How to force an iPhone into restore mode

My iPhone 3G locked up on me recently. I mean it really locked up on me. The Sleep plus Home button reset trick (hold both for about 10 seconds) wouldn't work. The iPhone wouldn't get passed the initial Apple logo while booting. Plugging it into iTunes simply caused iTunes to freeze. There was nothing I could do. So after taking it to an Apple store and talking with a Genius there, I learned this trick for forcing the iPhone to go into restore mode. WARNING: This is a last restort! All the data on your iPhone will be cleared and it will be reset to factory defaults. Turn off the iPhone (you can hold down the Sleep button, or use Sleep + Home, and release as soon as the screen shuts off). Hold down the Home button while connecting to your computer with iTunes already open and ready for a connection. iTunes will prompt you to perform a software restore. Your iPhone will obviously be wiped new and be reset as a result and you...

published on Thursday, the 18. September 2008, macosxhints

Yahoo to compensate music store refugees

Yahoo will compensate customers of its Yahoo Music online store once the company shuts down its servers and prevents customers from renewing their copy protection licenses, the company says. The firm now says that anyone who purchased tracks in addition to their monthly subscriptions to Yahoo Music will be refunded "for whatever [was] paid" for th...

published on Saturday, the 26. July 2008, macintosh-news-network

VOD provider Akimbo shuts down

Internet video-on-demand provider Akimbo today has been confirmed by NewTeeVee as having shut its doors. The company says it has so far been unable to raise enough cash to remain profitable for its video delivery services and has decided to drop all but a bare minimum of staff while it seeks a mergers and acquisitions partner to buy up the company...

published on Saturday, the 24. May 2008, macintosh-news-network

Company claims to sell Mac clone for $399

A company called Psystar claims to be selling the OpenMac, a $399 Mac clone with Leopard preinstalled, at least they are until Apple Legal shuts them down.Read More...

published on Monday, the 14. April 2008, ars-technica

i-Mate shuts down main US business

i-Mate's office in Redmond, Washington has been almost completely dissolved, with the company laying off almost its entire workforce, while others left on their own volition. According to Engadget, the Dubai-based company ran into problems with US distribution of its Ultimate line of communication devices. This led to i-Mate laying off almost its e...

published on Saturday, the 1. March 2008, macintosh-news-network

DivX shuts down Stage6 video site

DivX on Monday said it would shut down Stage6, its web video hosting service. The decision was made to focus on the company's self-titled video format and encourage its use on other platforms, such as the PS3, Xbox 360, and alternative websites. The shutdown blocks new uploads as of today and will see a complete shutdown of the site by February 2...

published on Monday, the 25. February 2008, macintosh-news-network

'DVD Jon' Wipes Out iTunes DRM, Judge Shuts Down Wikileaks, Microsoft Embraces Open Source

Jon Lech Johansen was born to kill digital rights management technology. He started as a teen, adopting the handle DVD Jon. In addition to cracking open the technology used to encrypt DVDs, he's taken his hammer to Apple's FairPlay DRM. Recently, DVD Jon and partner Monique Farantzos founded DoubleTwist, a company that offers products designed to simplify the flow of media across devices and social networks.

published on Friday, the 22. February 2008, macnewsworld

ThinkSecret Shuts Down, Settles Apple Lawsuit

Apple rumor site, ThinkSecret, issued a statement today indicating that they would no longer be published due to terms of a confidential settlement.Apple and Think Secret have settled their lawsuit, reaching an agreement that results...

published on Wednesday, the 19. December 2007, macrumors

Leopard brings keyboard freezing issues

Apple's release of Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard appears to have brought with it an intermittent keyboard freezing issue plaguing some MacBook and MacBook Pro owners. Numeorus posts in Apple's own support forums for both notebooks detail an issue that essentially shuts down the keyboard at random intervals, and affected owners report having to restarting o...

published on Wednesday, the 21. November 2007, macintosh-news-network

Possible fixes for a MacBook Pro sudden shutdown issue

I have a six-month-old Macbook pro (2.16 GHz). It is by far, the best computer I have ever owned and used, but twice during this period, the battery has died on me ... sort of. It's the now-classic "charged battery laptop that shuts down when unplugged" syndrome. Sometimes this happens immediately after unplugging the machine from the wall, with a 100% battery charge. Sometimes it happens only when the battery reaches a specific charge level after being unplug. I have had both. When you reach this point, trying to restart the laptop on the battery immediately shuts down the computer after a fibble attempt at startup. You can't even go into single user mode. I have looked around the web for a solution to this, but nothing. Apple recommends resetting the power manager, and the PRAM. For me, these have not helped. I have run Applejack to remove all cache and repaired permissions ... nada. Some blogs state that the only solution is to have Apple replace the logic board or some ...

published on Tuesday, the 3. April 2007, macosxhints