Screen replacement duration in Dubai

Unfortunately my screen is damaged from a small fall, I am left with just half of my screen working. (M2 16 inch)


In the country I live in (an island) we have really bad service in general and the few authorized apple dealerships are telling me that the repair will take 4-6 weeks as they dont stock the parts.


This is incredibly difficult for me as Its vital to running my digital marketing agency.


A friend is suggesting that I give it to them as they are going on a business trip to Dubai, he will have exactly 6 days. My main concern is that this is a really short window for them to fix it?


Any idea how long it will take and if its possible to get them to prioritize the fix so its ready when for his flight back?


Grateful for any insight anyone can give me

Mac Pro (2023)

Posted on Jul 17, 2023 1:37 AM

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Jul 17, 2023 8:07 AM in response to Impetusdigital

if your built-in display is broken, you can still use one or several external displays on that Mac, and they are likely to be just fine even if the built-in display is wonky.


That might allow you to put off the repair, or arrange local part-ordering and wait for the parts to arrive, for minimal downtime and lower risk.


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if you business depends on ONE electronic device to be working properly, then your disaster plan is inadequate. You need backup copies of your data on locally-connected drives, AND you need an old computer (or a way to obtain a computer) that can be pressed into service when the main one is not working for ANY reason.


if you had a delivery's service and your only truck broke down, your competitors would laugh at you for not having an adequate disaster plan.

Jul 17, 2023 8:19 AM in response to Impetusdigital

"On the cloud" is great for sharing photos, but is not a viable backup solution for everything you have. The stuff is not under your control, and is subject to sloppy handling, arbitrary changes in policy, theft, accidental deletion, data loss [are they making frequent backups using best practices?], and bankruptcy of the company that holds it. It can easily take three days to restore it at ordinary Internet speeds.


If you do not have a recent local, disk-based backup, your computer is like a ticking Time bomb. You are only one disk failure, one crazy software, or one "oops" away from losing EVERYTHING! Drives do not last forever. It is not a question of IF it will fail, only WHEN it will fail. In addition, you never know when crazy software or Pilot Error throws away far more than you intended.


If you are using another direct-to-disk backup method that you prefer, and you currently have a recent disk-based backup, that is great. If not, you should consider using Built-in Time Machine. Take steps to acquire an external drive as soon as possible. If you buy one, a drive 2 to 3 times or larger than your boot drive is preferable for long term trouble-free operation. Do not pay extra for a drive that is fast.  (You can get by for a while with a "found" smaller drive if necessary, but it will eventually become annoying).


Attach your external drive and use

System preferences > Time machine ...


... to turn on Time Machine and specify what drive to store your Backups on.  It may ask to initialize the new drive, and that is as expected.


Time machine works quietly and automatically in the background, without interrupting your regular work, and only saves the incremental changes (after the first full backup). Time machine backs up every connected drive that is in a Mac compatible format. it can not back up Windows format drives.


Time Machine's "claim to fame" is that it is the backup that gets done, because it does not ruin performance of the rest of the computer while doing its backup operations. You do not have to set aside a "Special Time" when you only do backups. When you need it, your Time machine Backup is much more likely to be there.


How to use Time Machine to Backup or Restore your Mac:

Back up your Mac with Time Machine - Apple Support



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