New Macbook Air

The 13 inch model does have an SD card http//www.apple.com/uk/macbookair/features.html#connectivity but sadly the 11 inch version doesnt.

So it does! I didn't notice that during the 'show' today. I stand corrected.

Hi All, I posted a blog a few weeks ago about the challenges of imaging macbook airs. the latest blog post discusses how FTKs OSX command line tool can be used in conjunction to a OSX bootable USB hard drive to boot the Macbook Air and write your image to the same USB hard drive. This method should also work on the new macbook airs despite not having hard drives. The SD cards can be dealt with separately since they can be easily removed and imaged externally.

Here is a link to my blog with the article!
http//davnads.blogspot.com/

Hi All, I posted a blog a few weeks ago about the challenges of imaging macbook airs. the latest blog post discusses how FTKs OSX command line tool can be used in conjunction to a OSX bootable USB hard drive to boot the Macbook Air and write your image to the same USB hard drive. This method should also work on the new macbook airs despite not having hard drives. The SD cards can be dealt with separately since they can be easily removed and imaged externally.

Here is a link to my blog with the article!
http//davnads.blogspot.com/

We had looked at the same solution but were advised by our Crown that Para 2a of the Apple EULA wouldn't allow us to install the OS on anything but an Apple branded computer.

The Air comes with a USB 'restore disk'. I think it would be fun to get hold of one of these, modify it slightly, and then use that to take an image of the computer with a USB hub so that extra storage can be attached.

This is why we recommended to field staff to remove the SSD or HD and image using a Tableau and the appropriate ZIF adapter.

Out of interest, have you found a LIF adapter for, I think, 2nd Generation Airs ? As you say ZIF's are used on 1st generations and i think 3rd

This is why we recommended to field staff to remove the SSD or HD and image using a Tableau and the appropriate ZIF adapter.

Out of interest, have you found a LIF adapter for, I think, 2nd Generation Airs ? As you say ZIF's are used on 1st generations and i think 3rd

We have one but it was put together by one of our data recovery engineers. It isn't pretty but it does the job.

re LIF adapter
We never did come up with one and just kept our fingers crossed.

During our testing I had built a OS X bootable USB hard drive with the post boot polling for disk arbitration shut off. Before we deployed it we ran everything past our legal (being LE we didn't want any question that we weren't respecting licenses etc.). As I posted earlier we got a big 'thumbs down' as we hadn't been "…granted a limited non-exclusive license to install, use and run one (1) copy of the Apple Software on a single Apple-branded computer at a time." (the term install was what tripped it up).

Since I retired from the agency in the Spring, I don't know if there ever was a solution found for the odd-sized connector.

http//www.theregister.co.uk/2010/10/22/macbook_air_teardown/

For anyone who wants to have a bit of a nosey at the massively overpriced white elephant.

I am surprised that no one has mentioned F-Response, which for the Field Kit edition, costs less than a couple of hours of consulting. The latest edition supports multiple platforms and the fact that all of these can be addressed using a single interface eliminates the need for "on-off" acquisition procedures (as well as the risk of damaging the hardware).

BTW, I have no relationship to the product or manufacturer except as a satisfied customer.

I am surprised that no one has mentioned F-Response, which for the Field Kit edition, costs less than a couple of hours of consulting. The latest edition supports multiple platforms and the fact that all of these can be addressed using a single interface eliminates the need for "on-off" acquisition procedures (as well as the risk of damaging the hardware).

BTW, I have no relationship to the product or manufacturer except as a satisfied customer.

Never used the product myself but I checked their videos and it looks like you need to know the password for the logged in user and that user has to be in the wheel group to run the software on the target machine. I would think this would cause some headaches.