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Originally Posted by timeisart
great idea about the plastidip, going to try that soon.
I'd like to do the memory card upgrade as well, but I'm not sure exactly how to do it on a mac (I've only found windows tutorials). I know you can use disk utility to make an image of the original card (clone it) but then how do you extend the partition on the new card to make use of all the new available space? Does disk utility do this as well? If not, what program did you use?
Thanks for any help.
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I'm on a mac too. You can copy the original card image over to a replacement card with mac disk utility of CLI using diskutil, but a mac cannot dynamically resize a fat32 partition. I tried one piece of software (see my post at the end of the magic memory upgrade thread) that says it can resize the partition, and although it shows it resized it, after every attempt the Kobo wouldn't even boot. So I'm just using a 32GB card as an 8GB card at the moment.
At this point I am likely to bring it to work and use gparted to fix it on a windows computer. I don't have more than 4000 ebooks, so I'm not dying for the space at the moment, but I don't want to NOT use it if its there. Other options include installing a virtual machine on the mac with windows. Or get a live cd/usb of linux. Both those operating systems should resize the FAT32 partition without issue.
I should take some pictures of my back cover with the PlastiDip. Its less glossy and subtly more grippy. You can hear the sound difference too when you run your fingers nails over the surface. It does seem to attract more dust though, but it also blows off pretty easily. I only did the back cover on mine, not the front frame, but that isn't a bad idea and looks pretty good. So far mine has lasted several days without any peeling, but I saw two tips on prep to make it last better : one is that you should clean off any dirt/oil on the surface with alcohol, the other is put the spray can in a pot with very warm water for a few minutes to warm up the rubber before spraying. It makes it spray better and less globby. Also the first coat I went light, but the 3 subsequent coats I went heavy.
The light issue may be heat related, I'm not sure. I do notice that I've re-pressed down in those areas again to fix the light leak, so pressing is only a temporary solution. I may open it again this weekend to do the electrical tape mod, which seems more permanent, but pressing is no biggie to fix the problem for a reading session.
I did all the 'mods' to the current firmware that I wanted. I'm really enjoying this little eReader.