tony de wonderful

I was carrying my MacBook when I got caught in some rain. It didn't seem to get all that wet, but I should have let it dry first before I turned it on. The result, I turned it on, it started to boot up and after about one second it died. I've had the back off and it drying for over a day now and it's still dead.

Any quick way to fix it?

It's over four years old now and seriously battered. If I got a new MacBook would the stuff on the HD be retrievable? There isn't much on there of real importance...I keep backed up external HD's for that...but I've got some stuff written on the post it app which will be a PITA to get elsewhere.

JackClark

Did you sync your notes with iCloud? Anyhow, there's a pretty high chance your data will be OK, best bet would be to whip out the drive and stick it in an enclosure. Repair could be logic board which on my 2010 model was £500 or £600, so not insignificant.

tony de wonderful

Yeh I think it's synced, but the stuff I need is on the - I'm not sure what it's called - the 'front page/screen' which has clock, various widgets, etc. you can put a post it note there and I keep all my usernames and numbers for online stuff.

JackClark

Ah! You're the person that uses widgets. You'll be happy to know they're still in Yo!

tony de wonderful

Yeah the 'dashboard' is what it's called and it doesn't sync over icloud unfortunately. I got a new 11" MacBook Air BTW. I'd be interested in finding out if the stuff I wrote on the post it widgit is recoverable?