Cautionary tale: I took my MacBook Pro in to get the defective keyboard replaced. Apple store techs broke the logic board when opening the case, then sent the machine to a third-party vendor who replaced the SSD without authorization. The whole process took 10 days.
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"So should I wipe it?" "I'm not authorizing you to wipe it" "I can see your data but I can't access it, so I'm just going to wipe it." "No. Do not wipe it."
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Unclear about why they made me drive down to Burlingame on a Saturday morning to watch a drive not mount. But the feeling of being alone in an Apple store is very special; like buying a gold watch!
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Good news is, my data is readable from another machine. Bad news is I'm likely going to lose this sweet Tech Solidarity sticker.pic.twitter.com/JCFxvKs5F7
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Final outcome: Apple gave me a new laptop, I was able to recover and migrate my data to it, and I securely wiped the old SSD. My thanks to the manager of the Burlingame Apple store and Wendy in Apple customer relations for navigating this vexing situation to a happy ending.
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Apparently the training video for this 'sled' has been leaked, and one amazing detail is that the data transfer ribbon can only be used 30 times before it has to be replaced. I wonder, why does Apple make this stuff so flimsy, especially for a repair tool?https://www.macrumors.com/2018/07/22/2018-macbook-pro-lacks-data-recovery-port/ …
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is... is that person wearing a ground strap that's not connected to anything
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Yes indeed. It is a talisman against the static spirits.
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Pretty sure everyone involved in this repair fiasco should never be allowed to use anything more technologically advanced than a wheelbarrow
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I’ve had that problem when working with external drive sleds - my response was to swap the external and internal drive - altho it really sounds like you need a sysadmin to help you recover..
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