{"id":2063,"date":"2018-04-17T13:59:14","date_gmt":"2018-04-17T20:59:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sdfcpug.com\/fcpwp\/?p=2063"},"modified":"2018-08-01T11:22:14","modified_gmt":"2018-08-01T18:22:14","slug":"apple-refused-to-fix-imac-pro-no-parts-or-repair-manuals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sdfcpug.com\/fcpwp\/2018\/04\/apple-refused-to-fix-imac-pro-no-parts-or-repair-manuals\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple REFUSED to Fix  iMac Pro &#8211; NO PARTS or Repair Manuals UPDATE: 4-18-2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"epyt-video-wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  id=\"_ytid_70796\"  width=\"696\" height=\"392\"  data-origwidth=\"696\" data-origheight=\"392\"  data-relstop=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9-NU7yOSElE?enablejsapi=1&autoplay=0&cc_load_policy=0&cc_lang_pref=&iv_load_policy=1&loop=0&rel=0&fs=1&playsinline=0&autohide=2&theme=dark&color=red&controls=1&disablekb=0&\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__  no-lazyload\" title=\"YouTube player\"  allow=\"fullscreen; accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=\"\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<h4>It looks like no MacPro until 2019 is not the only problem we are going to have with Apple.\u00a0 If they do this to someone with 5.6 million viewers on Youtube can you imagine what they will do to you.<\/h4>\n<h4>Apple needs to get in touch with their users.\u00a0 Apple computer are expensive and they are not worth it.\u00a0 Time to reconsider the entire platform.<\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>UPDATE: 4\/18\/2018<\/p>\n<div class=\"comment-renderer-text\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"article\">\n<div class=\"comment-renderer-text-content expanded\">Are you kidding me. Apple better get their act together.<\/div>\n<div class=\"comment-renderer-text-content expanded\">Let the class action lawsuits begin.<\/div>\n<h4 class=\"comment-renderer-text-content expanded\">FTC Staff Warns Companies that It Is Illegal to Condition Warranty Coverage on the Use of Specified Parts or Service<\/h4>\n<div class=\"comment-renderer-text-content expanded\"><a class=\"yt-uix-sessionlink \" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/redirect?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ftc.gov%2Fnews-events%2Fpress-releases%2F2018%2F04%2Fftc-staff-warns-companies-it-illegal-condition-warranty-coverage&amp;event=comments&amp;redir_token=wX8kPs_FGnKj5nwXjlecrYYM0gh8MTUyNDE2NjgwM0AxNTI0MDgwNDAz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" data-url=\"\/redirect?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ftc.gov%2Fnews-events%2Fpress-releases%2F2018%2F04%2Fftc-staff-warns-companies-it-illegal-condition-warranty-coverage&amp;event=comments&amp;redir_token=wX8kPs_FGnKj5nwXjlecrYYM0gh8MTUyNDE2NjgwM0AxNTI0MDgwNDAz\" data-target-new-window=\"True\" data-sessionlink=\"itct=CMUBELZ1IhMI28jJ-MnE2gIVBrp-Ch0OQg9Z\">https:\/\/www.ftc.gov\/news-events\/press-releases\/2018\/04\/ftc-staff-warns-companies-it-illegal-condition-warranty-coverage<\/a><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Apple slowed down the operating system of older phones.<\/div>\n<div class=\"comment-renderer-text-content expanded\">Apple will not fix it for money.<\/div>\n<div class=\"comment-renderer-text-content expanded\">Apple will not sell you the individual part you need if you want to fix it yourself.<\/div>\n<div class=\"comment-renderer-text-content expanded\">Apple forbids people who they sell parts to from reselling the needed part to you.<\/div>\n<div class=\"comment-renderer-text-content expanded\">Apple forbids fixing broken parts or refurbishing them to reuse.<\/div>\n<div class=\"comment-renderer-text-content expanded\">Apple has blocked replacement parts from working with later OS\/firmware updates.<\/div>\n<div class=\"comment-text-toggle\">\n<div class=\"comment-text-toggle-link show-less\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4>Jim Daugherty<\/h4>\n<p>SDFCPUG &#8211; Editor<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It looks like no MacPro until 2019 is not the only problem we are going to have with Apple.\u00a0 If they do this to someone with 5.6 million viewers on Youtube can you imagine what they will do to you. Apple needs to get in touch with their users.\u00a0 Apple computer are expensive and they [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2064,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[19,10],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-2063","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-humor","8":"category-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sdfcpug.com\/fcpwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2063","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sdfcpug.com\/fcpwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sdfcpug.com\/fcpwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sdfcpug.com\/fcpwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sdfcpug.com\/fcpwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2063"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.sdfcpug.com\/fcpwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2063\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sdfcpug.com\/fcpwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2064"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sdfcpug.com\/fcpwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2063"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sdfcpug.com\/fcpwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2063"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sdfcpug.com\/fcpwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2063"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}