 am PDT #13452 of 25501

All is well that ends in pizza.

Hopefully that's a "not yet" thing, Jessica.

Other things I'm labeling "not yet":

- Flash on the iPad.

- Multitasking on the iPad.

- a camera on the iPad.

Zenkitty - Apr 04, 2010 7:46:48 am PDT #13453 of 25501

Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.

Those "not yet"s are the things I'm waiting for. Can't see paying that much money for something that won't let me play music while I'm on the internet.

DCJensen - Apr 04, 2010 7:48:23 am PDT #13454 of 25501

All is well that ends in pizza.

I'm thinking that the latter two will likely be in the 2nd gen iPad, perhaps all three.

Misguided - Apr 04, 2010 7:59:32 am PDT #13455 of 25501

Barb's Cabana Boy

I'm thinking that the latter two will likely be in the 2nd gen iPad, perhaps all three.

I think the camera is a certainty, as it seems pretty likely it was part of the original launch design but removed for unknown reasons. Multitasking would rock. Flash just isn't going to happen, IMO.

I'd love to have one, but I'm going to wait a while.

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