[senit] apple mac files

<http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=58583>.

Hi there Linda
Sean has some good suggestions but if there is no power then I guess 
there is no way of getting your documents!

If you have recently installed some memory or done something else so the 
machine makes some noises starting up but nothing else (death chimes as 
they are called in the mac world!) then you do have power. What you need 
to do is use Firewire target disk mode to get the files off. I won't 
bore the list with details of how to do this, instead read about it here 
: <http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=58583>. 

If you don't have any power at all then you will need to get the drive 
out. If its in its warranty period take it to a Apple store - they will 
do it usually within the day and give you a couple of DVD's with your 
data on. If not then it gets a bit trickier but doable! As long as you/a 
friend has another Mac then the best approach is to purchase a Harddrive 
enclosure (see ebay) stick your drive in there and connect it to another 
mac... the drive will then mount as a new disk.. (well hopefully) which 
you should then run disk utility on (it doesn't sound like a hard drive 
failure but it would be wise to run diskutil given the power cutting out 
on it)

Best of luck - its a very annoying & painful process

Will

Sean O'Sullivan wrote:
> It would help to know what version system software the person is 
> using; likely to be OSX, but could be OS 9?
> In OSX one route is to make sure you're not in an active programme, 
> then click on the 'File' menu, scroll down to 'Find', and enter the 
> relevant info such as name of document, or when it was created, or 
> various other choices. It will then show you where that document is 
> stored on the computer.
> I vaguely remember OS 9 having pretty much the same option too.
> Another option (if bang up to date with OSX 10.4) is to use the 
> Spotlight feature, on the extreme right on the menu bar. Typing even 
> just a string of words that were in the document will then bring it up 
> in a list.
>
> Of course, if your friend didn't even save the document once before 
> the power went off then there's not going to be a lot of hope!
>
>
> Sean O'Sullivan
> sean.frankwise at easynet.co.uk
> Deputy Headteacher
> Frank Wise School, Banbury
> http://www.frankwise.oxon.sch.uk
>
> http://www.parkroadict.co.uk
>
>
> On 7 Mar 2007, at 20:10, Linda Martin wrote:
>
>> Hi
>> Does anyone know of a way of retrieving files on an Apple Mac, a 
>> friend's machine powered off and now he is unable to retrieve some 
>> important work.
>> Linda
>>
>

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