Category Archives: iBook

ibook: testing ipatience

the ibook spent the weekend in the friendly clutches of the apple geniuses down at lenox mall. have you been to an apple store? you really ought to go visit, even if you don’t plan on ever purchasing anything remotely apple, because you’ll not find another store that balances geek-friendliness with gap-trendiness. it’s the kind

ibook: still iwaiting

continuing from where i left off, diskwarrior trudged on through the rest of tuesday night. by the time i stumbled out of bed on wednesday morning, the progress bar had progressed another quarter of an inch. applying a thick coat of optimism, i dubbed that remaining half-inch of empty bar-space the “home stretch” and heading

the waiting game (diskwarrior 2.1)

the process started… well, the symptoms started this weekend. a couple of strange lock-ups on the ibook. the second one resulting in a machine that wouldn’t come back to life, eventually giving the dreaded flashing question-mark. i’ve supported macs before, other people’s macs, but this was a personal first. i tried booting into safe mode.