Re: Fun with Applecare
You know, you’re not the only ones I’ve heard who have had problems with this update. And since you’re pretty screwed with not having a mouse… hmm, there’s always single user mode (I think it’s Command-S when booting) that will allow you to do UNIX type stuff, but I don’t know if you can bring up the networking stuff in single user mode.
Might wanna check that mode out.. I dunno. 🙂

Re: Fun with Applecare
Tried it – wouldn’t recognize the mouse.
AppleCare’s verdict was that the master boot record is irretrievably screwed, and the only solution is to grab what data he can from the drive and then scrag it and reinstall.
Of course, getting the data off is a trick. A Firewire connection directly to a PC didn’t work. A USB hard drive (a Terrapin Mine) wasn’t recognized, either. The last-ditch effort tomorrow is going to be getting together with a friend who has an iBook and doing a direct connection to see if that will work.

Re: Fun with Applecare
How about plugging in a USB mouse?

Re: Fun with Applecare
You can use Tab to move through the alphabet between highlit icons and Shift-Tab to move backwards.

Fun with Applecare
I went through and talked with Applecare about the situation, ran the repair disk for 10.2 and for 9.1 and looks like there is a problem with the boot record. Also there is a problem with the syblink(IIRC). Their solution was get things off the computer that I need and then scrag the disk and reinstall everything.
Your solution sounds like a possibility but I am hardly a heavy mac user so I have no idea how to get around without the use of a mouse. What’s your suggestion? Thanks