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Seek · 6th June 2006

Hello. Looking for some ideas:

I own a refurbished Powermac G5 (dual 2.0ghz) that I bought in 04' from the online Apple store. This was my first and only Apple computer purchase.

The other day the computer just stopped working. I took it into the local Apple store who has diagnosed that the problem is a broken logic board (a.k.a. motherboard, part #661-2950). The cost for getting this replaced is $900.

At this point, I'm not sure if sticking with Mac is the right way forward.

Is there any PC software that will open and/or convert my Logic songs? Otherwise, I can probably borrow a friend's Mac to dump the songs to and extract the audio and midi files, but I'm not sure about the arrangement information.

Looking for some ideas as to how I can recover all the work we've done in Logic with minimized hassle, but without spending any more money on proprietary hardware.

Thank you.

6th June 2006	#1
Seek Gear Head Joined: Apr 2005 Location: Northern VA Posts: 31 Thread Starter	Mac with broken logic board has my Logic songs- What to do? Hello. Looking for some ideas: I own a refurbished Powermac G5 (dual 2.0ghz) that I bought in 04' from the online Apple store. This was my first and only Apple computer purchase. The other day the computer just stopped working. I took it into the local Apple store who has diagnosed that the problem is a broken logic board (a.k.a. motherboard, part #661-2950). The cost for getting this replaced is $900. At this point, I'm not sure if sticking with Mac is the right way forward. Is there any PC software that will open and/or convert my Logic songs? Otherwise, I can probably borrow a friend's Mac to dump the songs to and extract the audio and midi files, but I'm not sure about the arrangement information. Looking for some ideas as to how I can recover all the work we've done in Logic with minimized hassle, but without spending any more money on proprietary hardware. Thank you.