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Initech

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2. My brother has some Genius Bar horror stories.

Reply to shanti (Original post)

Mon Jul 8, 2013, 02:18 PM

Jul 2013

Well his hard drive got corrupted and they tried to make him pay something like $150 to fix it, and my brother wasn't going to take that at all. At one point during the argument, the "Genius" was like "Hey man I'm like a doctor, you don't know what it's like." Of course my brother is an actual medical resident and works at a hospital - he was, to put it lightly, way less than amused by the comment coming from the "Genius". I think I would take the system to an independent tech before the Apple Store.

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Taking your Mac to the Genius Bar [View all] shanti Jul 2013 OP

Make sure your machine is 100% backed up before you take it in. onehandle Jul 2013 #1

Thanks shanti Jul 2013 #3

My brother has some Genius Bar horror stories. Initech Jul 2013 #2

For now shanti Jul 2013 #5

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Thanks stinky shanti Jul 2013 #6

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Remove the battery and run off the power cord. Bozita Jul 2013 #8