Talk about thwarted at every turn! I've just got my head back in gear, ready to get on with the remaining exercises in part one of this module and I got an email from Apple saying that my hard drive has been identified as liable to fail at any time. I could input my serial number and they would confirm it. Do you know where the serial number is on an iMac, under the foot! Do you know how big it is, miniscule? I had to upend the machine on my overcrowded desk, find the number, take a macro picture as it was far too small to read and then upload it to be able to read the number. What a fiasco. Then it turned out that my machine really was one of those identified as liable to fail.
I really thought this was a hoax, hoping it was as it meant taking my iMac to Exeter (30 miles away) to the nearest Apple dealer to have the hard drive replaced. Not only have I had to back up everything on the current drive but it will take about 5-10 working days as they are so busy replacing everyone else's drives. You can't make an appointment and wait so I'll have to go back when it's ready to pick it up, another day wasted. Ohhh!!
So now I'll be without a machine for up to 10 working days, just when I was at my most creative for ages.
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