back in business

[taylweaver]

They told me it would take 3-5 business days to fix my computer.

It took under three hours.

Because it was Friday and I needed to get ready for Shabbat (Jewish Sabbath), I could not pick it up until last night. But I went and got it, and the guy who handed it back to me was the same guy who looked at it on Friday.

On Friday, I asked him what operating system I was going to end up with, and he said that I'd get back whatever I had before. I had told him already that I did not have Leopard (the newest mac OS) and would be getting it so as to facilitate easier backups. (Because it is a bit unsettling that the only backup I have done - ever - on my computer just happened to be six weeks ago and not six months ago. I am lucky.) Leopard has this program called Time Machine (silly name, useful program) that makes backups brainlessly easy.

Anyway, when he gave me the computer back, he started it up for me and it looked fancier. I asked him what was on it. Yep. Leopard.

Hey, if my hard drive was going to die on me, at least I got something out of it.

And it is so wonderful to know that I will now be able to back things up so much more often so that it will never be a big deal if my hard drive dies again in the future.

Anyway, computer is back. Backup has been put back on said computer. Photos have been put back on said computer (over 400 of them from the past six weeks!) The cropped one I lost has been re-cropped.

Learning my way around a new operating system. (Hooray!)

And appreciating that I once again have a computer.

Also, still really, really grateful to mbarr without whom this experience would have involved a lot more panic and extensive loss of data.

Comments

[greenwitch.livejournal.com]

Lucky -- same thing happened to me, I had freakishly coincidentally made my only backup just a week prior to my hard drive dying. I went in with Tiger, and came out with Tiger -- they didn't even give me a deal on it when I asked about getting an upgrade :P

At least though I only keep school stuff on my macbook, and a copy of my music (my iPod and everything is hooked up to the PC, so it's really just a backup), so the school stuff all fits easily on a flash drive, it's not hard to backup (especially since it's the summer now and I'm not really creating any new material.)

[taylweaver.livejournal.com]

Well, I think the guy just felt like doing me a favor because I didn't break down crying.

And if they had not given me Leopard, I would have bought it.

[levana-b.livejournal.com]

Very nice.

How is Leopard, btw?

[taylweaver.livejournal.com]

It backs up my info easily, and that is rather nice. :)

Otherwise, I haven't really explored, so it feels mostly like what I had before.

[rymenhild.livejournal.com]

Oh, yay. I'm glad the computer works again.

[taylweaver.livejournal.com]

me too.

[flintknappy.livejournal.com]

Wow, I am sorry to hear about the whole computer saga, but very glad to hear all is well and fixed. And Time Machine... oh good, gives me something else to mock. :) Are those Mac people incapable of coming up with a serious name for anything? Works to my advantage I think. But enough about that, I'll just take the Time Machine to the Airport, and use the Leopard.

[taylweaver.livejournal.com]

All I have to say is, if you look through your Windows, you apparently see a vista, but it is not one I appreciate. :P

Mock away. I think Leopard is a cool name for an operating system, but I agree that Time Machine, as a name, is a little silly.

[flintknappy.livejournal.com]

I have Windows XP, but you are more than welcome to mock that if you can come up with anything good. Leopard is actually rather nifty. I just couldn't resist the opportunity to poke fun at the whole collections of things in one place.

[taylweaver.livejournal.com]

In emoticon language, it seems to me that XP would be sticking your tongue out at someone while also closing or crossing your eyes.

So yeah, your computer is mocking you. Why should I bother. :P Or should I say XP?