“Management is focused on pleasing investors with beating quarterly results and not focusing on long-term strategy to provide exceptional experience for the gamers.”

Ironically, I would say that’s one of the biggest reasons why their quarterly results are so poor.

I have a few programs that will reach out to the internet when the user explicitly checks for updates. Feel free to rip apart my amateur projects: https://github.com/Jestzer

I edited my original post, see if what I wrote makes a bit more sense.

Gotcha, I’ll edit my reply accordingly then.

EDIT: I would report it to Apple as bug. Who knows if it’s part of iOS or an app- the only way you could tell is if you start uninstalling your apps.

Reminds me of some encounters I had when I used to play RuneScape.

“I don’t think I’ve ever knowingly lied”

And this is how you immediately tell everybody you’re a liar.

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Avoid the Apple silicone cases unless you’re getting a discount on them. Get a third-party case that supports MagSafe.

Hopefully it’s just a rumor.

Very interesting, thank you for the insight.

Fair enough, and that’s exactly what I would recommend for somebody who is in your position: avoid Steam.

I think the discontent from others comes from the vulnerabilities that come from using older Operation Systems online. If that’s the case, I agree with that point; things like Windows XP shouldn’t be used online anymore.

Your argument is that you want to run the software that was intended to run on the hardware. That’s a fair argument, but that also applies to Steam, since it is software too.

Those existed in 2012 MacBooks?

You’re most welcome.

Do you remember if FileVault was enabled? My understanding is that if it was, then the HDD’s contents will be encrypted and you’ll need either the Mac account’s password or FileVault recovery key to access the files. Without FileVault enabled, I’d imagine it’d be plug-n-play.

Make sure you follow a guide for getting the HDD out. There are comments on the guide, read them for helpful tips.

If the HDD seems to be dead (clicking noises, disk isn’t spinning, etc.) I’d highly recommend stopping whatever you’re doing in that moment and bring the HDD to data recovery specialists. They are not cheap, but for good reason. What they do is not easy and very resource-consuming even when all fails.

EDIT: typos.

I don’t know all the specifics about Macs, but I’ve done a little Googling and have replaced storage devices in PCs many times, so here’s my 2 cents:

• It seems like the HDD is just using SATA and is 2.5", so an enclosure for that would work, but I would NOT store things you care about on a 10 year old HDD with potential liquid damage. Just get a SATA to USB adapter to get what you need.

• If there are 2 HDDs, chances are only one of them has the personal data you care about on it.

• I don’t think it would be particularly difficult to open and remove the HDD, assuming you have appropriate tools.

• Linux may recognize the HDD. Otherwise, macOS will work.

EDIT: It sounds liku you may have the retina display version, which came with an NVMe m.2 SSD, which is not SATA.

… if you accept the quote, then yes, you’d pay $300. Otherwise, you can reject it and take home the un-repaired device.

No, at least, not in the USA.