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Edward Cook, on 30 October 2011 - 12:00 PM, said:
OK I will let you know. I talked to them on Thursday, and they said an engineer should get back to me within two business days. The senior advisor I spoke to gave me her direct phone number and email address. She logged into my computer using remote access and observed my screen so she could see the error messages I was getting from both the App Store and iCloud.
Someone on the Apple Discussion forums reports that he also has a Mac Pro with dead onboard ethernet, and when he called Apple about not being able to access iCloud/App Store, they told him to just get a PCI ethernet card and all would be well. But it's not. So he, too, is looking for some kind of software solution to this problem.
I called an Apple Authorized Service Provider about fixing my ethernet and they told me I would need a new motherboard, and frankly I'd be better off buying a new computer.
Building my own Hackintosh is looking more and more attractive at this point.
Oh and by the way, I can still log in and out of the iTunes store, and deauthorize/authorize my Mac Pro for iTunes. How weird is that?
Someone on the Apple Discussion forums reports that he also has a Mac Pro with dead onboard ethernet, and when he called Apple about not being able to access iCloud/App Store, they told him to just get a PCI ethernet card and all would be well. But it's not. So he, too, is looking for some kind of software solution to this problem.
I called an Apple Authorized Service Provider about fixing my ethernet and they told me I would need a new motherboard, and frankly I'd be better off buying a new computer.
Building my own Hackintosh is looking more and more attractive at this point.
Oh and by the way, I can still log in and out of the iTunes store, and deauthorize/authorize my Mac Pro for iTunes. How weird is that?
OK well after weeks of playing phone tag with an Apple support rep who obviously didn't care about my problem, I gave up. I eBayed my Mac Pro (with full disclosure about the dead ethernet, Lion problems, etc.) and have assembled my own Sandy Bridge Hackintosh. Works great and all is good.
