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On 04/07/2024 09:41, Snit wrote:

On Jul 4, 2024 at 1:20:18 AM MST, "David Brooks" wrote <[email protected]>:

hoakley July 4, 2024
Apple’s longevity by design
That article refers to one of Apple's own documents.

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“Designing the best, longest-lasting products in the world requires
striking a balance between durability and repairability, while providing
ongoing software updates — and we’re constantly looking for new and
innovative ways to accomplish that mission.”

John Ternus, Senior Vice President of Hardware Engineering

Read on, here:-

https://support.apple.com/content/dam/edam/applecare/images/en_US/otherassets/programs/Longevity_by_Design.pdf

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I have, here on my desk, a 24 inch iMac running Linux Mint.
The hardware was manufactured in 2006 and it works just fine!

If the hard drive ever dies be happy Gremlin can solder a fix for it. :)

Ha! 🙂

What Terminal command can I use to determine the size of the current
hard drive?

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On 04/07/2024 09:53, David Brooks wrote:

On 04/07/2024 09:41, Snit wrote:

On Jul 4, 2024 at 1:20:18 AM MST, "David Brooks" wrote
<[email protected]>:

hoakley July 4, 2024
Apple’s longevity by design
That article refers to one of Apple's own documents.

=

“Designing the best, longest-lasting products in the world requires
striking a balance between durability and repairability, while providing >>> ongoing software updates — and we’re constantly looking for new and
innovative ways to accomplish that mission.”

John Ternus, Senior Vice President of Hardware Engineering

Read on, here:-

https://support.apple.com/content/dam/edam/applecare/images/en_US/otherassets/programs/Longevity_by_Design.pdf

=

I have, here on my desk, a 24 inch iMac running Linux Mint.
The hardware was manufactured in 2006 and it works just fine!

If the hard drive ever dies be happy Gremlin can solder a fix for it. :)

Ha! 🙂

What Terminal command can I use to determine the size of the current
hard drive?

I tried ..... system_profiler SPHardwareDataType

And was told "Command not found"!

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On 04/07/2024 11:36, FromTheRafters wrote:

After serious thinking Snit wrote :

On Jul 4, 2024 at 1:20:18 AM MST, "David Brooks" wrote
<[email protected]>:

hoakley July 4, 2024
Apple’s longevity by design
That article refers to one of Apple's own documents.

=

“Designing the best, longest-lasting products in the world requires
striking a balance between durability and repairability, while providing >>> ongoing software updates — and we’re constantly looking for new and
innovative ways to accomplish that mission.”

John Ternus, Senior Vice President of Hardware Engineering

Read on, here:-

https://support.apple.com/content/dam/edam/applecare/images/en_US/otherassets/programs/Longevity_by_Design.pdf

=

I have, here on my desk, a 24 inch iMac running Linux Mint.
The hardware was manufactured in 2006 and it works just fine!

If the hard drive ever dies be happy Gremlin can solder a fix for it. :)

Maybe your engraver is just too small for the metal joining task.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friction_stir_welding

Thanks for the education! 🙂 That is something new to me.

I suspect they are using such equipment to build this:-

https://formationplastics.co.uk/our-biggest-project-yet/

--
David
My vote cast!

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On 04/07/2024 20:09, Snit wrote:

On Jul 4, 2024 at 1:53:22 AM MST, "David Brooks" wrote <[email protected]>:

On 04/07/2024 09:41, Snit wrote:

On Jul 4, 2024 at 1:20:18 AM MST, "David Brooks" wrote
<[email protected]>:

hoakley July 4, 2024
Apple’s longevity by design
That article refers to one of Apple's own documents.

=

“Designing the best, longest-lasting products in the world requires
striking a balance between durability and repairability, while providing >>>> ongoing software updates — and we’re constantly looking for new and >>>> innovative ways to accomplish that mission.”

John Ternus, Senior Vice President of Hardware Engineering

Read on, here:-

https://support.apple.com/content/dam/edam/applecare/images/en_US/otherassets/programs/Longevity_by_Design.pdf

=

I have, here on my desk, a 24 inch iMac running Linux Mint.
The hardware was manufactured in 2006 and it works just fine!

If the hard drive ever dies be happy Gremlin can solder a fix for it. :)

Ha! 🙂

What Terminal command can I use to determine the size of the current
hard drive?

This should work:

df -h

Thank you! That shows a number of figures - I'm guessing it's a nominal
500GB drive

You can also try this:

diskutil info -all

Did you mean dskutil?

You can scroll up and down on that, or get one page at a time with this:

diskutil info -all | more

Both will give you more than you asked for.

Thanks for helping!

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On 04/07/2024 21:16, Snit wrote:

On Jul 4, 2024 at 12:58:52 PM MST, "David Brooks" wrote <[email protected]>:

If the hard drive ever dies be happy Gremlin can solder a fix for it. :) >>>>

Ha! 🙂

What Terminal command can I use to determine the size of the current
hard drive?

This should work:

df -h

Thank you! That shows a number of figures - I'm guessing it's a nominal
500GB drive

You are welcome.

You can also try this:

diskutil info -all

Did you mean dskutil?

No. Works just as written.

I've sent you the result of my Terminal instruction by email.
Something isn't quite right! :-(

You may post that image here if you wish.

You can scroll up and down on that, or get one page at a time with this: >>>
diskutil info -all | more

Both will give you more than you asked for.

Thanks for helping!

My pleasure.

You're a good man, Snit! 😀

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On 05/07/2024 02:39, Snit wrote:

On Jul 4, 2024 at 2:50:11 PM MST, "David Brooks" wrote <[email protected]>:

On 04/07/2024 21:16, Snit wrote:

On Jul 4, 2024 at 12:58:52 PM MST, "David Brooks" wrote
<[email protected]>:

If the hard drive ever dies be happy Gremlin can solder a fix for it. :)

Ha! 🙂

What Terminal command can I use to determine the size of the current >>>>>> hard drive?

This should work:

df -h

Thank you! That shows a number of figures - I'm guessing it's a nominal >>>> 500GB drive

You are welcome.

You can also try this:

diskutil info -all

Did you mean dskutil?

No. Works just as written.

I've sent you the result of my Terminal instruction by email.
Something isn't quite right! :-(

You may post that image here if you wish.

Ah, I did not know this was your Linux machine. Try:

df -H

Let me know if that works for you please. I do not have Linux available easily
right now.

Yes - that gives me detail ogf the hard drive.

Thank you! :-D

You can scroll up and down on that, or get one page at a time with this: >>>>>
diskutil info -all | more

Both will give you more than you asked for.

Thanks for helping!

My pleasure.

You're a good man, Snit! 😀

As are you.

Indeed! 😀

I'm going to re-read here:- https://ubuntu.com/tutorials/command-line-for-beginners#2-a-brief-history-lesson

I wanted to know how to find my Apple Serial Number using Terminal (on
my old Mac running Linux Mint)

I've still not done that! :-(

Maybe next time it rains!

--
David

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On 05/07/2024 08:22, Snit wrote:

On Jul 4, 2024 at 11:55:15 PM MST, "David Brooks" wrote <[email protected]>:

On 05/07/2024 02:39, Snit wrote:

On Jul 4, 2024 at 2:50:11 PM MST, "David Brooks" wrote
<[email protected]>:

On 04/07/2024 21:16, Snit wrote:

On Jul 4, 2024 at 12:58:52 PM MST, "David Brooks" wrote
<[email protected]>:

If the hard drive ever dies be happy Gremlin can solder a fix for it. :)

Ha! 🙂

What Terminal command can I use to determine the size of the current >>>>>>>> hard drive?

This should work:

df -h

Thank you! That shows a number of figures - I'm guessing it's a nominal >>>>>> 500GB drive

You are welcome.

You can also try this:

diskutil info -all

Did you mean dskutil?

No. Works just as written.

I've sent you the result of my Terminal instruction by email.
Something isn't quite right! :-(

You may post that image here if you wish.

Ah, I did not know this was your Linux machine. Try:

df -H

Let me know if that works for you please. I do not have Linux available easily
right now.

Yes - that gives me detail ogf the hard drive.

Thank you! :-D

Happy it helped.

:-D

You can scroll up and down on that, or get one page at a time with this:

diskutil info -all | more

Both will give you more than you asked for.

Thanks for helping!

My pleasure.

You're a good man, Snit! 😀

As are you.

Indeed! 😀

I'm going to re-read here:-
https://ubuntu.com/tutorials/command-line-for-beginners#2-a-brief-history-lesson

I wanted to know how to find my Apple Serial Number using Terminal (on
my old Mac running Linux Mint)

I've still not done that! :-(

Maybe next time it rains!

I found this:

sudo dmidecode -t system | grep Serial

Yay! 😅 *That worked*!

I then used THIS facility to identify my iMac: https://support.apple.com/en-asia/108054#:

iMac (24-inch, Mid 2007)
Purchase Date: March 2008
Serial Number: ******DNX89

I purchased this item from eBay when my similar 2009 iMac crashed and
burned. I still have many spare parts if/when required!

And this:

ioreg -l | grep IOPlatformSerialNumber

This did NOT work - 'command not found'

I have not used either.

Understood.

Many thanks once more, Snit! 🙂

--
David

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On 05/07/2024 02:39, Snit wrote:

<snip>

Let me know if that works for you please. I do not have Linux available easily
right now.

I always have access to a Live USB Linux, (on my general keyring) as you
never know when such things come in handy, even on an Intel Mac.

Managing partitions, checking / fixing filesystems, accessing date from
an otherwise un-bootable PC.

Cheers, T i m

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On 06/07/2024 08:40, Snit wrote:

<snip>

I used to have Puppy Linux at the ready for a lot of that.

Whilst I have tried / used that several times in the past, I've found it
a bit too 'weird' as a proper tool.

A bit like Chrome OS after Win/Lin/Mac etc.

I mean, Chrome OS is probably ok, but maybe only if it fits with a very
small sub-set of what you might be used to.

Cheers, T i m

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