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From: Alan Browne <singularity@blackhole.org>
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Subject: Re: Has all the data disappeared off my old core2duo iMac?
Date: Wed, 12 Jun 2024 17:37:46 -0400
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On 2024-06-12 08:31, Amanda Ripanykhazov wrote:
> 
>>
>> What year is the computer? That it wants to "El Capitan" suggests 2015 
>> which (to me) is not an old computer.  Core 2 Duo suggest closer to 
>> 2010 if not older...
>>
>> It could be (with a new drive and install) a great starter Mac for 
>> someone out there with modest computing needs.
> 
> No, a I remember it, this dates from 2008!  So it is only useful as 
> backup storage, and then only if it works. Not if significant time has 
> to be wasted on it. which is the position now.
> 
> I did manage to restore a TM backup onto it but it boots to an apple 
> with no progress bar starting. So it seems to be thinking it is a 
> DosDude1 Mojave installation that hasn't been patched. I made a fresh 
> USB stick and tried to run the patches but when I booted off the USB 
> stick, it still gets only to the black apple on that white background.
> 
> Time to throw away?

Or donate to a repair shop that might be able to use parts from it to 
keep someone else's Mac alive.  Just get the hard drive out first and 
write over it or destroy it separately.

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  the culture and independence of the ancient States of Europe."
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