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Seucrity considerations prior to hardware service
I, personally, am ultra-paranoid about all of my information stored in my peripheral brain that is my laptop and don't let anyone have access. If I am sure that i am dealing with a hardware problem my solution is to swap out my harddrive with one with only the basic Mac OS X installed with it set for automatic login ( I use an old 4Gig). This serves two purposes: one is that it helps be determine if I am dealing with a Software or hardware problem and two, my peripheral brain isn't open to prying eyes while it is being serviced. I also agree with the importance of regularly scheduled automatic backups as suggested in multiple hints here at macosxhints.com.
Seucrity considerations prior to hardware service
In theory, if you submit a computer for repair with a major module such as the hard drive replaced by a third party component, then you're out of warranty coverage and the repair facility doesn't have to cover the repair. Enforcement of this may be spotty, but it's worth being aware of. |
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