{"id":18698,"date":"2019-11-22T17:27:09","date_gmt":"2019-11-22T21:27:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theeldestgeek.com\/?p=18698"},"modified":"2020-03-20T17:27:56","modified_gmt":"2020-03-20T21:27:56","slug":"data-recovery-on-touchbars-win10-ver-1909-membership-club-and-adoption-corner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theeldestgeek.com\/data-recovery-on-touchbars-win10-ver-1909-membership-club-and-adoption-corner\/","title":{"rendered":"Data recovery on Touchbars. Win10 ver 1909! membership club? and adoption corner"},"content":{"rendered":"

TOUCHBAR Data Recovery! its possible! but NOT on 2018+!!<\/strong>
\nHave been saving some folks bacon when their Touchbar (2016-2017) Macbook pro fails – but the data is important.
\nWE CAN RECOVER IT!!<\/strong>
\nThis is due to an apple device – which most Apple stores don’t have and most geniuses don’t know about!
\nHere it is in action:<\/p>\n

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We removed the Macbook pro 15 touchbar motherboard (its on the right) and attached our MAC MACHINE!
\nIt uses the lifeboat connector that logically detaches the hard drive chips (the 4 chips at bottom of image) from the rest of the mac (which is dead)
\nand presents them as a drive to any mac attached to the box!
\nThen – we can clone the drive to an external and migrate the data to a new Mac!
\nWe paid a lot for this unit – but every time we use it – we save a customer who otherwise would lose everything
\nas the SSD is NOT removable.
\nWe purchased it in 2016 and have it used it quite a few times – but alas in 2018 the device is rendered unusable –
\ndue to Apple’s incorporation of the T2 chip. They removed the lifeboat connector (where we attach to the mac logic
\nboard) – but in fact it would not matter if they had left it as the T2 encrypts the hard drive, and if the T2 chip (and thus
\nthe logic board) is non-functional, whether we could access the SSD chips or not they would be unreadable!
\nWhat does Apple say to owners of a 2018 or later Mac that has been damaged by liquid spill? Well – why didnt
\nyou back it up? Seriously.
\nNow if I had realized in 2016 that this device would have been only useful for 2016 and 2017 macs? Heck, I would
\nstill have acquired it!<\/p>\n

WINDOWS 10 ver 1909 is out what is it?<\/strong>
\nWindows 10 just updated (Nov 12!) to version 1909 – which is presented as a user-selectable upgrade.
\nWhat is it? and do you want it? This is an odd update – which takes very little time to download and install.
\nBut – what it does it it turns ON a bunch of features that actually you got in the prior version (1903) – but which
\nare INACTIVE in this version!
\nWhat are they? well its a pretty long list:
\nhttps:\/\/docs.microsoft.com\/en-us\/windows\/whats-new\/whats-new-windows-10-version-1909
\nTake a look for yourself. Few are things you will notice currently, but as I note, you are only turning
\non features you downloaded in the last update!<\/p>\n

ODD DEVICES WE HAVE FIXED!<\/strong>
\nWe are – as you know – a computer store – but we do component level repair and this means we
\ncan fix non-computer devices – if warranted. It takes a good bit of research (and the information
\nis not always available) but we have repaired Car Computers, Bakery Machines, Keycard access system Control panels
\nall of which are VERY expensive to replace – or for which parts are unobtainable!
\nWe will take a look at anything you need fixed – let me know!<\/p>\n

Wish there was a TopTech Membership club? Let me know!<\/strong><\/p>\n

I have been asked twice in a week if we have a CLUB or Membership where you can join up and
\nget priority service and other benefits for a yearly rate. I had never thought of it, but please give me
\nsome feedback! We would love the support (no kidding), and could offer a free onsite visit, and priority in-store
\nservice for those interested. If I get enough folks thinking this might be a good idea I will do it! What would a good
\nprice be? and what would YOU all like to have a TopTech membership cover?<\/p>\n

THE ELDEST GEEK GOLD & SILVER<\/strong>
\nAmong the many things we did in the Mt Vernon Antique Center was get involved in buying & selling
\nantiques (a bit) and gold and silver (QUITE a bit!) I’m an official Precious Metals Dealer – and I can
\nassess and help you find homes for any unwanted items of this kind! Give me a call and I’ll be
\ndelighted to answer any questions. I give quite a bit more than pawn shops or jewelers! Email me
\nat cdb@theeldestgeek.com!<\/p>\n

ADOPTION CORNER<\/strong><\/p>\n

I have a nice Canon T5 camera – and a Fuji X100S for sale. Come have a peek at them!
\nAlso have a Sony E6500 that I’m selling for $1000 \ud83d\ude42
\nAND a full frame Sony A7iiR one! come have a look!
\nHave a new Gear Sport in its box.<\/p>\n

And from our website? our Official List – all with 6 month warranty, and prices are negotiable \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

DESCRIPTION BRAND PRICE<\/strong>
\nMacbook Pro 2012, i7, 16gb RAM Apple 750
\nMacbook Pro 2017, 13in TB i5 2.3ghz,8gb RAM Apple 1200
\nMacbook Pro 2014 13in retina. 3ghz i7 16gb 256gb MAX! Apple 750
\nMacbook Pro 2017 13in TB 16gb 3.5g i7 512gb MAX! Apple SOLD
\nMacbook pro 2018 15in **i9** 32gb of ram!!YES an i-NINE not i7!!
\nSTILL UNDER APPLECARE PLUS till 2021. WILL TRANSFER OWNERSHIP! Apple MAYBE SOLD
\nMacbook Pro 2016 PreTouch, i5, 16gb RAM Apple SOLD
\nImac 21\u201d mid 2011, i5, 2.5ghz, 4gb RAM, 1tb HDD Apple 400
\nImac 27\u201d late 2015 5k, i5, 3.2ghz, 16gb RAM, 512 SSD Apple 1200
\nAsus GL703V – \/2.8GHz Intel Core i7 Asus 750
\nHP EliteBook 8540p – i5-520M 2.4GHz HP 100
\nHP g62-340US – AMD Athlon II Dual-Core (2.20 GHz) HP 150
\nHP Elitebook 840 G3 I7-6600 2.6ghz, 8gb RAM HP 350
\nHP Envy TouchScreen 15, i7-4700mq, 2.4ghz, 8gb RAM HP 350
\nHP ProBook 640 G1, i5-4200m, 2.5ghz, 4gb RAM HP 150
\nLenovo Thinkpad Edge E535, 4gb RAM, AMD a8 Lenovo 150
\nMicrosoft Surface Pro 3, 64gb, i3 cpu Microsoft 300<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

TOUCHBAR Data Recovery! its possible! but NOT on 2018+!! Have been saving some folks bacon when their Touchbar (2016-2017) Macbook pro fails – but the data is important. WE CAN RECOVER IT!! This is due to an apple device – which most Apple stores don’t have and most geniuses don’t know about! Here it is … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18698","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theeldestgeek.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18698"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theeldestgeek.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theeldestgeek.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theeldestgeek.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theeldestgeek.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18698"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.theeldestgeek.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18698\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18713,"href":"https:\/\/www.theeldestgeek.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18698\/revisions\/18713"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theeldestgeek.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18698"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theeldestgeek.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18698"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theeldestgeek.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18698"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}