My last message went offlist cause GMail puts all messages in the same subject into one thread, regardless of whether an individual or a group responds and then, like an idiot, I sent the next to gmail instead of Google Groups. Anyway, I tried safe mode. I hit shift as soon as the tone stopped and heard the machine restart itself soon afterword, so figured I did it right. I waited for almost an hour, just to insure that it was finished, and then turned it off. But when I rebooted and tried command-f5, I got the same result as before, with and without headphones. We'll probably reschedule the appointment with Apple for Tuesday, for transportation reasons, so maybe Mom and I can work on it and I can try either safe mode or booting from the Leopard dvd. But last time, she said that she just saw an apple going around and then a blank screen. No matter what key I hit, it did nothing. Any last minute suggestions would be great, but we're heading to the Apple store in a bit to let them take care of this mess and give me a different computer.
On 21/12/2009, Eleni Vamvakari <magkis...@gmail.com> wrote: > So the Mac quit on me again, no more than two weeks after I got it > back from Apple. I was trying to use that converter program and it > just sat there and did nothing, as I've said in another post. Then, > it just disappeared. One minute it was open and the next it was gone. > When I reloaded it, I couldn't get into it's menus. I could only get > into the Apple and other menus by hitting VO-m twice. Now I was > really annoyed, so I did two bad things. First, I pounded my hand on > the computer and second, I shut it off with the power button instead > of going through the normal shut-down process. As a result, the > hyphin key came up a little (don't ask how, since I wasn't anywhere > near it) and when I turned it back on, I got no speech. No matter > what I did, I couldn't get VoiceOver to start. > > Two days ago, Mom came up to try to help me but with no success. > When she turned it on, she only saw an apple going around and around > and then a blank screen. We tried the tech tool cd but when we put it > in, nothing happened. So we tried the Leopard installation disk. > This time, the cd drive made a bit of a strange sound (sort of like a > buzzing) but did nothing else either good or bad. I heard the drive > sound getting louder, as it usually does and then it went quiet. > Yesterday, I hooked up the external keyboard but that didn't work > either. The machine turns on, makes the start-up sound and I know the > hard disk is doing something, But I can't get it to talk. If anyone > can offer me a suggestion as to what I can do, I'd sincerely > appreciate it. > > In the meantime, we called Apple. They said they'd give us a > refirbished model, but now I have to wait for someone to bring me > and/or it to the store. I know that I misused the Mac but it still > shouldn't be acting like this. It's not like I spilled a whole cup of > coffee in the keyboard and threw it out the window. I seriously can't > take this anymore. Yes, Leopard does have some advantages over > Windows. But what is the advantage of having a $2,000 machine when it > always breaks down and when a cheaper one works just as well? My > AppleCare is about to expire, and when it does, I can't keep shelling > out money every time this thing decides to break down. > > Anyway, I asked a friend about how I can save my files and get them > off of there and he suggested I hook up my Mac and the household Mac > via a fire wire connection and use Migration Assistant. How does that > work? I can't ask Joanie, cause she barely uses it and only for very > basic things, and Mom's just learning how to use a computer. Please, > can anyone help me so that I don't mess up the other machine? Can I > transfer files to a cd or usb stick with this program and is it > possible for me to delete the ones off of my machine with it? Btw, > I've never used Time Machine, if that's required to use Migration > Assistant. > > Thanks, > Eleni > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
