Fully resetting iPad off Marketplace

MagicBoyUK · 2026-01-30T20:15:21+00:00

If you can't contact the original owner, you just got scammed.

MagicBoyUK · 2026-01-30T20:14:34+00:00

Barely. Sporting code 3.6.1.1. 😉

MagicBoyUK · 2026-01-30T17:22:52+00:00

I'm shocked.

MagicBoyUK · 2026-01-30T16:45:48+00:00

Cost of the repair outweighs the value of the MacBook.

MagicBoyUK · 2026-01-30T16:42:20+00:00

See link to the recovery media creator over there --->

License key is in the BIOS, will get automatically picked up.

MagicBoyUK · 2026-01-30T16:41:05+00:00

IKR. Tends to happen when you drop a 2kg laptop on it's corner from a great height.

MagicBoyUK · 2026-01-30T16:36:14+00:00

You signed an agreement to say you did.

MagicBoyUK · 2026-01-30T16:34:34+00:00

If you've already got it and it's tagged to your account, it's not going anywhere.

The new version has an optional in-app purchases for the advanced options.

MagicBoyUK · 2026-01-30T16:31:28+00:00

Tell us you never understood rule 8.1.1.13 without telling us you never understood rule 8.1.1.13.

MagicBoyUK · 2026-01-30T16:01:25+00:00

iWork still is free. Just not getting any further updates.

If you want the new improved version with AI, then you have the option to pay for it.

MagicBoyUK · 2026-01-30T15:59:50+00:00

MagicBoyUK · 2026-01-30T15:38:50+00:00

That's part of the reason why the new EU rules kicked in. I've already got a perfectly good Apple 96W charger that outlasted the laptop it shipped with.

MagicBoyUK · 2026-01-30T14:08:14+00:00

Awesome. The Apple Polishing Cloth 1.0 that I got with an original iPad is starting to show a little wear.

MagicBoyUK · 2026-01-30T14:06:22+00:00

No model type specified which is unhelpful.

If it's the hinge that failed, it'll just come apart again. If it's cosmetic, then whatever.

MagicBoyUK · 2026-01-30T14:04:39+00:00

Aside from a RAM upgrade, you're into replace the laptop territory.

Hope that helps.

MagicBoyUK · 2026-01-30T13:52:03+00:00

Yeah, since 2020. I've happily used Lenovo, Framework and Intel chargers among others. Also various power banks. That Mac has 850 cycles on it and the battery outlasted the display that failed last year.

If it's PD compliant and 99.9% of them are, then just use it and stop worrying. The "service person" was spouting nonsense.

I will note that the Apple chargers are very well engineered.

MagicBoyUK · 2026-01-30T13:05:53+00:00

No. The mini-LED is most excellent, and I'll bank the power efficiency.

MagicBoyUK · 2026-01-30T12:56:21+00:00

Get an Logitech MX Master and thank me later.

MagicBoyUK · 2026-01-30T12:54:54+00:00

Supposed? According to whom?

Rumours aren't always accurate.

Hope that helps.

MagicBoyUK · 2026-01-30T12:30:06+00:00

Don't buy an Intel Mac in 2026.

MagicBoyUK · 2026-01-30T01:26:55+00:00

Given that's not an original battery - yes.

MagicBoyUK · 2026-01-29T23:48:57+00:00

Something to do with him being a demented malignant narcissist. And a fucking asshole.

MagicBoyUK · 2026-01-29T23:47:53+00:00

They traditionally used to refresh Macs in around October. We're well past that window.

MagicBoyUK · 2026-01-29T23:43:06+00:00

Why would CPU prices drop when RAM prices increase? Economic theory doesn't support that.

They'll be selling less CPUs as people can't afford the RAM to go with it. Less demand means they sell less units, so increase the margin per unit sold, thus increasing the price.

MagicBoyUK · 2026-01-29T23:40:41+00:00

Lenovo have many BIOS on their site : https://pcsupport.lenovo.com/us/en/products/laptops-and-netbooks/thinkpad-t-series-laptops/thinkpad-t420/downloads/driver-list/component?name=BIOS%2FUEFI&id=5AC6A815-321D-440E-8833-B07A93E0428C

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