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Apple Starts Logic Board Repair Program

Posted by pudge on from the put-down-your-stencils-and-back-away-from-the-wall dept.

QuantumSpritz writes "In response to issues with iBook logic boards flaking out, Apple has posted an FAQ detailing the problems and what to do if you're affected. iBooks purchased in the last 3 years are eligible, and you may be reimbursed if you've already had to pay for repairs."

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  1. Re:Figures ... by babbage · · Score: 5, Informative
    Does anyone know a way to find out your iBook serial number via ssh connection? :-)

    Try this:

    /usr/sbin/system_profiler --help

    A while back I did a run of that -- I forget what flags I used, something like system_profiler -detailLevel 1 -xml -- and saved it to a .plist file in my home directory for later reference (generating the report takes a while; grepping the report output is very fast). One of the keys I've got in my report file is serial_number, and the value given does match what I get if I go to the Apple Menu and click About This Mac....

    So, yeah, you can get this info via ssh using system_profiler. It's basically a CLI version of the GUI Apple System Profiler, so you can get acceess to any system data that the graphical ASP program can show.

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