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I get a call tonight telling me my computer is ready for pickup. I made sure to ask whether they’d tried to trigger the problem. They said they had.

I asked them what they’d replaced. He replied, “everything but the battery”.

So my computer is not yet the computer of Theseus, but when the battery goes, it will be.

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According to him the geniuses just “follow the manual” and that’s all they can do. And they don’t get proper training anymore, according to him. So he’s thrown his Genius Bar under the bus. But he’s also telling me I should be grateful that they’re basically “rebuilding [my] computer from scratch”. So that tells you what you need to know about how this guy treats customers.

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I got in touch with Apple Support yesterday to figure out why my computer still wasn’t ready. They told me they were waiting on replacement speakers to come in. SPEAKERS. Why did my computer need speakers? They didn’t know.

I went to the store today and had a conversation with a manager who was defensive, discourteous, and full of excuses.

He either did not know or would not say why my speakers needed to be replaced.

J'ai mis au propre mes aventures pour installer Linux Mint sur un Mac Book Air. boris.schapira.dev/notes/2025-

Je vais pouvoir m'en servir pour l'autre maintenant (MBA 13 pouces de 2017, plus mis à jour depuis juillet 2024… 😱).

[Edit : nickel, la migration s'est hyper bien passé, j'en ai profité pour ajouter des détails à l'article]

Boris Schapira · Linux Mint sur un Mac Book Air de 2012 · Boris SchapiraÀ la maison, nous avons un MacBook Air de 11 pouces, un modèle de 2012. Il a été utilisé par mon aîné pendant quelques années, principalement pour consulter son agenda en ligne. Mais voilà, Apple ne supporte plus les mises…
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J'y crois pas, tout marche. J'ai remis les fichiers. Tout démarre instantanément.

J'attends de voir si le nouveau système permet de le débrancher plus souvent (sur un autre ordi, on est passé de "impossible de débrancher" à 3h d'autonomie).

C'est magique.

I do love how @linuxmint has given my 2012 13" Macbook Air a second life. Sure, the battery is non-existent (need to plugged in), and the SSD is well past its TBW lifespan; it's still a lovely laptop to use.

If I have the time one day, maybe I'll refresh the SSD with an adapter + sata SSD and a new battery pack. Need to upgrade to LM 22 soon!

linuxmint-user-guide.readthedo

It's not my primary machine but I do enjoy LM quite a lot. :)

This week, I had my #MacBookAir's display and trackpad replaced. Unfortunately, the repair killed the Macbook's firmware. The boot process was in a loop telling me to reinstall the system but then wouldn't let me, which according to several online discussion forums is a rather common problem after display replacements on M2 MacBooks.

So now I do scary stuff with #DFUmode and #AppleConfigurator. 😬