The Apple Genius didn’t mention it although a thought was swimming around inside my head. Would my software would need to be re-activated or re-licensed with a new logic board installed?
Not many of my applications (that I’ve re-launched) have required me to re-enter my license key; none have complained about already being registered. However, other services are more strict.
My Carbonite backup required a “transfer” operation via their web site which didn’t work. It took four days to re-upload my User folder.
MobileMe was no longer syncing. No errors, just out of date; events added on iPhone didn’t show in iCal and vise-versa. I re-registered my MacBook Pro in MobileMe System Preferences, backed up iCal/Address Book, and re-synced. Fortunately, no data loss or duplicate items.
iTunes informed me the computer wasn’t recognized and needed to be re-authorized, taking one of my five precious slots. Further reading revealed these slots can be reset to zero once you reach 5, thus recovering wasted slots.
That’s the worst of it…so far.
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- Living in the cloud – day 1
- Living in the cloud – wrap-up
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- When to buy anything Apple
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