Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: David Newsgroups: uk.comp.sys.mac Subject: Ping: Apd Date: Wed, 26 Feb 2025 22:44:10 +0000 Lines: 75 Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: individual.net pNqYUBKUryZL36Ti9B8PzAqPN6MRVBgXDd7A6CKnTGDaF1WJbA Cancel-Lock: sha1:hE4h7z2/AXqOfIflJnxLNRtwt0w= sha256:X4ut4CTbLa31NJ09nrdEILtVBu1RWjZdkySI5m9Cfnk= User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Content-Language: en-GB In-Reply-To: Xref: csiph.com uk.comp.sys.mac:180518 *Why didn't you respond to this post of mine*? = Apple has total control over my Apple devices if fired by Apple software. Does Apple still have access to my old 24 inch iMac which is running Linux Mint? It seems that it might!!! This is what Chat GPT helped me to find:- david@david-iMac:~$ sudo efibootmgr [sudo] password for david: BootCurrent: 0000 Timeout: 5 seconds BootOrder: 0000,0001,0080 Boot0000* Ubuntu HD(1,GPT,eecbee81-1d74-414b-9764-2f0e5f291cfc,0x800,0x80000)/File(\EFI\ubuntu\shimx64.efi) Boot0001* MX Linux HD(1,GPT,eecbee81-1d74-414b-9764-2f0e5f291cfc,0x800,0x80000)/File(\EFI\MX\grubx64.efi) Boot0080* Mac OS X PciRoot(0x0)/Pci(0x1f,0x2)/Sata(0,0,0)/HD(2,GPT,91ee5c37-7d10-4bc0-ae45-429938a266c1,0x64028,0x3a2e1fe0) Boot0081* Mac OS X PciRoot(0x0)/Pci(0x1f,0x2)/Sata(0,0,0)/HD(2,GPT,1a03b12d-4501-4d31-9577-92ea1e134d85,0x64028,0x3a1ec0c0) BootFFFF* PciRoot(0x0)/Pci(0x1d,0x0)/USB(0,0)/HD(2,0,00000000000000000000000000000000,0x21c4,0x2800)/File(\EFI\BOOT\BOOTX64.efi) = david@david-iMac:~$ dpkg -l | grep -i apple ii cinnamon-control-center-data 6.4.1+xia all configuration applets for Cinnamon - data files ii gir1.2-matepanelapplet-4.0:amd64 1.27.1-2build3 amd64 GObject introspection data for MATE panel ii gkbd-capplet 3.28.1-1build3 amd64 GNOME control center tools for libgnomekbd ii libayatana-indicator3-7:amd64 0.9.4-1build1 amd64 panel indicator applet - shared library (GTK-3+ variant) ii libetonyek-0.1-1:amd64 0.1.10-5build1 amd64 library for reading and converting Apple Keynote presentations ii libimobiledevice-utils 1.3.0-8.1build3 amd64 Utitilies for communicating with iPhone and other Apple devices ii libimobiledevice6:amd64 1.3.0-8.1build3 amd64 Library for communicating with iPhone and other Apple devices ii libmate-panel-applet-4-1:amd64 1.27.1-2build3 amd64 library for MATE Panel applets ii libplist-2.0-4:amd64 2.3.0-1~exp2build2 amd64 Library for handling Apple binary and XML property lists ii nvidia-prime-applet 1.4.4 all An applet for NVIDIA Prime = david@david-iMac:~$ sudo fdisk -l Disk /dev/sda: 465.76 GiB, 500107862016 bytes, 976773168 sectors Disk model: CT500MX500SSD1 Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes Disklabel type: gpt Disk identifier: 75DF666E-BCDD-44B3-9D7D-D8B4362B7C30 Device Start End Sectors Size Type /dev/sda1 2048 526335 524288 256M EFI System /dev/sda2 526336 488648703 488122368 232.8G Linux filesystem /dev/sda3 488648704 976771071 488122368 232.8G Linux filesystem david@david-iMac:~$ = Looks like I've got a bit of work to do to clean up the old iMac! ;-) -- David