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Today, I must share with you a blunder I made on the technological side and the solution I generated for it. As you read, you’ll understand the title.
First, you will need a little background information. Our household has recently acquired a brand new 27″ iMac. It was supposed to be for my hubby to mount on the wall in his computer area but it is in my office. I must say I really like my new toy. Toy? I mean tool. Yah, that’s it.
As much as I like it, I have to admit there is a minor design oversight in the iMac. They placed the SD memory card reader next to the DVD drive. This may not seem like an issue but it is if you aren’t paying attention or are tired.
To be blunt, I accidentally put the SD card in the DVD drive. Looking online for solutions, I found out I wasn’t the only one who had a brain fart. Unfortunately, I didn’t find a workable solution. Some tried to send in their computer or take it to a service station to get the card removed. The danger in that is you have succeeded in invalidating your warranty as it counts against normal usage. There is also no guarantee they will get it out either.
So what do you do? I tried a variety of things to fish it out but I had to be cautious on my selections so I wouldn’t damage the DVD drive. In the end, I found a use for those annoying inserts in a magazine. The stiff paper was the perfect solution for a device rigid enough to fish out the card but soft enough to not damage the drive. See photos below.
How do you do it? Well, you are going fishing. The answer is to simply change the stiff paper into a fishing hook of sorts. I have included a photo of my finished “tool” so you can find out a potential solution should you make this same warranty-busting blunder.
Hopefully, you will never need to use this advice. If you do though, be nice to your iMac and yourself. In any case, learn from your mistake and don’t repeat it again. Or in the case like mine, get more rest after having a baby.
Live well and make it a great day,
Anah
