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oldhifi

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Anyone use the MacBook repair sites off Ebay? I have a MacBook Air that will boot up then dies, no abuse, yes I have reset everything and replaced the battery. Still the same..I don't want to sped a lot repairing it but would like to get my data off it..
 
Anyone use the MacBook repair sites off Ebay? I have a MacBook Air that will boot up then dies, no abuse, yes I have reset everything and replaced the battery. Still the same..I don't want to sped a lot repairing it but would like to get my data off it..
Not sure I'd trust them with my data!

But please tell me you have a backup? If not why not? Memory is dirt cheap these days.

Couldn't you pull the hard drive and connect it to another machine in a caddy? Might be safer.
 
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Not sure I'd trust them with my data!

But please tell me you have a backup? If not why not? Memory is dirt cheap these days.

Couldn't you pull the hard drive and connect it to another machine in a caddy? Might be safer.

I have a old backup on Time Machine, but need newer data from it..
 
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