I mentioned in the last couple of cobbled together posts that my mac had blown up, basically the Mac couldn't find the hard drive and was all confused, lost amongst the shades.
Had to rely on the Blogsy app for iPad which kind of worked but frustrating and less than ideal
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So we picked up a new Hard Drive, half price from Amazon, for sixty quid and thought we'd have a go at replacing it ourselves.
We used the excellent ifixit site for directions. You can narrow the guide down to your model of mac but even then we had a few surprises.
http://www.ifixit.com/Device/iMac
Might see about adding some notes to this post later in case anyone else is having a go.
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Thought I might try and set up a new tab/page for the top of the blog tomorrow too of all the 'reviews' I've done on this blog over the years, perhaps my own and then another section for others that I've come across on other blogs.....
Had to rely on the Blogsy app for iPad which kind of worked but frustrating and less than ideal
We used the excellent ifixit site for directions. You can narrow the guide down to your model of mac but even then we had a few surprises.
http://www.ifixit.com/Device/iMac
Might see about adding some notes to this post later in case anyone else is having a go.
Once the new HD is in and the mac all back together you seem to need to format the new HD. Using Disc Utilities I erased it and then left it over night to restore from mac's Time Machine (this is a back up external HD that makes a running back up of the system, excellent idea).
Woke up in the night and decided to see how it was getting on. Didn't look exactly the same as I remembered but close enough. All seemed fine but it wouldn't let me log on, had to reset the password, then after downloading some updates the system froze. Decided to have another go at restoring from the Time machine and went back to bed.
Got up in the morning and all was well, system exactly as it was a few hours before it died last week
And it seems to have worked out just fine. restored the system from mac's excellent time machine facility and the desktop looks just the same, read just as messy, as it did before everything died on me.
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Also Kino's book arrived, with the mac repaired just in time for a review. I'll probably post the review tomorrow no doubt featuring one or two postures as an examples, any preferences?
Until then, here are my first impressions, posted on fb over the weekend
Kino's new book- review copy. Take a moment and think what you were expecting and hoping Kino's book would be like.......yep, it's EXACTLY llike that. Every posture crammed full of the tips, hints and encouragement we've come to expect from her DVDs and YouTube videos. Plus some surprises. Home Ashtangi's will love it, but teachers too for an endless supply of ideas to help their students. Kino at her best. Had planned on being a stern and objective critic but she had me with hello ( her intro chapters anyway). Great job Kino, thank you for sharing all you've learned in those hundreds of workshops. Main review to come on my blog probably Tuesday assuming I can put my Mac back together.
Thought I might try and set up a new tab/page for the top of the blog tomorrow too of all the 'reviews' I've done on this blog over the years, perhaps my own and then another section for others that I've come across on other blogs.....