I just had my HDD die on me!

I replaced it with another Apple HDD and reloaded the OS (10.6). I inserted the application disk that came with my MacBook and it wont read. I borrowed my brothers application disk and it states that it cannot be loaded on this PC.
Are application disks unit specific?
Can I send in my disk? Or do I have to re-buy iLife?

Test while started in Recovery : if the problem persists, then it likely is a hardware issue.
Resetting the System Management Controller (SMC) probably won't change anything, but you can readily do it before contacting the repairers.

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Recently my iMac has been slow booting up. I checked all my volumes (including my iMacs internal HDD) over for errors and found a number of serious errors in Mybook 1. I was prepared to reformat this volume and start over with the Time Machine backups because this volume had corrupted before about a year ago. Anyway Disk Warrior got my MyBook working again for about a week. However I recall that it mentioned DW reporting that it had made 'Volume Wrapper repairs where necessary" or something similar.
Anyway the other day both volumes disappeared from my desktop. I fired up Disc Utility, then Disk Warrior but neither programme could see the MyBook Drive. Then my iMac refused to boot up. I got the 'white screen of death'. The MyBook began making a faint clicking noise about once every second or so. The only way to get my iMac to boot up was to disconnect my MyBook Premium HDD from the Firewire connection. I couldn't even boot from my Disk Warrior DVD unless the MyBook disconnected.
So I am thinking my My Book has died. and wondering whether there any way to recover it even though my iMac won't start up with it connected?
Anyway, next day I got the external HDD working again.
The iMac was off but I noticed that the MyBook was still spinning after several hours so I pulled the power cable out of the drive. The spinning stopped but for some reason the round blue display on the front remained lit up. In fact it only went out when I removed the Firewire cable from the MyBook leaving the iMac end in situ . The MyBook was quite warm but not hot.
I decided to leave it alone overnight and went away. Came home from work this evening. Pondering about the problem I turn off Time Machine in the System Preferences pane and wrote the above account.
An hour later I plugged the MyBook back in with the iMac running. Nothing happened but I didn't expect it too. So, on a hunch, I restarted my iMac. Lo, it fired up immediately. Not very very slowly or stuck at the grey screen. Both volumes appear on the desktop. The only difference is both have the yellow and white Firewire icon, presumably because I have turned off Time Machine.
So my hunch is that Time Machine has an issue - not necessarily with Snow Leopard.

I got it working again by removing and then replacing the cable firstly at the HDD end, without success and then at the Mac end. This time all booted up and both volumes appeared on the desk top.
The Hdd then spent over an hour transferring about 140 gigs (MyBook2) to my internal Hdd. No problems that I could discern. The external HDD spun down but a short while later it was spun up continuosly again. By way of an experiment I went to the Desktop and ejected both volumes. The external HDD spun down.
Now however I'm back to nothing on the desktop and a continuously spun-up External HDD.
I'm looking through the WD Support pages now with a view of interrogating them about this. Hopefully it is only a matter of updating the firmware as was mentioned earlier I think.
Thanks

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this is an answer I just gave to someone else.
i'm going to ask you to try something I just did to fix a maybe simular problem that worked..... but I don't know why yet........make sure your iPod in plugged into your computer (mine is a Mac) and iTunes is turned on. My iPod was also "dead" but had been plugged into my computer for a couple of hours (but not lit up in any way). Then (in desperation) I held down all the buttons, the on/off (on top right), the small Home botton at the bottom of the face, and the volume/pause buttons (left side). For whatever reasons my iPod came back to life in a needs restoring mode ....and asked me to restore it in the itunes like "new' iPod connected mode. Since I have a Mac I also had to give permission to do a download by entering my computer password. If you have to do the same have that password ready. Then it did a restore software download. Everything previously on the iPod was erased and had to be re-synced, but I was just thankful to get it up and restored again.
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Hallo Kieth ,
I am not quite ready to restore the full iphoto library , as I have days of work re - imputting titles,descriptions and enhancement . I hope that your suggestion works , as I use my Macbook basically to work with digital photography. Through time , I will need to delete my library to recover more disc space and I would hate to have to spend more time re - imputting titles and descriptions all over again .
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regards - Alan

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What was your old system?
What is your new System?
What version of Pages?
How did you install it?
I don't know if you can see what's on my screen, but I definitely can't see what's on yours.
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You can try resetting your iPhone by simultaneously pressing and holding the Home and Sleep/Wake buttons until you see the Apple Logo. This can take up to 15 seconds so be patient and don't release the buttons until the logo appears.
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Mac air 2010 model just had screen replaced but its dead, no display nothing. the thunderbolt port works fine, this is how I'm asking my question i.e.; on the mac air, if anyone can help get this new screen

hi
im a newby to this but i really need help fixing my macbook air a1369 2010 model display screen, i have replaced all new but its just dead a black screen with no power getting to it at all even the backlit led is dead so the inverter isnt getting power to it either. everything works perfectly through another monitor hoocked into the thunderbolt port, its just theres no power going into the built in display.
i would really appreciate some pointers as to whether theres any fuses that i could change or any pointers on getting the display to work at all. thank you for taking the time to read this and hope you can help a newby get back up & running.

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Just had an ipad and made a mistake on the password. Have now changed the password and everthing works great except facetime it will not accept the password. how can i change it please

Hi Just had an ipad for xmas and it worked great,but I wasn't sure of my password and guessed (should have waited till I got home), eventually I changed the password and left it over night.
Success I could now access my apple account, but could not gain access to the "Facetime", telling me to reset password or check internet connection all of which are working great. How can I get round this problem please.

Using FaceTime http://support.apple.com/kb/ht4319
Troubleshooting FaceTime http://support.apple.com/kb/TS3367
The Complete Guide to FaceTime + iMessage: Setup, Use, and Troubleshooting
http://tinyurl.com/a7odey8
Troubleshooting FaceTime and iMessage activation
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS4268
iOS: FaceTime is 'Unable to verify email because it is in use'
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS3510
Using FaceTime and iMessage behind a firewall
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4245
iOS: About Messages
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3529
Set up iMessage
http://www.apple.com/ca/ios/messages/
iOS 6 and OS X Mountain Lion: Link your phone number and Apple ID for use with FaceTime and iMessage
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5538
How to Set Up & Use iMessage on iPhone, iPad, & iPod touch with iOS
http://osxdaily.com/2011/10/18/set-up-imessage-on-iphone-ipad-ipod-touch-with-io s-5/
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http://tinyurl.com/k683gr4
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http://support.apple.com/kb/TS2755
Troubleshooting iMessage Issues: Some Useful Tips You Should Try
http://www.igeeksblog.com/troubleshooting-imessage-issues/
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FaceTime and iMessage not accepting Apple ID password
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Fix Can’t Sign Into FaceTime or iMessage iOS 7
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http://support.apple.com/kb/TS3970
Unable to use FaceTime and iMessage with my apple ID
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/4649373?tstart=90
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http://www.ehow.com/how_10033185_block-someone-facetime.html
My Facetime Doesn't Ring
https://discussions.apple.com/message/19087457
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 Cheers, Tom

I just had my HDD die on me!

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