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EDIT: I read the OP and now realize what you mean. I’ll keep this here anyway.

And it has come a long way too. In fact, I just donated since it’s struck me how solid of an experience it’s been.

I love this graphic because it’s a reminder to self-proclaimed “gamers” that mobile gaming has been doing laps around “real” gaming for over half a decade now, with no indication of the trend changing. Yes, mobile games are typically lower quality and more predatory, but it’s undeniable that the average person who plays video games now is just a regular person with a phone.

Again, if you’re already that far down the rabbit hole, anything that tells you, “No, you’re wrong” is going to upset you. That includes a shadow ban, explicit ban, or somebody just telling you that you’re wrong.

If you think I’m wrong and you think shadow bans especially push people towards being alt-right and believing conspiracy theories, then I’d love to see a study that says so because that’s what would likely convince me.

So, you’re suggesting that shadow banning has caused the rise of the alt-right and their conspiracy theories, which implies that they wouldn’t exist without shadow bans.

Or they already exist and are in such a fragile state that even an explicit ban makes them upset (which it does.)

I’m pretty sure anybody who develops anything in the jailbreaking scene can tell you that Apple’s source code is not open to the public.

I think a lot of people buy Macs because they think the only other choice is a computer running Windows.

Oh, this reminds me of the company I’m working for right now.

“You want this promotion? Great! You’re qualified and we’ll have you do this project first to see if you like this work.”

“Really? I have almost no experience with this programming language, but okay!”

Does project

“Actually, you’re not qualified enough. Sorry!”

A week later one of the devs on that team apologized for the situation (not that it was their fault at all.) But still, what BS that all was.

Because they don’t care who owns what platform. They care that they’re different and only some of their friends are on one of them and not the other.

Because many more people are concerned with where their friends are and what’s cool.

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Avoid the Apple silicone cases unless you’re getting a discount on them. Get a third-party case that supports MagSafe.

Hopefully it’s just a rumor.

Very interesting, thank you for the insight.

Those existed in 2012 MacBooks?

You’re most welcome.

Do you remember if FileVault was enabled? My understanding is that if it was, then the HDD’s contents will be encrypted and you’ll need either the Mac account’s password or FileVault recovery key to access the files. Without FileVault enabled, I’d imagine it’d be plug-n-play.

Make sure you follow a guide for getting the HDD out. There are comments on the guide, read them for helpful tips.

If the HDD seems to be dead (clicking noises, disk isn’t spinning, etc.) I’d highly recommend stopping whatever you’re doing in that moment and bring the HDD to data recovery specialists. They are not cheap, but for good reason. What they do is not easy and very resource-consuming even when all fails.

EDIT: typos.

I don’t know all the specifics about Macs, but I’ve done a little Googling and have replaced storage devices in PCs many times, so here’s my 2 cents:

• It seems like the HDD is just using SATA and is 2.5", so an enclosure for that would work, but I would NOT store things you care about on a 10 year old HDD with potential liquid damage. Just get a SATA to USB adapter to get what you need.

• If there are 2 HDDs, chances are only one of them has the personal data you care about on it.

• I don’t think it would be particularly difficult to open and remove the HDD, assuming you have appropriate tools.

• Linux may recognize the HDD. Otherwise, macOS will work.

EDIT: It sounds liku you may have the retina display version, which came with an NVMe m.2 SSD, which is not SATA.

… if you accept the quote, then yes, you’d pay $300. Otherwise, you can reject it and take home the un-repaired device.

No, at least, not in the USA.